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The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [15 Books]
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THE SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES COLLECTION: 15 BOOKS
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
CONTENTS
PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
Part I COUNSELS AND PRACTICES SUITABLE FOR THE SOUL’S GUIDANCE FROM THE FIRST ASPIRATION AFTER A DEVOUT LIFE TO THE POINT WHEN IT ATTAINS A CONFIRMED RESOLUTION TO FOLLOW THE SAME
Chapter I WHAT TRUE DEVOTION IS
Chapter II THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCE OF DEVOTION
Chapter III DEVOTION IS SUITABLE TO EVERY VOCATION AND PROFESSION
Chapter IV THE NEED OF A GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD ENTER UPON AND ADVANCE IN THE DEVOUT LIFE
Chapter V THE FIRST STEP MUST BE PURIFYING THE SOUL
Chapter VI THE FIRST PURIFICATION, NAMELY, FROM MORTAL SIN
Chapter VII THE SECOND PURIFICATION, FROM ALL SINFUL AFFECTIONS
Chapter VIII HOW TO EFFECT THIS SECOND PURIFICATION
Chapter IX FIRST MEDITATION Of Creation
Chapter X SECOND MEDITATION Of the End for Which we Were Created
Chapter XI THIRD MEDITATION Of the Gifts of God
Chapter XII FOURTH MEDITATION On Sin
Chapter XIII FIFTH MEDITATION Of Death
Chapter XIV SIXTH MEDITATION On Judgment
Chapter XV SEVENTH MEDITATION Of Hell
Chapter XVI EIGHTH MEDITATION On Paradise
Chapter XVII NINTH MEDITATION On the Choice Upon to you Between Heaven and Hell
Chapter XVIII TENTH MEDITATION How the Soul Chooses the Devout Life
Chapter XIX HOW TO MAKE A GENERAL CONFESSION
Chapter XX A HEARTY PROTEST MADE WITH THE OBJECT OF CONFIRMING THE SOUL’S RESOLUTION TO SERVE GOD, AS A CONCLUSION TO ITS ACTS OF PENITENCE
Chapter XXI CONCLUSION OF THIS FIRST PURIFICATION
Chapter XXII THE NECESSITY OF PURGING AWAY ALL TENDENCY TO VENIAL SINS
Chapter XXIII IT IS NEEDFUL TO PUT AWAY ALL INCLINATION FOR USELESS AND DANGEROUS THINGS
Chapter XXIV ALL EVIL INCLINATIONS MUST BE PURGED AWAY
Part II CONTAINING SUNDRY COUNSELS AS TO UPLIFTING THE SOUL TO GOD IN PRAYER AND THE USE OF THE SACRAMENTS
Chapter I THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER
Chapter II A SHORT METHOD OF MEDITATION. AND FIRST, THE PRESENCE OF GOD, THE FIRST POINT OF PREPARATION
Chapter III INVOCATION, THE SECOND POINT OF PREPARATION
Chapter IV THE THIRD POINT OF PREPARATION, REPRESENTING THE MYSTERY TO BE MEDITATED TO YOUR IMAGINATION
Chapter V CONSIDERATIONS, THE SECOND PART OF MEDITATION
Chapter VI THE THIRD PART OF MEDITATION, AFFECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Chapter VII THE CONCLUSION AND SPIRITUAL BOUQUET
Chapter VIII SOME USEFUL HINTS AS TO MEDITATION
Chapter IX CONCERNING DRYNESS IN MEDITATION
Chapter X MORNING PRAYER
Chapter XI EVENING PRAYER AND EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
Chapter XII ON SPIRITUAL RETIREMENT
Chapter XIII ASPIRATIONS, EJACULATORY PRAYER AND HOLY THOUGHTS
Chapter XIV OF HOLY COMMUNION, AND HOW TO JOIN IN IT
Chapter XV OF THE OTHER PUBLIC OFFICES OF THE CHURCH
Chapter XVI HOW THE SAINTS ARE UNITED TO US
Chapter XVII HOW TO HEAR AND READ GOD’S WORD
Chapter XVIII HOW TO RECEIVE INSPIRATIONS
Chapter XIX ON CONFESSION
Chapter XX OF FREQUENT COMMUNION
Chapter XXI HOW TO COMMUNICATE
Part III CONTAINING COUNSELS CONCERNING THE PRACTICE OF VIRTUE
Chapter I HOW TO SELECT THAT WHICH WE SHOULD CHIEFLY PRACTISE
Chapter II THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
Chapter III ON PATIENCE
Chapter IV ON GREATER HUMILITY
Chapter V ON INTERIOR HUMILITY
Chapter VI HUMILITY MAKES US REJOICE IN OUR OWN ABJECTION
Chapter VII HOW TO COMBINE DUE CARE FOR A GOOD REPUTATION WITH HUMILITY
Chapter VIII GENTLENESS TOWARDS OTHERS AND REMEDIES AGAINST ANGER
Chapter IX ON GENTLENESS TOWARDS OURSELVES
Chapter X WE MUST ATTEND TO THE BUSINESS OF LIFE CAREFULLY, BUT WITHOUT EAGERNESS OR OVER-ANXIETY
Chapter XI ON OBEDIENCE
Chapter XII ON PURITY
Chapter XIII HOW TO MAINTAIN PURITY
Chapter XIV ON POVERTY OF SPIRIT AMID RICHES
Chapter XV HOW TO EXERCISE REAL POVERTY, ALTHOUGH ACTUALLY RICH
Chapter XVI HOW TO POSSESS A RICH SPIRIT AMID REAL POVERTY
Chapter XVII ON FRIENDSHIP: EVIL AND FRIVOLOUS FRIENDSHIP
Chapter XVIII ON FRIVOLOUS ATTACHMENTS
Chapter XIX OF REAL FRIENDSHIP
Chapter XX OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUE AND FALSE FRIENDSHIP
Chapter XXI REMEDIES AGAINST EVIL FRIENDSHIPS
Chapter XXII FURTHER ADVICE CONCERNING INTIMACIES
Chapter XXIII ON THE PRACTICE OF BODILY MORTIFICATION
Chapter XXIV OF SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE
Chapter XXV ON MODESTY IN DRESS
Chapter XXVI OF CONVERSATION; AND, FIRST, HOW TO SPEAK OF GOD
Chapter XXVII OF UNSEEMLY WORDS, AND THE RESPECT DUE TO OTHERS
Chapter XXVIII OF HASTY JUDGMENTS
Chapter XXIX ON SLANDER
Chapter XXX FURTHER COUNSELS AS TO CONVERSATION
Chapter XXXI OF AMUSEMENTS AND RECREATIONS: WHAT ARE ALLOWABLE
Chapter XXXII OF FORBIDDEN AMUSEMENTS
Chapter XXXIII OF BALLS, AND OTHER LAWFUL BUT DANGEROUS AMUSEMENTS
Chapter XXXIV WHEN TO USE SUCH AMUSEMENTS RIGHTLY
Chapter XXXV WE MUST BE FAITHFUL IN THINGS GREAT AND SMALL
Chapter XXXVI OF A WELL-BALANCED, REASONABLE MIND
Chapter XXXVII OF WISHES
Chapter XXXVIII COUNSELS TO MARRIED PEOPLE
Chapter XXXIX THE SANCTITY OF THE MARRIAGE BED
Chapter XL COUNSELS TO WIDOWS
Chapter XLI ONE WORD TO MAIDENS
Part IV CONTAINING NEEDFUL COUNSELS CONCERNING SOME ORDINARY TEMPTATIONS
Chapter I WE MUST NOT TRIFLE WITH THE WORDS OF WORLDLY WISDOM
Chapter II THE NEED OF A GOOD COURAGE
Chapter III OF TEMPTATIONS, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPERIENCING THEM AND CONSENTING TO THEM
Chapter IV TWO STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SAME
Chapter V ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE TEMPTED SOUL
Chapter VI WHEN TEMPTATION AND DELECTATION ARE SIN
Chapter VII REMEDIES FOR GREAT OCCASIONS
Chapter VIII HOW TO RESIST MINOR TEMPTATIONS
Chapter IX HOW REMEDY MINOR TEMPTATIONS
Chapter X HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE HEART AGAINST TEMPTATION
Chapter XI ANXIETY OF MIND
Chapter XII OF SADNESS AND SORROW
Chapter XIII OF SPIRITUAL AND SENSIBLE CONSOLATIONS, AND HOW TO RECEIVE THEM
Chapter XIV OF DRYNESS AND SPIRITUAL BARRENNESS
Chapter XV AN ILLUSTRATION
Part V CONTAINING COUNSELS AND PRACTICES FOR RENEWING AND CONFIRMING THE SOUL IN DEVOTION
Chapter I IT IS WELL YEARLY TO RENEW GOOD RESOLUTIONS BY MEANS OF THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES
Chapter II MEDITATION ON THE BENEFIT CONFERRED ON US BY GOD IN CALLING US TO HIS SERVICE
Chapter III EXAMINATION OF THE SOUL AS TO ITS PROGRESS IN THE DEVOUT LIFE
Chapter IV EXAMINATION OF THE SOUL’S CONDITION AS REGARDS GOD
Chapter V EXAMINATION OF YOUR CONDITION AS REGARDS YOURSELF
Chapter VI EXAMINATION OF THE SOUL’S CONDITION AS REGARDS OUR NEIGHBOUR
Chapter VII EXAMINATION AS TO THE AFFECTATIONS OF THE SOUL
Chapter VIII THE AFFECTIONS TO BE EXCITED AFTER SUCH EXAMINATION
Chapter IX REFLECTIONS SUITABLE TO THE RENEWAL OF GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Chapter X FIRST CONSIDERATION—OF THE WORTH OF SOULS
Chapter XI SECOND CONSIDERATION—ON THE EXCELLENCE OF VIRTUE
Chapter XII THE EXAMPLE OF THE SAINTS
Chapter XIII THE LOVE WHICH JESUS CHRIST BEARS TO US
Chapter XIV THE ETERNAL LOVE OF GOD FOR US
Chapter XV GENERAL AFFECTIONS WHICH SHOULD RESULT FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS, AND CONCLUSION OF THE EXERCISE
Chapter XVI THE IMPRESSIONS WHICH SHOULD REMAIN AFTER THIS EXERCISE
Chapter XVII AN ANSWER TO TWO OBJECTIONS WHICH MAY BE MADE TO THIS BOOK
Chapter XVIII THREE IMPORTANT AND FINAL COUNSELS
TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOD
CONTENTS
DEDICATION
TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION
DEDICATORY PRAYER
PREFACE
Book I CONTAINING A PREPARATION FOR THE WHOLE TREATISE
Chapter I THAT FOR THE BEAUTY OF HUMAN NATURE GOD HAS GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT OF ALL THE FACULTIES OF THE SOUL TO THE WILL
Chapter II HOW THE WILL VARIOUSLY GOVERNS THE POWERS OF THE SOUL
Chapter III HOW THE WILL GOVERNS THE SENSUAL APPETITE
Chapter IV THAT LOVE RULES OVER ALL THE AFFECTIONS, AND PASSIONS, AND EVEN GOVERNS THE WILL, ALTHOUGH THE WILL HAS ALSO A DOMINION OVER IT
Chapter V OF THE AFFECTIONS OF THE WILL
Chapter VI HOW THE LOVE OF GOD HAS DOMINION OVER OTHER LOVES
Chapter VII DESCRIPTION OF LOVE IN GENERAL
Chapter VIII WHAT KIND OF AFFINITY (CONVENANCE) IT IS WHICH EXCITES LOVE
Chapter IX THAT LOVE TENDS TO UNION
Chapter X THAT THE UNION TO WHICH LOVE ASPIRES IS SPIRITUAL
Chapter XI THAT THERE ARE TWO PORTIONS IN THE SOUL, AND HOW
Chapter XII THAT IN THESE TWO PORTIONS OF THE SOUL THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT DEGREES OF REASON
Chapter XIII ON THE DIFFERENCE OF LOVES
Chapter XIV THAT CHARITY MAY BE NAMED LOVE
Chapter XV OF THE AFFINITY THERE IS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
Chapter XVI THAT WE HAVE A NATURAL INCLINATION TO LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS
Chapter XVII THAT WE HAVE NOT NATURALLY THE POWER TO LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS
Chapter XVIII THAT THE NATURAL INCLINATION WHICH WE HAVE TO LOVE GOD IS NOT USELESS
Book II THE HISTORY OF THE GENERATION AND HEAVENLY BIRTH OF DIVINE LOVE
Chapter I THAT THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS ARE ONLY A SINGLE BUT INFINITE PERFECTION
Chapter II THAT IN GOD THERE IS BUT ONE ONLY ACT, WHICH IS HIS OWN DIVINITY
Chapter III OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN GENERAL
Chapter IV OF THE SUPERNATURAL PROVIDENCE WHICH GOD USES TOWARDS REASONABLE CREATURES
Chapter V THAT HEAVENLY PROVIDENCE HAS PROVIDED MEN WITH A MOST ABUNDANT REDEMPTION
Chapter VI OF CERTAIN SPECIAL FAVOURS EXERCISED BY THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN THE REDEMPTION OF MAN
Chapter VII HOW ADMIRABLE THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS IN THE DIVERSITY OF GRACES GIVEN TO MEN
Chapter VIII HOW MUCH GOD DESIRES WE SHOULD LOVE HIM
Chapter IX HOW THE ETERNAL LOVE OF GOD PREVENTS OUR HEARTS WITH HIS INSPIRATIONS IN ORDER THAT WE MAY LOVE HIM
Chapter X HOW WE OFTENTIMES REPULSE THE INSPIRATION AND REFUSE TO LOVE GOD
Chapter XI THAT IT IS NO FAULT OF THE DIVINE GOODNESS IF WE HAVE NOT A MOST EXCELLENT LOVE
Chapter XII THAT DIVINE INSPIRATIONS LEAVE US IN FULL LIBERTY TO FOLLOW OR REPULSE THEM
Chapter XIII OF THE FIRST SENTIMENTS OF LOVE WHICH DIVINE INSPIRATIONS CAUSE IN THE SOUL BEFORE SHE HAS FAITH
Chapter XIV OF THE SENTIMENT OF DIVINE LOVE WHICH IS HAD BY FAITH
Chapter XV OF THE GREAT SENTIMENT OF LOVE WHICH WE RECEIVE BY HOLY HOPE
Chapter XVI HOW LOVE IS PRACTISED IN HOPE
Chapter XVII THAT THE LOVE WHICH IS IN HOPE IS VERY GOOD, THOUGH IMPERFECT
Chapter XVIII THAT LOVE IS EXERCISED IN PENITENCE, AND FIRST, THAT THERE ARE DIVERS SORTS OF PENITENCE
Chapter XIX THAT PENITENCE WITHOUT LOVE IS IMPERFECT
Chapter XX HOW THE MINGLING OF LOVE AND SORROW TAKES PLACE IN CONTRITION
Chapter XXI HOW OUR SAVIOUR’S LOVING ATTRACTIONS ASSIST AND ACCOMPANY US TO FAITH AND CHARITY
Chapter XXII A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF CHARITY
Book III OF THE PROGRESS AND PERFECTION OF LOVE
Chapter I THAT HOLY LOVE MAY BE AUGMENTED STILL MORE AND MORE IN EVERY ONE OF US
Chapter II HOW EASY OUR SAVIOUR HAS MADE THE INCREASE OF LOVE
Chapter III HOW A SOUL IN CHARITY MAKES PROGRESS IN IT
Chapter IV OF HOLY PERSEVERANCE IN SACRED LOVE
Chapter V THAT THE HAPPINESS OF DYING IN HEAVENLY CHARITY IS A SPECIAL GIFT OF GOD
Chapter VI THAT WE CANNOT ATTAIN TO PERFECT UNION WITH GOD IN THIS MORTAL LIFE
Chapter VII THAT THE CHARITY OF SAINTS IN THIS MORTAL LIFE EQUALS, YEA SOMETIMES SURPASSES, THAT OF THE BLESSED
Chapter VIII OF THE INCOMPARABLE LOVE WHICH THE MOTHER OF GOD, OUR BLESSED LADY, HAD
Chapter IX A PREPARATION FOR THE DISCOURSE ON THE UNION OF THE BLESSED WITH GOD
Chapter X THAT THE PRECEDING DESIRE WILL MUCH INCREASE THE UNION OF THE BLESSED WITH GOD
Chapter XI OF THE UNION OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS WITH GOD, IN THE VISION OF THE DIVINITY
Chapter XII OF THE ETERNAL UNION OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS WITH GOD, IN THE VISION OF THE ETERNAL BIRTH OF THE SON OF GOD
Chapter XIII OF THE UNION OF THE BLESSED WITH GOD IN THE VISION OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE HOLY GHOST
Chapter XIV THAT THE HOLY LIGHT OF GLORY WILL SERVE FOR THE UNION OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS WITH GOD
Chapter XV THAT THERE SHALL BE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF THE UNION OF THE BLESSED WITH GOD
Book IV OF THE DECAY AND RUIN OF CHARITY
Chapter I THAT AS LONG AS WE ARE IN THIS MORTAL LIFE WE MAY LOSE THE LOVE OF GOD
Chapter II HOW THE SOUL GROWS COLD IN HOLY LOVE
Chapter III HOW WE FORSAKE DIVINE LOVE FOR THAT OF CREATURES
Chapter IV THAT HEAVENLY LOVE IS LOST IN A MOMENT
Chapter V THAT THE SOLE CAUSE OF THE DECAY AND COOLING OF CHARITY IS IN THE CREATURE’S WILL
Chapter VI THAT WE OUGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE LOVE WE BEAR TO GOD TO BE FROM GOD
Chapter VII THAT WE MUST AVOID ALL CURIOSITY, AND HUMBLY ACQUIESCE IN GOD’S MOST WISE PROVIDENCE
Chapter VIII AN EXHORTATION TO THE AMOROUS SUBMISSION WHICH WE OWE TO THE DECREES OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
Chapter IX OF A CERTAIN REMAINDER OF LOVE THAT OFTENTIMES RESTS IN THE SOUL THAT HAS LOST HOLY CHARITY
Chapter X HOW DANGEROUS THIS IMPERFECT LOVE IS
Chapter XI A MEANS TO DISCERN THIS IMPERFECT LOVE
Book V OF THE TWO PRINCIPAL EXERCISES OF HOLY LOVE WHICH CONSIST IN COMPLACENCY AND BENEVOLENCE
Chapter I OF THE SACRED COMPLACENCY OF LOVE; AND FIRST OF WHAT IT CONSISTS
Chapter II HOW BY HOLY COMPLACENCY WE ARE MADE AS LITTLE INFANTS AT OUR SAVIOUR’S BREASTS
Chapter III THAT HOLY COMPLACENCY GIVES OUR HEART TO GOD, AND MAKES US FEEL A PERPETUAL DESIRE IN FRUITION
Chapter IV OF THE LOVING CONDOLENCE BY WHICH THE COMPLACENCY OF LOVE IS STILL BETTER DECLARED
Chapter V OF THE CONDOLENCE AND COMPLACENCY OF LOVE IN THE PASSION OF OUR LORD
Chapter VI OF THE LOVE OF BENEVOLENCE WHICH WE EXERCISE TOWARDS OUR SAVIOUR BY WAY OF DESIRE
Chapter VII HOW THE DESIRE TO EXALT AND MAGNIFY GOD SEPARATES US FROM INFERIOR PLEASURES, AND MAKES US ATTENTIVE TO THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS
Chapter VIII HOW HOLY BENEVOLENCE PRODUCES THE PRAISE OF THE DIVINE WELL-BELOVED
Chapter IX HOW BENEVOLENCE MAKES US CALL ALL CREATURES TO THE PRAISE OF GOD
Chapter X HOW THE DESIRE TO PRAISE GOD MAKES US ASPIRE TO HEAVEN
Chapter XI HOW WE PRACTISE THE LOVE OF BENEVOLENCE IN THE PRAISES WHICH OUR SAVIOUR AND HIS MOTHER GIVE TO GOD
Chapter XII OF THE SOVEREIGN PRAISE WHICH GOD GIVES UNTO HIMSELF, AND HOW WE EXERCISE BENEVOLENCE IN IT
Book VI OF THE EXERCISES OF HOLY LOVE IN PRAYER
Chapter I A DESCRIPTION OF MYSTICAL THEOLOGY, WHICH IS NO OTHER THING THAN PRAYER
Chapter II OF MEDITATION—THE FIRST DEGREE OF PRAYER OR MYSTICAL THEOLOGY
Chapter III A DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPLATION, AND OF THE FIRST DIFFERENCE THAT THERE IS BETWEEN IT AND MEDITATION
Chapter IV THAT LOVE IN THIS LIFE TAKES ITS ORIGIN BUT NOT ITS EXCELLENCE FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
Chapter V THE SECOND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDITATION AND CONTEMPLATION
Chapter VI THAT CONTEMPLATION IS MADE WITHOUT LABOUR, WHICH IS THE THIRD DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND MEDITATION
Chapter VII OF THE LOVING RECOLLECTION OF THE SOUL IN CONTEMPLATION
Chapter VIII OF THE REPOSE OF A SOUL RECOLLECTED IN HER WELL-BELOVED
Chapter IX HOW THIS SACRED REPOSE IS PRACTISED
Chapter X OF VARIOUS DEGREES OF THIS REPOSE, AND HOW IT IS TO BE PRESERVED
Chapter XI A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOURSE TOUCHING THE VARIOUS DEGREES OF HOLY QUIET, AND OF AN EXCELLENT ABNEGATION OF SELF WHICH IS SOMETIMES PRACTISED THEREIN
Chapter XII OF THE OUTFLOWING (ESCOULEMENT) OR LIQUEFACTION OF THE SOUL IN GOD
Chapter XIII OF THE WOUND OF LOVE
Chapter XIV OF SOME OTHER MEANS BY WHICH HOLY LOVE WOUNDS THE HEART
Chapter XV OF THE AFFECTIONATE LANGUISHING OF THE HEART WOUNDED WITH LOVE
Book VII OF THE UNION OF THE SOUL WITH HER GOD, WHICH IS PERFECTED IN PRAYER
Chapter I HOW LOVE EFFECTS THE UNION OF THE SOUL WITH GOD IN PRAYER
Chapter II OF THE VARIOUS DEGREES OF THE HOLY UNION WHICH IS MADE IN PRAYER
Chapter III OF THE SOVEREIGN DEGREE OF UNION BY SUSPENSION AND RAVISHMENT
Chapter IV OF RAPTURE, AND OF THE FIRST SPECIES OF IT
Chapter V OF THE SECOND SPECIES OF RAPTURE
Chapter VI OF THE SIGNS OF GOOD RAPTURE, AND OF THE THIRD SPECIES OF THE SAME
Chapter VII HOW LOVE IS THE LIFE OF THE SOUL, AND CONTINUATION OF THE DISCOURSE ON THE ECSTATIC LIFE
Chapter VIII AN ADMIRABLE EXHORTATION OF S. PAUL TO THE ECSTATIC AND SUPERHUMAN LIFE
Chapter IX OF THE SUPREME EFFECT OF AFFECTIVE LOVE, WHICH IS THE DEATH OF THE LOVERS; AND FIRST, OF SUCH AS DIED IN LOVE
Chapter X OF THOSE WHO DIED BY AND FOR DIVINE LOVE
Chapter XI HOW SOME OF THE HEAVENLY LOVERS DIED ALSO OF LOVE
Chapter XII MARVELLOUS HISTORY OF THE DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN WHO DIED OF LOVE ON MOUNT OLIVET
Chapter XIII THAT THE MOST SACRED VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD DIED OF LOVE FOR HER SON
Chapter XIV THAT THE GLORIOUS VIRGIN DIED BY AN EXTREMELY SWEET AND TRANQUIL DEATH
Book VIII OF THE LOVE OF CONFORMITY, BY WHICH WE UNITE OUR WILL TO THE WILL OF GOD, SIGNIFIED UNTO US BY HIS COMMANDMENTS, COUNSELS AND INSPIRATIONS
Chapter I OF THE LOVE OF CONFORMITY PROCEEDING FROM SACRED COMPLACENCY
Chapter II OF THE CONFORMITY OF SUBMISSION WHICH PROCEEDS FROM THE LOVE OF BENEVOLENCE
Chapter III HOW WE ARE TO CONFORM OURSELVES TO THAT DIVINE WILL, WHICH IS CALLED THE SIGNIFIED WILL
Chapter IV OF THE CONFORMITY OF OUR WILL TO THE WILL WHICH GOD HAS TO SAVE US
Chapter V OF THE CONFORMITY OF OUR WILL TO THAT WILL OF GOD’S WHICH IS SIGNIFIED TO US BY HIS COMMANDMENTS
Chapter VI OF THE CONFORMITY OF OUR WILL TO THAT WILL OF GOD WHICH IS SIGNIFIED UNTO US BY HIS COUNSELS
Chapter VII THAT THE LOVE OF GOD’S WILL SIGNIFIED IN THE COMMANDMENTS MOVES US TO THE LOVE OF THE COUNSELS
Chapter VIII THAT THE CONTEMPT OF THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS IS A GREAT SIN
Chapter IX A CONTINUATION OF THE PRECEDING DISCOURSE. HOW EVERY ONE, WHILE BOUND TO LOVE, IS NOT BOUND TO PRACTISE, ALL THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS, AND YET HOW EVERY ONE SHOULD PRACTISE WHAT HE IS ABLE
Chapter X HOW WE ARE TO CONFORM OURSELVES TO GOD’S WILL SIGNIFIED UNTO US BY INSPIRATIONS, AND FIRST, OF THE VARIETY OF THE MEANS BY WHICH GOD INSPIRES US
Chapter XI OF THE UNION OF OUR WILL WITH GOD’S IN THE INSPIRATIONS WHICH ARE GIVEN FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY PRACTICE OF VIRTUES; AND OF PERSEVERANCE IN ONE’S VOCATION, THE FIRST MARK OF INSPIRATION
Chapter XII OF THE UNION OF MAN’S WILL WITH GOD’S IN THOSE INSPIRATIONS WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO ORDINARY LAWS; AND OF PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY OF HEART, SECOND MARK OF INSPIRATION
Chapter XIII THIRD MARK OF INSPIRATION, WHICH IS HOLY OBEDIENCE TO THE CHURCH AND SUPERIORS
Chapter XIV A SHORT METHOD TO KNOW GOD’S WILL
Book IX OF THE LOVE OF SUBMISSION, WHEREBY OUR WILL IS UNITED TO GOD’S GOOD-PLEASURE
Chapter I OF THE UNION OF OUR WILL TO THAT DIVINE WILL WHICH IS CALLED THE WILL OF GOOD-PLEASURE
Chapter II THAT THE UNION OF OUR WILL WITH THE GOOD-PLEASURE OF GOD TAKES PLACE PRINCIPALLY IN TRIBULATIONS
Chapter III OF THE UNION OF OUR WILL TO THE DIVINE GOOD-PLEASURE IN SPIRITUAL AFFLICTIONS, BY RESIGNATION
Chapter IV OF THE UNION OF OUR WILL TO THE GOOD-PLEASURE OF GOD BY INDIFFERENCE
Chapter V THAT HOLY INDIFFERENCE EXTENDS TO ALL THINGS
Chapter VI OF THE PRACTICE OF LOVING INDIFFERENCE, IN THINGS BELONGING TO THE SERVICE OF GOD
Chapter VII OF THE INDIFFERENCE WHICH WE ARE TO HAVE AS TO OUR ADVANCEMENT IN VIRTUES
Chapter VIII HOW WE ARE TO UNITE OUR WILL WITH GOD’S IN THE PERMISSION OF SINS
Chapter IX HOW THE PURITY OF INDIFFERENCE IS TO BE PRACTISED IN THE ACTIONS OF SACRED LOVE
Chapter X MEANS TO DISCOVER WHEN WE CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THIS HOLY LOVE
Chapter XI OF THE PERPLEXITY OF A HEART WHICH LOVES WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER IT PLEASES THE BELOVED
Chapter XII HOW THE SOUL AMIDST THESE INTERIOR ANGUISHES KNOWS NOT THE LOVE SHE BEARS TO GOD: AND OF THE MOST LOVE-FULL DEATH OF THE WILL
Chapter XIII HOW THE WILL BEING DEAD TO ITSELF LIVES ENTIRELY IN GOD’S WILL
Chapter XIV AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID TOUCHING THE DECEASE OF OUR WILL
Chapter XV OF THE MOST EXCELLENT EXERCISE WE CAN MAKE IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TROUBLES OF THIS LIFE, AFTER ATTAINING THE INDIFFERENCE AND DEATH OF THE WILL
Chapter XVI OF THE PERFECT STRIPPING OF THE SOUL WHICH IS UNITED TO GOD’S WILL
Book X OF THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVING GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS
Chapter I OF THE SWEETNESS OF THE COMMANDMENT WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN US OF LOVING HIM ABOVE ALL THINGS
Chapter II THAT THIS DIVINE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE TENDS TO HEAVEN, YET IS GIVEN TO THE FAITHFUL IN THIS WORLD
Chapter III HOW, WHILE THE WHOLE HEART IS EMPLOYED IN SACRED LOVE, YET ONE MAY LOVE GOD IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND ALSO MANY OTHER THINGS TOGETHER WITH HIM
Chapter IV OF TWO DEGREES OF PERFECTION WITH WHICH THIS COMMANDMENT MAY BE KEPT IN THIS MORTAL LIFE
Chapter V OF TWO OTHER DEGREES OF GREATER PERFECTION, BY WHICH WE MAY LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS
Chapter VI THAT THE LOVE OF GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS IS COMMON TO ALL LOVERS
Chapter VII EXPLANATION OF THE PRECEDING Chapter
Chapter VIII A MEMORABLE HISTORY TO MAKE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD IN WHAT THE FORCE AND EXCELLENCE OF HOLY LOVE CONSIST
Chapter IX A CONFIRMATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY A NOTEWORTHY COMPARISON
Chapter X THAT WE ARE TO LOVE THE DIVINE GOODNESS SOVEREIGNLY ABOVE OURSELVES
Chapter XI HOW HOLY CHARITY PRODUCES THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR
Chapter XII HOW LOVE PRODUCES ZEAL
Chapter XIII HOW GOD IS JEALOUS OF US
Chapter XIV OF THE ZEAL OR JEALOUSY WHICH WE HAVE FOR OUR LORD
Chapter XV ADVICE FOR THE DIRECTION OF HOLY ZEAL
Chapter XVI THAT THE EXAMPLE OF CERTAIN SAINTS WHO SEEM TO HAVE EXERCISED THEIR ZEAL WITH ANGER, MAKES NOTHING AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF THE PRECEDING CHAPTER
Chapter XVII HOW OUR LORD PRACTISED ALL THE MOST EXCELLENT ACTS OF LOVE
Book XI OF THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY WHICH SACRED LOVE HOLDS OVER ALL THE VIRTUES, ACTIONS AND PERFECTIONS OF THE SOUL
Chapter I HOW AGREEABLE ALL VIRTUES ARE TO GOD
Chapter II THAT DIVINE LOVE MAKES THE VIRTUES IMMEASURABLY MORE AGREEABLE TO GOD THAN THEY ARE OF THEIR OWN NATURE
Chapter III THAT THERE ARE SOME VIRTUES WHICH DIVINE LOVE RAISES TO A HIGHER DEGREE OF EXCELLENCE THAN OTHERS
Chapter IV THAT DIVINE LOVE MORE EXCELLENTLY SANCTIFIES THE VIRTUES WHEN THEY ARE PRACTISED BY ITS ORDER AND COMMANDMENT
Chapter V HOW LOVE SPREADS ITS EXCELLENCE OVER THE OTHER VIRTUES, PERFECTING THEIR PARTICULAR EXCELLENCE
Chapter VI OF THE EXCELLENT VALUE WHICH SACRED LOVE GIVES TO THE ACTIONS WHICH ISSUE FROM ITSELF AND TO THOSE WHICH PROCEED FROM THE OTHER VIRTUES
Chapter VII THAT PERFECT VIRTUES ARE NEVER ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER
Chapter VIII HOW CHARITY COMPREHENDS ALL THE VIRTUES
Chapter IX THAT THE VIRTUES HAVE THEIR PERFECTION FROM DIVINE LOVE
Chapter X A DIGRESSION UPON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE VIRTUES OF THE PAGANS
Chapter XI HOW HUMAN ACTIONS ARE WITHOUT WORTH WHEN THEY ARE DONE WITHOUT DIVINE LOVE
Chapter XII HOW HOLY LOVE RETURNING INTO THE SOUL, BRINGS BACK TO LIFE ALL THE WORKS WHICH SIN HAD DESTROYED
Chapter XIII HOW WE ARE TO REDUCE ALL THE EXERCISE OF THE VIRTUES, AND ALL OUR ACTIONS TO HOLY LOVE
Chapter XIV THE PRACTICE OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IN THE PRECEDING Chapter
Chapter XV HOW CHARITY CONTAINS IN IT THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST
Chapter XVI OF THE LOVING FEAR OF SPOUSES; A CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XVII HOW SERVILE FEAR REMAINS TOGETHER WITH HOLY LOVE
Chapter XVIII HOW LOVE MAKES USE OF NATURAL, SERVILE AND MERCENARY FEAR
Chapter XIX HOW SACRED LOVE CONTAINS THE TWELVE FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST, TOGETHER WITH THE EIGHT BEATITUDES OF THE GOSPEL
Chapter XX HOW DIVINE LOVE MAKES USE OF ALL THE PASSIONS AND AFFECTIONS OF THE SOUL, AND REDUCES THEM TO ITS OBEDIENCE
Chapter XXI THAT SADNESS IS ALMOST ALWAYS USELESS, YEA CONTRARY TO THE SERVICE OF HOLY LOVE
Book XII CONTAINING CERTAIN COUNSELS FOR THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL IN HOLY LOVE
Chapter I THAT OUR PROGRESS IN HOLY LOVE DOES NOT DEPEND ON OUR NATURAL TEMPERAMENT
Chapter II THAT WE ARE TO HAVE A CONTINUAL DESIRE TO LOVE
Chapter III THAT TO HAVE THE DESIRE OF SACRED LOVE WE ARE TO CUT OFF ALL OTHER DESIRES
Chapter IV THAT OUR LAWFUL OCCUPATIONS DO NOT HINDER US FROM PRACTICISING DIVINE LOVE
Chapter V A VERY SWEET EXAMPLE ON THIS SUBJECT
Chapter VI THAT WE ARE TO EMPLOY IN THE PRACTICE OF DIVINE LOVE ALL THE OCCASIONS THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES
Chapter VII THAT WE MUST TAKE PAINS TO DO OUR ACTIONS VERY PERFECTLY
Chapter VIII A GENERAL MEANS FOR APPLYING OUR WORKS TO GOD’S SERVICE
Chapter IX OF CERTAIN OTHER MEANS BY WHICH WE MAY APPLY OUR WORKS MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE LOVE OF GOD
Chapter X AN EXHORTATION TO THE SACRIFICE WHICH WE ARE TO MAKE TO GOD OF OUR FREE-WILL
Chapter XI THE MOTIVES WE HAVE OF HOLY LOVE
Chapter XII A MOST USEFUL METHOD OF EMPLOYING THESE MOTIVES
Chapter XIII THAT MOUNT CALVARY IS THE ACADEMY OF LOVE
THE CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY
CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
AUTHOR’S GENERAL INTRODUCTION830
Part I MISSION
Chapter I THE LACK OF MISSION IN THE MINISTERS OF THE NEW PRETENDED CHURCH LEAVES BOTH THEM AND THEIR FOLLOWERS WITHOUT EXCUSE
Chapter II THAT THE PRETENDED REFORMERS HAD NO MEDIATE MISSION EITHER FROM THE PEOPLE OR THE BISHOPS
Chapter III THE PRETENDED REFORMERS HAD NO IMMEDIATE OR EXTRAORDINARY MISSION FROM GOD
Chapter IV AN ANSWER TO THE TWO OBJECTIONS WHICH ARE MADE BY THE SUPPORTERS OF THE THEORY OF IMMEDIATE MISSION
Chapter V THAT THE INVISIBLE CHURCH FROM WHICH THE INNOVATORS PRETEND TO DERIVE THEIR MISSION IS A FIGMENT AND THAT THE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS VISIBLE
Chapter VI ANSWER TO THE OBJECTIONS MADE AGAINST THE VISIBILITY OF THE CHURCH
Chapter VII THAT IN THE CHURCH THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD, PREDESTINATE AND REPROBATE
Chapter VIII ANSWER TO THE OBJECTIONS OF THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE THE CHURCH TO CONSIST OF THE PREDESTINATE ALONE
Chapter IX THAT THE CHURCH CANNOT PERISH
Chapter X THE COUNTERARGUMENTS OF OUR ADVERSARIES, AND THE ANSWERS THERETO
Chapter XI THAT THE CHURCH HAS NEVER BEEN DISPERSED NOR HIDDEN
Chapter XII THE CHURCH CANNOT ERR
Chapter XIII THE MINISTERS HAVE VIOLATED THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH
Part II THE RULE OF FAITH
INTRODUCTION
Article I HOLY SCRIPTURE: FIRST RULE OF FAITH.—THAT THE PRETENDED REFORMERS HAVE VIOLATED HOLY SCRIPTURE, THE FIRST RULE OF OUR FAITH
Chapter I THE SCRIPTURE IS A TRUE RULE OF CHRISTIAN FAITH
Chapter II HOW JEALOUS WE SHOULD BE OF THEIR INTEGRITY
Chapter III WHAT ARE THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE WORD OF GOD
Chapter IV FIRST VIOLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES MADE BY THE REFORMERS: BY CUTTING OFF SOME OF ITS PARTS
Chapter V SECOND VIOLATION OF THE SCRIPTURES: BY THE RULE WHICH THESE REFORMERS BRING FORWARD TO DISTINGUISH THE SACRED BOOKS FROM THEOTHERS AND OF SOME SMALLER PARTS THEY CUT OFF FROM THEM ACCORDING TO THIS RULE
Chapter VI ANSWER TO AN OBJECTION
Chapter VII919 HOW GREATLY THE REFORMERS HAVE VIOLATED THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCRIPTURES
Chapter VIII HOW THE MAJESTY OF THE SCRIPTURES HAS BEEN VIOLATED IN THE INTERPRETATIONS AND VERSIONS OF THE HERETICS
Chapter IX OF THE PROFANATIONS CONTAINED IN THE VERSIONS MADE INTO THE VULGAR TONGUE
Chapter X OF THE PROFANATION OF THE SCRIPTURES THROUGH THE FACILITY THEY PRETEND THERE IS IN UNDERSTANDING SCRIPTURE
Chapter XI ON THE PROFANATION OF THE SCRIPTURES IN THE VERSIFIED PSALMS USED BY THE PRETENDED REFORMERS
Chapter XII ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS AND CONCLUSION OF THIS FIRST ARTICLE
Article II THAT THE CHURCH OF THE PRETENDERS HAS VIOLATED THE APOSTOLIC TRADITIONS, THE SECOND RULE OF OUR FAITH
Chapter I WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD BY APOSTOLIC TRADITIONS
Chapter II THAT THERE ARE APOSTOLIC TRADITIONS IN THE CHURCH
Article III THE CHURCH: THIRD RULE OF FAITH. HOW THE MINISTERS HAVE VIOLATED THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH, THE THIRD RULE OF OUR FAITH
Chapter I THAT WE NEED SOME OTHER RULE BESIDES THE WORD OF GOD
Chapter II THAT THE CHURCH IS AN INFALLIBLE GUIDE FOR OUR FAITH. THAT THE TRUE CHURCH IS VISIBLE. DEFINITION OF THE CHURCH
Chapter III THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ONE. MARK THE FIRST. IT IS UNDER ONE VISIBLE HEAD; THAT OF THE PROTESTANTS IS NOT
Chapter IV UNITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) OF THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN DOCTRINE AND BELIEF. THE TRUE CHURCH MUST BE ONE IN ITS DOCTRINE. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS UNITED IN BELIEF, THE SO-CALLED REFORMED CHURCH IS NOT
Chapter V OF THE SANCTITY OF THE CHURCH: SECOND MARK
Chapter VI SECOND MARK (CONTINUED) THE TRUE CHURCH OUGHT TO BE RESPLENDENT IN MIRACLES
Chapter VII SANCTITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ACCOMPANIED WITH MIRACLES, THE PRETENDED IS NOT
Chapter VIII SANCTITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY OUGHT TO BE IN THE TRUE CHURCH. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY; THE PRETENDED HAS IT NOT
Chapter IX SANCTITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE TRUE CHURCH MUST PRACTICE THE PERFECTION OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter X SANCTITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE PERFECTION OF THE EVANGELIC LIFE IS PRACTICED IN OUR CHURCH; IN THE PRETENDED, IT IS DESPISED AND GIVEN UP
Chapter XI OF THE UNIVERSALITY OR CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH: THIRD MARK
Chapter XII CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE TRUE CHURCH MUST BE ANCIENT. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS MOST ANCIENT, THE PRETENDED QUITE NEW
Chapter XIII CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE TRUE CHURCH MUST BE PERPETUAL. OURS IS PERPETUAL, THE PRETENDED IS NOT
Chapter XIV CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE TRUE CHURCH OUGHT TO BE UNIVERSAL IN PLACES AND PERSONS.1001 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS THUS UNIVERSAL, THE PRETENDED IS NOT
Chapter XV CATHOLICITY OF THE CHURCH (CONTINUED) THE TRUE CHURCH MUST BE FRUITFUL. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS FRUITFUL, THE PRETENDED BARREN
Chapter XVI THAT THE CHURCH IS APOSTOLIC: FOURTH MARK
Article IV THAT THE MINISTERS HAVE VIOLATED THE AUTHORITY OF COUNCILS, THE FOURTH RULE OF OUR FAITH
Chapter I OF THE QUALITIES OF A TRUE COUNCIL
Chapter II HOW HOLY AND SACRED IS THE AUTHORITY OF UNIVERSAL COUNCILS
Chapter III HOW THE MINISTERS HAVE DESPISED AND VIOLATED THE AUTHORITY OF COUNCILS
Article V THAT THE MINISTERS HAVE VIOLATED THE AUTHORITY OF THE ANCIENT FATHERS OF THE CHURCH, THE FIFTH RULE OF OUR FAITH
Chapter I THE AUTHORITY OF THE ANCIENT FATHERS IS VENERABLE
Article VI THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE, THE SIXTH RULE OF OUR FAITH
Chapter I FIRST AND SECOND PROOFS. OF THE FIRST PROMISE MADE TO S. PETER: UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH
Chapter II RESOLUTION OF A DIFFICULTY
Chapter III THIRD PROOF OF THE SECOND PROMISE MADE TO S. PETER: AND I WILL GIVE THEE THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Chapter IV FOURTH PROOF OF THE THIRD PROMISE MADE TO S. PETER: I HAVE PRAYED FOR THEE, AND SO ON
Chapter V FIFTH PROOF. THE FULFILLMENT OF THESE PROMISES: FEED MY SHEEP
Chapter VI SIXTH PROOF. FROM THE ORDER IN WHICH THE EVANGELISTS NAME THE APOSTLES
Chapter VII SEVENTH PROOF. OF SOME OTHER MARKS WHICH ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PRIMACY OF S. PETER
Chapter VIII EIGHTH PROOF. TESTIMONIES OF THE CHURCH TO THIS FACT
Chapter IX THAT SAINT PETER HAS HAD SUCCESSORS IN THE VICAR-GENERALSHIP OF OUR LORD. THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR SUCCEEDING HIM
Chapter X THAT THE BISHOP OF ROME IS TRUE SUCCESSOR OF S. PETER, AND HEAD OF THE MILITANT CHURCH
Chapter XI SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFE OF S. PETER AND OF THE INSTITUTION OF HIS FIRST SUCCESSORS
Chapter XII CONFIRMATION OF ALL THE ABOVE BY THE TITLES WHICH ANTIQUITY HAS GIVEN TO THE POPE
Chapter XIII IN HOW GREAT ESTEEM THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE OUGHT TO BE HELD
Chapter XIV HOW THE MINISTERS HAVE VIOLATED THIS AUTHORITY
Article VII MIRACLES: THE SEVENTH RULE OF FAITH1094
Chapter I HOW IMPORTANT MIRACLES ARE FOR CONFIRMING OUR FAITH
Chapter II HOW GREATLY THE MINISTERS HAVE VIOLATED THE FAITH DUE TO THE TESTIMONY OF MIRACLES
Article VIII HARMONY OF FAITH AND REASON: THE EIGHTH RULE OF FAITH
Chapter I THAT THE TEACHING OF THE PRETENDED REFORMERS CONTRADICTS REASON1098
Chapter II THAT THE ANALOGY OF THE FAITH CANNOT SERVE AS A RULE TO THE MINISTERS TO ESTABLISH THEIR DOCTRINE
Chapter III CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE OF THIS SECOND PART BY A SHORT ENUMERATION OF MANY EXCELLENCES WHICH ARE IN THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AS COMPARED WITH THE OPINION OF THE HERETICS OF OUR AGE1117
Part III CHURCH DOCTRINES AND INSTITUTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Article I OF THE SACRAMENTS
Chapter I OF THE NAME OF SACRAMENT
Chapter II OF THE FORM OF THE SACRAMENTS
Chapter III OF THE INTENTION REQUIRED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS
Article II PURGATORY
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I OF THE NAME OF PURGATORY
Chapter II OF THOSE WHO HAVE DENIED PURGATORY AND OF THE MEANS OF PROVING IT
Chapter III OF SOME PASSAGES OF THE SCRIPTURE IN WHICH MENTION IS MADE OF A PURGATION AFTER THIS LIFE AND OF A TIME AND A PLACE FOR IT
Chapter IV OF ANOTHER PASSAGE OUT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, TO THIS EFFECT
Chapter V OF SOME OTHER PASSAGES BY WHICH PRAYER, ALMS-DEEDS AND HOLY ACTIONS FOR THE DEPARTED ARE AUTHORIZED
Chapter VI OF CERTAIN OTHER PLACES OF SCRIPTURE BY WHICH WE PROVE THAT SOME SINS CAN BE PARDONED IN THE OTHER WORLD
Chapter VII OF SOME OTHER PLACES FROM WHICH BY VARIOUS CONSEQUENCES IS DEDUCED THE TRUTH OF PURGATORY
Chapter VIII OF THE COUNCILS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED PURGATORY AS AN ARTICLE OF FAITH
Chapter IX OF THE TESTIMONY OF THE ANCIENT FATHERS TO THE TRUTH OF PURGATORY
Chapter X OF TWO PRINCIPAL REASONS AND OF THE TESTIMONY OF OUTSIDERS IN FAVOR OF PURGATORY
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THE SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES
CONTENTS
DEDICATION Live Jesus
TO THE READER
PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION ORIGIN AND PUBLICATION OF THE CONFERENCES
INTRODUCTION, WRITTEN BY CARDINAL WISEMAN FOR AN EDITION OF THE ‘CONFERENCES’ PUBLISHED IN 1862
THE SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES
Conference I OBLIGATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONS
Conference II ON CONFIDENCE
Conference III ON CONSTANCY
Conference IV ON CORDIALITY
Conference V ON GENEROSITY
Conference VI ON HOPE
Conference VII THREE SPIRITUAL LAWS
Conference VIII ON SELF-RENOUNCEMENT
Conference IX ON RELIGIOUS MODESTY
Conference X ON OBEDIENCE
Conference XI ON THE SAME SUBJECT OF OBEDIENCE
Conference XII ON SIMPLICITY AND RELIGIOUS PRUDENCE
Conference XIII ON THE RULES AND THE SPIRIT OF THE VISITATION
Conference XIV ON PRIVATE JUDGMENT
Conference XV THE WILL OF GOD
Conference XVI ON ANTIPATHIES
Conference XVII ON VOTING IN A COMMUNITY
Conference XVIII THE SACRAMENTS AND DIVINE OFFICE
Conference XIX ON THE VIRTUES OF ST. JOSEPH
Conference XX WHY WE SHOULD BECOME RELIGIOUS
Conference XXI ON THE SUBJECT OF ASKING FOR NOTHING AND REFUSING NOTHING
PRACTICAL PIETY
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Part First DUTIES TOWARDS GOD
Chapter I OF DIVINE LOVE
Chapter II OF THE MEANS OF ACQUIRING THE LOVE OF GOD, IN WHICH PERFECTION CONSISTS
Chapter III OF SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD
Chapter IV OF CONFIDENCE IN GOD
Chapter V OF THE EXERCISE OF CONFIDENCE IN GOD
Chapter VI OF CONFIDENCE IN DIVINE PROVIDENCE
Chapter VII OF THE ABANDONMENT OF ONESELF INTO THE HANDS OF PROVIDENCE
Chapter VIII OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS ABANDONMENT
Chapter IX OF THE EXERCISE OF THIS ABANDONMENT
Chapter X OF DETERMINATION TO FOLLOW THE WILL OF GOD IN ALL THINGS
Chapter XI EXAMPLES ON THE PRECEDING SUBJECT
Chapter XII WHAT IS MEANT BY HOPING AGAINST ALL HOPE
Chapter XIII OF THE DIVESTMENT OF SELF, AND OF CONFIDENCE IN GOD
Chapter XIV CONCERNING FEAR OF THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD, AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS KINDNESS
Chapter XV OF TEMPTATIONS AGAINST THE FAITH
Chapter XVI OTHER REMEDIES IN TEMPTATIONS AGAINST THE FAITH
Chapter XVII WHAT MUST BE DONE WHEN TEMPTATIONS AGAINST THE FAITH, HAVING CEASED, RETURN AGAIN
Chapter XVIII OP TEMPTATIONS OP BLASPHEMY AND INFIDELITY
Chapter XIX THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO DESIRE TO DO MORE THAN WE CAN
Chapter XX THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO DESIRE TO DO MORE THAN WE CAN
Chapter XXI HOW GOOD DESIRES ARE TO BE FULFILLED
Chapter XXII NOT TO BE OVER-FOND OF ANYTHING, AND TO WISH TO BE WHAT GOD WILLS US TO BE
Chapter XXIII OF HOW LITTLE ONE QUITS BY GIVING ONESELF TO GOD
Part Second DUTIES TOWARDS OUR NEIGHBOUR
Chapter I OF THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR
Chapter II IN WHAT WAT WE SHOULD LOVE OUR NEIGHBOUR
Chapter III ON THE DEATH OF PERSONS DEAR TO US
Chapter IV ON THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter V ON THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter VI ON THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter VII OF BEARING WITH OUR NEIGHBOUR S IMPERFECTIONS
Chapter VIII OF CORDIALITY
Chapter IX OF AVERSIONS
Chapter X OF THE MERIT OF OBEDIENCE
Chapter XI OF OBEDIENCE TO SUPERIORS
Chapter XII OF MURMURS AGAINST SUPERIORS
Chapter XIII OF OBEDIENCE TO SUPERIORS IN WHAT REGARDS THE INTERIOR LIFE
Chapter XIV OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN AUSTERITY, AND THE MORTIFICATION OF THE HEART THAN THAT OF THE BODY
Chapter XV OF IMPERFECTIONS WE SEE IN OUR SUPERIORS
Chapter XVI SUPERIORS OUGHT CHEERFULLY TO BEAR WITH OTHERS, PERCEIVING THEIR IMPERFECTIONS
Chapter XVII OF THE RESPECT DUE TO CONFESSORS
Chapter XVIII OF THE RESPECT DUE TO PREACHERS
Chapter XIX OF OBEDIENCE TO EQUALS AND INFERIORS
Chapter XX OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE AND OF KINGS
Chapter XXI HOW WE OUGHT TO RECEIVE AND GIVE CORRECTION
Chapter XXII OF COMPLAINTS ON THE SUBJECT OF CORRECTION
Chapter XXIII OF THE MANNER OF GIVING ADVICE
Chapter XXIV OF CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY
Chapter XXV OF THE EXERCISE OF CHRISTIAN SIMPLICITY
Chapter XXVI THAT SIMPLICITY IS NOT CONTRARY TO PRUDENCE
Chapter XXVII THAT WE MUST TAKE NO PART IN EVIL-SPEAKING, NOR CARE ABOUT CALUMNIES
Chapter XXVIII HOW HUMAN PRUDENCE SHOULD BE CORRECTED
Chapter XXIX HOW WE SHOULD BEHAVE OURSELVES TO THOSE FROM WHOM WE HAVE RECEIVED A CONSIDERABLE INJURY
Chapter XXX OF PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION IN LAWSUITS
Chapter XXXI THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO GO TO LAW, BUT HAVE RECOURSE TO ARBITRATION
Chapter XXXII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXXIII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXXIV OF SWEETNESS IN THE MIDST OF DOMESTIC ANNOYANCE
Chapter XXXV OF THE DEFERENCE WHICH IS DUE TO FATHERS AND HUSBANDS
Part Third DUTIES TOWARDS OURSELVES
Chapter I OF SELF-LOVE
Chapter II THAT WE MUST NOT BE DISCOURAGED AT FEELING THE ATTACKS OF SELF-LOVE
Chapter III OF ONE’S OWN JUDGMENT
Chapter IV OF THE MORTIFICATION OF ONE’S OWN JUDGMENT
Chapter V OF OVER-GREAT TENDERNESS FOR ONE’S SELF
Chapter VI HOW WE MUST DESTROY THE OLD ADAM
Chapter VII OF MISTRUST IN OURSELVES, AND OF OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMIES
Chapter VIII OF SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIPS
Chapter IX OF HUMILITY
Chapter X OF THE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY
Chapter XI OF ABJECTION
Chapter XII OF AFFLICTIONS
Chapter XIII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XIV CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XV THAT WE MUST SUFFER IN TRANQUILITY AND LOVE
Chapter XVI HOW THE SAINTS LOOKED UPON CROSSES
Chapter XVII OF THE REPOSE WHICH OUR HEARTS OUGHT TO HAVE IN THE WILL OF GOD IN THE MIDST OF AFFLICTIONS
Chapter XVIII OF FIRMNESS OF SPIRIT IN THE VARIOUS ACCIDENTS OF LIFE
Chapter XIX THAT WE MUST HAVE THIS SAME FIRMNESS IN WHAT REGARDS THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
Chapter XX EXAMPLE OF THIS FIRMNESS AFFORDED BY THE BLESSED VIRGIN AND ST. JOSEPH
Chapter XXI OF PATIENCE IN SICKNESSES AND INFIRMITIES
Chapter XXII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXIII OF PATIENCE WHEN SUFFERING FROM HEADACHE
Chapter XXIV CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXV OF PATIENCE UNDER PAINFUL OPERATIONS
Chapter XXVI ON THE MAXIM—ASK FOR NOTHING, AND REFUSE NOTHING
Chapter XXVII PRACTICE OF THIS MAXIM IN SUFFERINGS
Chapter XXVIII PRACTICE OF THIS MAXIM IN SICKNESS
Chapter XXIX OF GENEROSITY
Chapter XXX OF EVENNESS OF SPIR1T
Chapter XXXI OF MODESTY
Chapter XXXII OF TEMPTATIONS AGAINST PURITY
Chapter XXXIII OF THE MANNER OF MAKING THE VOW OF CHASTITY
Chapter XXXIV THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO DESIRE TEMPTATIONS, AND THAT WE OUGHT TO BE ON OUR GUARD AGAINST THOSE OF SELF-WILL
Chapter XXXV OF THE VIRTUE OF DIVESTMENT
Chapter XXXVI ANSWER TO CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES REGARDING THE VIRTUE OF DIVESTMENT
Chapter XXXVII HOW ONE OUGHT TO HATE ONE’S DEFECTS, AND LOOK ON DEATH
Chapter XXXVIII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
CHAPTER XXXIX OF THE FEAR OF DEATH
Chapter XL OF PREPARATION FOR DEATH
Chapter XLI THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO DESIRE TO KNOW THE STATE OF THE DEAD
Chapter XLII THAT WE OUGHT TO BE CONTENT WITH OUR STATE OF LIFE
Chapter XLIII OF THOSE WHO ENTER INTO RELIGION AS IF BY COMPULSION
Chapter XLIV OF AUSTERITIES PRACTICED THROUGH SELF-LOVE AGAINST OBEDIENCE
Chapter XLV OF FIDELITY TO THE RULES
Chapter XLVI OF THE VIOLATION OF THE RULES
Chapter XLVII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XLVIII THAT WE OUGHT NOT TO GO BEYOND THE RULES
Chapter XLIX OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN THE MIDST OF AFFAIRS
Chapter L OF PEACE IN THE MIDST OF CONTRADICTIONS
Part Fourth OF DEVOTION, AND OF THE PRINCIPAL EXERCISES OF PIETY
Chapter I OF DEVOTION
Chapter II MEANS FOR ARRIVING AT DEVOTION
Chapter III OTHER MEANS FOR ARRIVING AT DEVOTION
Chapter IV MAXIMS FOR LIVING CONSTANTLY IN PIETY
Chapter V THAT DEVOTION OUGHT TO BE DISCREET
Chapter VI THAT DEVOTION OUGHT TO BE SWEET, SIMPLE, AND PATIENT
Chapter VII THAT DEVOTION OUGHT TO BE INTIMATE AND STRONG
Chapter VIII THAT DEVOTION OUGHT TO BE GENEROUS
Chapter IX OF THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY, AND OF THE MARKS BY WHICH IT IS KNOWN
Chapter X OF THE EFFECTS OF THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY, AND OF THE OCCASIONS FOR PRACTISING IT
Chapter XI EXAMPLES OF THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
Chapter XII THAT PROGRESS IN PIETY DOES NOT CONSIST IN MULTIPLYING THE EXERCISES OF IT
Chapter XIII OF MENTAL PRAYER
Chapter XIV CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XV CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XVI CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XVII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XVIII OF DISTINCTIONS
Chapter XIX OF GOOD DESIRES, AND OF UNSUITABLE THOUGHTS IN MEDITATION
Chapter XX OF DRYNESSES IN PRAYER
Chapter XXI CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXIII CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXIV CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter XXV OF STRENGTHENING OUR GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Chapter XXVI OF PRAYERS WHICH MAY BE MADE IN SICKNESS
Chapter XXVII OF PREPARATION FOR THE SACRAMENTS
Chapter XXVIII OF THE FRUIT WHICH WE OUGHT TO DRAW FROM THE SACRAMENTS
Chapter XXIX OF DISPOSITIONS FOR HOLY COMMUNION
Chapter XXX OF THE MOST HOLY COMMUNION
Chapter XXXI OF THE SPIRIT IN WHICH ONE OUGHT TO HEAD SPIRITUAL BOOKS
Chapter XXXII OF THE IMPERFECTIONS WHICH ARE FOUND IN RELIGIOUS PERSONS
Chapter XXXIII EXERCISES OF PIETY FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE WORLD
Chapter XXXIV WHAT A PERSON ENGAGED IN THE WORLD OUGHT TO DO IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT PERFECTION
Chapter XXXV OF THE COMBAT OF THE INWARD MAN WITH THE OUTWARD
Chapter XXXVI WHAT WE OUGHT TO THINK OF THE WORLD
Chapter XXXVII OF THE DEFECTS INTO WHICH WE FALL IN SPITE OF OUR DESIRES AFTER PERFECTION
Chapter XXXVIII PERFECTION IS NOT TO BE ACQUIRED IN A DAY
Chapter XXXIX WE SHOULD DAILY CONSIDER OURSELVES AS COMMENCING ANEW
Chapter XL SEVERAL IMPORTANT ADMONITIONS FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
Chapter XLI OF EXCITEMENT AND DISQUIETUDE IN THE PURSUIT OF VIRTUE
Chapter XLII HOW WE MAY KNOW WHETHER OUR FEELINGS COME FROM GOD OR FROM THE DEVIL
Chapter XLIII WHEREBY TO RECOGNISE THE GOODNESS OF ONE’S RELIGIOUS VOCATION
Chapter XLIV OF THE OBJECT AIMED AT IN ENTERING RELIGION
Chapter XLV WHAT IT IS TO BE A RELIGIOUS
Chapter XLVI OF THE QUALITIES WHICH A NOVICE OUGHT TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO PROFESSION
Chapter XLVII HOW THE SPIRIT OF ONE’S VOCATION IS TO BE PRESERVED
Chapter XLVIII OF DISGUST FOR ONE’S VOCATION
Chapter XLIX OF THE CONVERSATION OF RELIGIOUS PERSONS WITH SECULARS
Chapter L GOD ORDINARILY GIVES US AN INCLINATION FOR THE STATE TO WHICH HE CALLS US
Chapter LI MISTRUST THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS LIFE, AND LABOUR FOR ETERNITY
Chapter LII WE MEET WITH ALL SEASONS IN OUR SOULS
Chapter LIII WHAT IS MEANT BY LIVING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT AND ACCORDING TO THE FLESH
Chapter LIV GOD THINKS OF US, AND LOOKS ON US WITH LOVE, IN SPITE OF OUR WEAKNESSES
Chapter LV THAT WE OUGHT TO CONQUER OUR EVIL INCLINATIONS WITHOUT DISTRESSING OURSELVES ABOUT THEM
Chapter LVI OF THE TEAKS OF PIETY
Chapter LVII OF SUSPECTED REVELATIONS
Chapter LVIII OF SENSIBLE GRACE
Part Fifth REFLECTIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL FEASTS OF THE YEAR
Chapter I THE FEAST OF CHRISTMAS
Chapter II CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
Chapter III THE END OF THE YEAR
Chapter IV THE END AND THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
Chapter V THE FEAST OF THE CIRCUMCISION
Chapter VI THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY
Chapter VII THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD
Chapter VIII THE FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH
Chapter IX THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD
Chapter X THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
Chapter XI THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Chapter XII THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST
Chapter XIII THE FEAST OF ST. PETER
Chapter XIV THE FEAST OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
Chapter XV THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
Chapter XVI THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
Chapter XVII THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS AND OF ALL SOULS
THE CONSOLING THOUGHTS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
CONTENTS
Book I CONSOLING THOUGHTS ON GOD AND PROVIDENCE
PREFACE TO THE SIXTH FRENCH EDITION
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I THE INCLINATION GOD HAS TO DO US GOOD
Chapter II THE ETERNAL LOVE OF GOD FOR US
Chapter III CONFIDENCE IN GOD FOUNDED ON THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR OWN MISERY
Chapter IV GOD HAS GIVEN US EVERYTHING WITH HIS DIVINE SON
Chapter V THE LOVE OF JESUS IN HIS INCARNATION
Chapter VI THE LOVE OF JESUS IN HIS PASSION
Chapter VII ABUNDANCE OF OUR REDEMPTION
Chapter VIII OUR LORD PRACTICED ALL THE MOST EXCELLENT KINDS OF LOVE
Chapter IX GOD LOOKS UPON US LOVINGLY, NOTWITHSTANDING OUR WEAKNESS
Chapter X HOW MUCH OUR SWEET SAVIOUR LOVED EVERY ONE OF US PERSONALLY
Chapter XI LOVE OF JESUS FOR SINNERS
Chapter XII HOW MUCH THE MERCY OF GOD APPEARS IN THE CONVERSIONS OF ST. PAUL AND DAVID
Chapter XIII HOW GREAT IS THE MERCY OF GOD ON THE RETURN OF THE SINNER1167
Chapter XIV HOW FULL OF MERCY GOD IS, EVEN TOWARDS THE DAMNED
Chapter XV THE EXCELLENCE OF ABANDONMENT TO GOD
Chapter XVI CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD
Chapter XVII PRACTICE OF CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD
Chapter XVIII GOD IS OUR FATHER1173
Chapter XIX WE SHOULD SERVE GOD OUR FATHER FOR LOVE
Chapter XX HOW JEALOUS GOD IS OF OUR HEART
Chapter XXI AN ADMIRABLE MODEL OF PERFECT ABANDONMENT
Chapter XXII IT IS GOOD TO ABANDON ONESELF TO PROVIDENCE
Chapter XXIII FEAR AND HOPE
Chapter XXIV A WILL PERFECTLY RESIGNED
Chapter XXV THE LOVE OF SUBMISSION, BY WHICH OUR WILL IS UNITED TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF GOD
Book II CONSOLING THOUGHTS ON TRIALS OF AN INTERIOR LIFE
Chapter I MAXIMS FOR PERSEVERANCE IN PIETY IN THE MIDST OF AFFLICTIONS
Chapter II WHENCE OUR MISERIES COME
Chapter III CONDUCT TO BE OBSERVED IN INTERIOR TRIALS
Chapter IV PERPLEXITY OF THE HEART WHICH LOVES WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER IT IS LOVED
Chapter V MEANS TO PRESERVE PEACE OF SOUL IN TIME OF TRIAL
Chapter VI TO ATTAIN PERFECTION WE MUST PATIENTLY ENDURE OUR IMPERFECTION
Chapter VII WE MUST LABOR AT OUR PERFECTION WITHOUT UNEASINESS
Chapter VII INDIFFERENCE ABOUT OUR ADVANCEMENT IN VIRTUE
Chapter IX WE SHOULD DRAW PROFIT FROM OUR FAULTS
Chapter X ADVANTAGES WHICH WE SHOULD DRAW FROM OUR DEFECTS
Chapter XI TRIALS IN PRAYER
Chapter XII CONSOLATION IN TEMPTATION
Chapter XIII DIFFIDENCE AND CONFIDENCE
Chapter XIV REMEDY FOR TEMPTATIONS AGAINST PURITY
Chapter XV MODE OF COMBATING TEMPTATIONS AGAINST FAITH
Chapter XVI TEMPTATIONS OF BLASPHEMY AND INFIDELITY
Chapter XVII MANNER OF BEHAVING IN THE TEMPTATIONS OF SELF-LOVE
Chapter XVIII THE JUST MAN FALLS AND RISES WITHOUT PERCEIVING IT
Chapter XIX A GOOD SADNESS AND A BAD SADNESS
Chapter XX HOW CONTRARY SADNESS IS TO DIVINE LOVE
Chapter XXI REMEDIES FOR A BAD SADNESS1193
Chapter XXII CONSOLATIONS IN SUFFERINGS
Chapter XXIII THE CROSS OF THE GOOD THIEF
Chapter XXIV THE CROSSES OF PROVIDENCE ARE THE MOST AGREEABLE TO GOD
Chapter XXV THE BEST CROSSES
Chapter XXVI THE WOOD OF THE TRUE CROSS
Chapter XXVII CALUMNIES
Book III CONSOLING THOUGHTS ON SICKNESS AND DEATH
Chapter I THE TIME OF SICKNESS
Chapter II SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT IN SICKNESS1213
Chapter III PRAYERS SUITABLE TO THE SICK1218
Chapter IV THE BOOK OF THE AFFLICTED
Chapter V THE SICK WHO CANNOT PRAY
Chapter VI ADVICE TO CONVALESCENTS
Chapter VII NEITHER TO DESIRE NOR TO REFUSE COMFORT IN SICKNESS
Chapter VIII PATIENCE IN SICKNESS
Chapter IX PATIENCE IN PAINFUL OPERATIONS
Chapter X PERSEVERANCE IN PATIENCE
Chapter XI EXCESSIVE FEAR OF DEATH1227
Chapter XII REMEDIES AGAINST EXCESSIVE FEAR OF DEATH
Chapter XIII GOD DOES NOT ABANDON US AT THE HOUR OF DEATH
Chapter XIV GOD WILL NEVER DESTROY A SOUL SUBMISSIVE TO HIS WILL
Chapter XV SENTIMENTS AT THE SIGHT OF DEATH
Chapter XVI HOW MUCH GOD LOVES THE SAINTS, NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR DEFECTS AND IMPERFECTIONS
Chapter XVII THE SWEET AND HAPPY DEATH OF THE PREDESTINED
Chapter XVIII DEATH OF THE SAINT’S YOUNG SISTER, JEANNE DE SALES, IN THE ARMS OF MADAME DE CHANTAL
Chapter XIX DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DE SALES, MOTHER OF THE SAINT1238
Chapter XX THE RAPIDITY OF TIME
Chapter XXI WE SHOULD ABANDON OURSELVES TO GOD IN LIFE AND IN DEATH
Book IV CONSOLING THOUGHTS ON ETERNITY
Chapter I THE CHRISTIAN MANNER IN WHICH WE SHOULD MOURN OVER THOSE WHOM WE HAVE LOST
Chapter II TO A POOR MOTHER, ON THE DEATH OF HER CHILD IN INFANCY
Chapter III TO A FATHER, ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON
Chapter IV TO A MOTHER, ON THE DEATH OF HER SON KILLED IN WAR
Chapter V TO A LADY, ON THE DEATH OF HER FATHER
Chapter VI TO A LADY, ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND
Chapter VII ON THE DEATH OF A BROTHER
Chapter VIII ON THE DEATH OF A FATHER
Chapter IX HOW MUCH THE THOUGHT OF HEAVEN OUGHT TO CONSOLE US
Chapter X HOW AGREEABLE IT WILL BE TO PARENTS AND FRIENDS TO MEET AGAIN AND CONVERSE TOGETHER INHEAVEN
Chapter XI WE SHOULD HOPE TO GO TO HEAVEN1248
Adieu OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES TO THE PIOUS READER
SUPPLEMENT
1. WE SHOULD NOT DESPAIR OF THE SALVATION OF ANY SINNER1249
2. SENTIMENTS OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ON THE NUMBER OF THE ELECT
3. THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
4. MOTIVES ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH IMPERFECT CHRISTIANS OUGHT NOT TO FEAR THEIR PASSAGE TO ETERNITY, AND MAY EVENDESIRE IT1251
THE SECRET OF SANCTITY
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Part First SANCTIFICATION OF OUR ACTIONS
Chapter I OF THE REGULATION OF OUR ACTIONS
I. ADVANTAGES OF A RULE
II. RULE OF LIFE
Chapter II THE FIRST ACTIONS OF THE DAY
THE FIRST-FRUITS OF OUR ACTIONS
Chapter III MENTAL AND VOCAL PRAYER
I. MENTAL PRAYER
II. VOCAL PRAYER
Chapter IV SHORT METHOD OF PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, AND PRELIMINARY ADVICE ON PRAYER BY MGR CAMUS, BISHOP OF BELLEY
Chapter V ON THE PRESENCE OF GOD1255
Chapter VI ADVICE ON PRAYER1256
Chapter VII ST. FRANCIS DE SALES’ RULES FOR MEDITATION1257
Chapter VIII THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
HOW WE SHOULD MEDITATE UPON THE PASSION DURING THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
Chapter IX THE TWO EXAMENS
PARTICULAR EXAMEN1258
PRACTICE OF EXAMEN1259
GENERAL EXAMEN1260
Chapter X OF CONFESSION AND DIRECTION
Chapter XI HOLY COMMUNION
Chapter XII THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE DAY
Chapter XIII OF A STATE OF LIFE
Chapter XIV OF THE EXERCISE OF ONE’S CHARGE
Chapter XV OF VISITS AND CONVERSATION
Chapter XVI SILENCE1261
INTENTIONS FOR THE OBSERVATION OF SILENCE1262
Chapter XVII VISITS TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Chapter XVIII SPIRITUAL RECOLLECTION1263
Chapter XIX OF ASPIRATIONS, EJACULATORY PRAYERS, AND GOOD THOUGHTS1264
Chapter XX ST. FRANCIS DE SALES’ MANNER OF PERFORMING HIS ACTIONS1265
Part Second THE INTERIOR LIFE
First Treatise THE SOURCES OF OUR IMPERFECTIONS AND THEIR REMEDIES1266
Second Treatise MORTIFICATION
I. TRUE IDEA OF MORTIFICATION1267
II. NECESSITY OF MORTIFICATION
III. REPLY TO VARIOUS OBJECTIONS
IV. BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES OF MORTIFICATION
V. DISCRETION IN THE USE OF MORTIFICATION
VI. DANGERS TO BE AVOIDED
VII. DELUSION TO WHICH MORTIFICATION EXPOSES US
Third Treatise PRAYER1268
Chapter I THE EXCELLENCE AND NECESSITY OF MENTAL PRAYER
Chapter II DISPOSITIONS FOR PRAYER
Chapter III VARIOUS KINDS OF PRAYER
Chapter IV MEDITATION
I. PREPARATION
II. CONSIDERATION
III. AFFECTIONS
IV. RESOLUTIONS
V. CONCLUSION
Chapter V DISTRACTIONS
Chapter VI CAUSES OF DISTRACTIONS AND ARIDITY
Chapter VII WE MUST NEVER BE TROUBLED BECAUSE OF DISTRACTIONS AND ARIDITY
Chapter VIII REMEDIES FOR DISTRACTIONS
Chapter IX FIRST MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter X SECOND MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter XI THIRD MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter XII FOURTH MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter XIII FIFTH MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter XIV SIXTH MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter XV SEVENTH MEANS OF DEVOTION
Chapter XVI LAST MEANS OF DEVOTION
Fourth Treatise THE DEVOTION OF CALVARY1269
First Instruction HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MEDITATE ON THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Second Instruction A NEW MANNER OF MEDITATING ON THE PASSION
RECOGITATE
RECOLLECT
Third Instruction WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WHO CANNOT MEDITATE ON THE PASSION
Fourth Instruction WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WHO HAVE CEASED TO BE ABLE TO MEDITATE ON THE PASSION
Fifth Instruction IN WHAT MANNER PERFECT SOULS MAY MEDITATE ON THE PASSION OF OUR SAVIOUR
Fifth Treatise THE INTERIOR LIFE1270
Chapter I
ARTICLE I IN WHAT THE INTERIOR LIFE CONSISTS
ARTICLE II HOW WE OUGHT TO IMITATE THE INTERIOR LIFE OF GOD
ARTICLE III HOW IT IS THAT WE MAKE SO LITTLE PROGRESS IN THE INTERIOR LIFE
Chapter II OF THE MOTIVES THAT LEAD US TO THE INTERIOR LIFE
ARTICLE I WE MAKE NO PROGRESS IN THE WAYS OF PERFECTION UNLESS WE GIVE OURSELVES TO THE INTERIOR LIFE
ARTICLE II WITHOUT PRAYER WE CANNOT ACQUIT OURSELVES OF THE DUTIES OF OUR VOCATION, NOR GATHER FRUIT FROM OUR MINISTRATIONS
ARTICLE III PEACE IS NOT FOUND EXCEPT IN THE INTERIOR LIFE, AND OUR DISSATISFACTIONS SPRING ONLY FROM OUR NOT BEING INTERIOR MEN
Chapter III THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE INTERIOR LIFE
ARTICLE I OF WATCHFULLNESS OVER OUR INTERIOR
ARTICLE II HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE SHOULD JOIN THE INTERIOR LIFE WITH OUR EXTERIOR OCCUPATIONS
ARTICLE III WE OUGHT NOT TO ENGAGE IN EXTERIOR OCCUPATIONS OF OUR OWN-ACCORD
Chapter IV ADVICE FOR THE INTERIOR LIFE
ARTICLE I WE OUGHT TO CULTIVATE THE WILL MORE THAN THE UNDERSTANDING
ARTICLE II THE PATH OF FAITH IS A SAFER WAY TO PERFECTION THAN THAT OF SENSIBLE GRACES
ARTICLE III THE BEST MODE OF PRACTISING THE VIRTUES
Sixth Treatise MEANS OF ACQUIRING PERFECTION1271
Part Third UNION WITH GOD BY CONTEMPLATION
Chapter I UNION OF THE SOUL WITH GOD THROUGH CONTEMPLATION1272
Chapter II THE DOCTRINE OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES IN REGARD TO CONTEMPLATION1273
DIVINE LOVE SEEKS SOLITUDE AND SILENCE1274
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDITATION AND CONTEMPLATION1275
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IS LESS NECESSARY TO US THAN LOVE1276
HOW CONTEMPLATION REDUCES ALL THIS TO SIMPLE UNITY1277
THE VARIOUS MEANS WHICH LEAD TO CONTEMPLATION1278
LOVE COLLECTS THE POWERS OF THE SOUL1279
RECOLLECTION IS FREQUENTLY PRODUCED AND INCREASED BY A GENTLE, REVERENT FEAR1280
OF THE REPOSE OF A SOUL RECOLLECTED IN GOD1281
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SOUL ENJOYS REPOSE IN GOD IN THE PRAYER OF QUIET1282
SELF-DENIAL IS THE SAFEST MEANS OF ESTABLISHING OURSELVES IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD1284
PERFECT SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD KEEPS THE SOUL IN CONTINUAL PRAYER1285
Chapter III LETTER OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES TO ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL1286
Chapter IV THE CONTINUAL PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES1287
Chapter V THE LIFE OF JESUS IN MARY
LETTERS TO PERSONS IN THE WORLD
CONTENTS
PREFACE
TRANSLATOR’S NOTICE
BOOK I Letters to Young Ladies
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
BOOK II Letters to Married Women
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTER XXVI
LETTER XXVII
LETTER XXVIII
LETTER XXIX
LETTER XXX
LETTER XXXI
LETTER XXXII
LETTER XXXIII
LETTER XXXIV
LETTER XXXV
LETTER XXXVI
LETTER XXXVII
LETTER XXXVIII
BOOK III Letters to Widows
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
BOOK IV Letters to Men of the World
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
BOOK V Various Letters
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
BOOK VI Various Letters
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTER XXVI
LETTER XXVII
LETTER XXVIII
LETTER XXIX
LETTER XXX
LETTER XXXI
LETTER XXXII
LETTER XXXIII1410
LETTER XXXIV
LETTER XXXV
LETTER XXXVI
LETTER XXXVII
LETTER XXXVIII
LETTER XXXIX
LETTER XL
LETTER XLI
LETTER XLII
LETTER XLIII
LETTER XLIV
LETTER XLV
LETTER XLVI
LETTER XLVII
LETTER XLVIII
LETTER XLIX
LETTER L
LETTER LI
LETTER LII
LETTER LIII
LETTER LIV
LETTER LV
LETTER LVI
LETTER LVII
LETTER LVIII
LETTER LIX
LETTER LX
LETTER LXI
BOOK VII Letters of the Saint about Himself
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTERS TO PERSONS IN RELIGION
CONTENTS
ST. FRANCIS OF SALES AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
BOOK I Letters Previous to the Founding of the Visitation
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
BOOK II Earlier Letters to Sisters of the Visitation
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTER XXVI
LETTER XXVII
LETTER XXVIII
LETTER XXIX
LETTER XXX
LETTER XXXI
LETTER XXXII
LETTER XXXIII
LETTER XXXIV
LETTER XXXV
LETTER XXXVI
LETTER XXXVII
BOOK III Later Letters to Sisters of the Visitation
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTER XXVI
LETTER XXVII
LETTER XXVIII
LETTER XXIX
LETTER XXX
LETTER XXXI1603
LETTER XXXII
LETTER XXXIII
LETTER XXXIV
LETTER XXXV
LETTER XXXVI
LETTER XXXVII
LETTER XXXVIII
LETTER XXXIX
LETTER XL
LETTER XLI
LETTER XLII
LETTER XLIII
LETTER XLIV
LETTER XLV
LETTER XLVI
LETTER XLVII
LETTER XLVIII
LETTER XLIX
LETTER L
BOOK IV Further Letters to Religious outside the Visitation
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTER XXVI
LETTER XXVII
LETTER XXVIII
LETTER XXIX
LETTER XXX
LETTER XXXI
LETTER XXXII
LETTER XXXIII
LETTER XXXIV
LETTER XXXV
BOOK V General Instructions to Sisters of the Visitation
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
BOOK VI Letters for Various Festivals
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
LETTER VIII
LETTER IX
LETTER X
LETTER XI
LETTER XII
LETTER XIII
LETTER XIV
LETTER XV
LETTER XVI
LETTER XVII
LETTER XVIII
LETTER XIX
LETTER XX
LETTER XXI
LETTER XXII
LETTER XXIII
LETTER XXIV
LETTER XXV
LETTER XXVI
LETTER XXVII
LETTER XXVIII
THE MYSTICAL EXPLANATION OF THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES
CONTENTS
FOREWORD BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER
NOTICE THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER, 1643
PREFACE
THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES AN ECLOGUE OF SOLOMON’S MYSTICALLY EXPLAINED ARGUMENT
Discourse I FIRST HINDRANCE: THE REMEMBRANCE OF SENSIBLE PLEASURES
REMEDY FOR THE FIRST OBSTACLE: THE SOUL DESIRES AND DEMANDS SPIRITUAL GOODS
FIRST DEGREE OF PRAYER: CONSIDERATION OF GOD IN CORPOREAL THINGS
Discourse II SECOND HINDRANCE; THE DISTRACTION OF THE IMAGINATION
REMEDY FOR THE SECOND IMPEDIMENT: ATTENTION TO INSPIRATIONS
SECOND DEGREE: THE SOUL CONSIDERS GOD IN SPIRITUAL THINGS OUTSIDE ITSELF
Discourse III THIRD IMPEDIMENT: HUMAN PRAISES
REMEDY FOR THE THIRD IMPEDIMENT: TO REFER ALL PRAISES TO GOD
THIRD DEGEEE: THE SOUL CONSIDERS GOD IN HERSELF
Discourse IV FOURTH IMPEDIMENT: BODILY LABOUR
REMEDY FOR THE FOURTH IMPEDIMENT: SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES AND CONVERSATIONS 1719
FOURTH DEGREE; CONSIDERATION OF OUR GOD IN HIMSELF BUT AS MAN
Discourse V FIFTH HINDRANCE: HUMAN RESPECT
REMEDY FOR THE FIFTH HINDRANCE: SOLITUDE
FIFTH DEGREE: THE CONSIDERATION OF GOD IN HIMSELF AND AS GOD
Discourse VI THE SOUL, HAVING SURMOUNTED ALL IMPEDIMENTS, HAS NO LONGER NEED OF REMEDIES, BUT REMAINS UNITED TO GOD AND ABSORBED IN HIM BY A PERFECT DEVOTION
THE SPIRIT OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
CONTENTS
PREFACE
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JEAN PIERRE CAMUS, BISHOP OF BELLEY
THE FRENCH PUBLISHER TO THE READER, 1639
THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
UPON PERFECT VIRTUE
BLESSED FRANCIS’ ESTIMATE OF VARIOUS VIRTUES
UPON THE LESSER VIRTUES
UPON INCREASE OF FAITH
UPON TEMPTATIONS AGAINST FAITH
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
UPON CONFIDENCE IN GOD
OUR MISERY APPEALS TO GOD’S MERCY
UPON SELF-DISTRUST
UPON THE JUSTICE AND MERCY OF GOD
WAITING UPON GOD
UPON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOLY DESIRE OF REWARD AND A MERCENARY SPIRIT
CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
GOD SHOULD SUFFICE FOR US ALL
CHARITY THE SHORT ROAD TO PERFECTION
UPON WHAT IT IS TO LOVE GOD TRULY
UPON THE LOVE OF GOD IN GENERAL
ALL FOR LOVE OF GOD
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
UPON THE LOVE OF GOD, CALLED LOVE OF BENEVOLENCE
DISINTERESTED LOVE OF GOD
UPON THE CHARACTER OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN
UPON NOT PUTTING LIMITS TO OUR LOVE OF GOD
UPON THE LAW AND THE JUST MAN
UPON DESIRES
HOW CHARITY EXCELS BOTH FAITH AND HOPE
SOME THOUGHTS OF BLESSED FRANCIS ON THE PASSION
UPON THE VANITY OF HEATHEN PHILOSOPHY
UPON THE PURE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR
UPON BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER
UPON FRATERNAL CORRECTION
UPON FINDING EXCUSES FOR THE FAULTS OF OUR FELLOW-MEN
UPON NOT JUDGING OTHERS
UPON JUDGING OURSELVES
UPON SLANDER AND DETRACTION
UPON HASTY JUDGMENTS
UPON RIDICULING ONE’S NEIGHBOUR
UPON CONTRADICTING OTHERS
UPON LOVING OUR ENEMIES
UPON FORGIVING OUR ENEMIES
UPON THE VIRTUE OF CONDESCENSION
HOW BLESSED FRANCIS ADAPTED HIMSELF TO TIMES, PLACES, AND CIRCUMSTANCES
UPON THE DEFERENCE DUE TO OUR INFERIORS AND DEPENDENTS
UPON THE WAY TO TREAT SERVANTS
ANOTHER INSTANCE OF BLESSED FRANCIS’ GENTLENESS WITH HIS OWN SERVANTS
THE HOLY BISHOP NEVER REFUSED WHAT WAS ASKED OF HIM
UPON ALMSGIVING
OUR SAINT’S HOPEFULNESS IN REGARD TO THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS
BLESSED FRANCIS’ SOLICITUDE FOR MALEFACTORS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
UPON THE SMALL NUMBER OF THE ELECT
TO LOVE TO BE HATED, AND TO HATE TO BE LOVED
UPON OBEDIENCE
UPON THE OBEDIENCE THAT MAY BE PRACTISED BY SUPERIORS
AN INSTANCE OF OUR SAINT’S OBEDIENCE
UPON THE LOVE OF HOLY POVERTY
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
UPON POVERTY OF SPIRIT
FRANCIS’ LOVE OF THE POOR
UPON THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF POVERTY
UPON PROSPERITY
UPON CHARITY AND CHASTITY
UPON PURITY OF HEART
UPON CHASTITY AND HUMILITY
UPON MODESTY
THE CONTEMPT HE FELT FOR HIS BODY
UPON OUR SAINT’S HUMILITY
UPON MERE HUMBLENESS OF SPEECH
UPON VARIOUS DEGREES OF HUMILITY
UPON HUMILIATION
HUMILITY WITH REGARD TO PERFECTION
UPON EXCUSES
UPON OUR GOOD NAME
UPON DESPISING THE ESTEEM OF MEN
UPON THE VIRTUES WE SHOULD PRACTISE WHEN CALUMNIATED
UPON SOME SPIRITUAL MAXIMS
UPON PATIENCE
HOW TO PROFIT BY BEARING WITH INSULTS
UPON BEARING WITH IMPORTUNITIES
THAT HE WHO COMPLAINS SINS
BLESSED FRANCIS’ CALMNESS IN TRIBULATION
BLESSED FRANCIS’ TEST OF PATIENCE IN SUFFERING
UPON LONG ILLNESSES
BLESSED FRANCIS’ HOLY INDIFFERENCE IN ILLNESS
UPON THE SHAPE OF THE CROSS
A DIAMOND CROSS
HOLY MAGDALEN AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS
UPON THE POWER OF GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE
A REJOINDER BOTH STRIKING AND INSTRUCTIVE
BLESSED FRANCIS’ FAVOURITE BEATITUDE
HIS GRAVITY AND AFFABILITY
HOW BLESSED FRANCIS DEALT WITH A CRIMINAL WHO DESPAIRED OF SALVATION
UPON MORTIFICATION
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
UPON FASTING1868
DOUBTS SOLVED AS TO SOLDIERS FASTING
THE GOLDEN MEAN IN DISPENSATIONS
UPON THE WORDS, “EAT OF ANYTHING THAT IS SET BEFORE YOU.”
UPON THE STATE OF PERFECTION
MARKS OF PROGRESS IN PERFECTION
UPON THE PERFECTION AIMED AT IN RELIGIOUS HOUSES
UPON FRUGALITY
BLESSED FRANCIS’ ESTEEM OF THE VIRTUE OF SIMPLICITY
BLESSED FRANCIS’ LOVE OF EXACTITUDE
A TEST OF RELIGIOUS VOCATION
UPON FOLLOWING THE COMMON LIFE
UPON THE JUDGING OF VOCATIONS
UPON PRUDENCE AND SIMPLICITY
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
UPON MENTAL PRAYER
UPON ASPIRATIONS
UPON INTERIOR RECOLLECTION AND EJACULATORY PRAYERS
UPON DOING AND ENDURING
UPON MORTIFICATION AND PRAYER
UPON THE PRESENCE OF GOD
HIS UNITY OF SPIRIT WITH GOD
HIS GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR SPIRITUAL CONSOLATIONS
UPON THE SHEDDING OF TEARS
UPON JOY AND SADNESS
UPON THE DEGREES OF TRUE DEVOTION
THE TEST OF TRUE DEVOTION
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SERVANT OF GOD
THAT DEVOTION DOES NOT ALWAYS SPRING FROM CHARITY
UPON PERFECT CONTENTMENT IN THE PRIVATION OF ALL CONTENT
UPON THE WILL OF GOD
HIS RESIGNATION TO THE WILL OF GOD
THAT WE MUST ALWAYS SUBMIT OURSELVES TO GOD’S HOLY WILL
HIS SUBLIME THOUGHTS ON HOLY INDIFFERENCE
NOTHING, SAVE SIN, HAPPENS TO US BUT BY THE WILL OF GOD
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
UPON ABANDONING OURSELVES TO GOD
UPON INTERIOR DESOLATION
UPON THE PRESENCE IN OUR SOULS OF THE GRACE OF GOD
UPON OUR DESIRE TO SAVE OUR SOUL
UPON GOOD NATURAL INCLINATIONS
HOW TO SPEAK OF GOD
UPON ECCENTRICITIES IN DEVOTION
UPON CONFRATERNITIES
UPON INTERCOURSE WITH THE WORLD
AGAINST OVER-EAGERNESS
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
UPON LIBERTY OF SPIRIT
UPON NATURE AND GRACE
UPON EXAGGERATED INTROSPECTION
UPON INTERIOR REFORMATION
HIS VISION OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
HIS DEVOTION TO OUR BLESSED LADY
HIS DEVOTION TO THE HOLY WINDING SHEET OF TURIN
UPON MERIT
UPON GOOD WILL AND GOOD DESIRES
AGAINST THE MAKING OF RASH VOWS
UPON THE PRO-PASSIONS OF OUR LORD
HIS VICTORY OVER THE PASSIONS OF LOVE AND ANGER
UPON OUR PASSIONS AND EMOTIONS
HOW HE CAME TO WRITE HIS PHILOTHEA
UPON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SAINTS
UPON THE LOVE OF GOD’S WORD
HIS LOVE OF RETIREMENT
HOW HE SANCTIFIED HIS RECREATIONS
WHAT HE DREW FROM SOME LINES OF POETRY
UPON BEING CONTENT WITH OUR POSITION IN LIFE
UPON SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND CONTENTEDNESS
THE REVERENCE OF BLESSED FRANCIS FOR THE SICK
UPON THE CARE OF THE SICK
UPON SPEAKING WELL OF THE DEAD
UPON DEATH
UPON WISHING TO DIE
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
UPON THE DESIRE OF HEAVEN
WHAT IT IS TO DIE IN GOD
UPON LENGTH OF LIFE
UPON PURGATORY
UPON PENANCE
UPON PENITENT CONFUSION
UPON INTERIOR PEACE AMIDST ANXIETIES
UPON DISCOURAGEMENT
UPON RISING AFTER A FALL
UPON KINDLINESS TOWARDS OURSELVES
UPON IMPERFECTIONS
THE JUST MAN FALLS SEVEN TIMES IN THE DAY
UPON THE PURGATIVE WAY
UPON VENIAL SIN
UPON COMPLICITY IN THE SINS OF ANOTHER
UPON EQUIVOCATING
UPON SOLITUDE
UPON VANITY
UPON THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH PUFFS UP
UPON SCRUPLES
UPON TEMPTATIONS
UPON THE SAME SUBJECT
THOUGHTS ON THE INCARNATION
UPON CONFESSION AND COMMUNION
UPON CONFESSION
UPON A CHANGE OF CONFESSOR
UPON DIFFERENT METHODS OF DIRECTION
ADVICE UPON HAVING A DIRECTOR
UPON TRUE AND MISTAKEN ZEAL
UPON THE INSTITUTION OF THE VISITATION ORDER
HIS DEFENCE OF HIS NEW CONGREGATION OF THE VISITATION
UPON THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY
HE REBUKES PHARISAISM
UPON RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS
UPON UNLEARNED SUPERIORS
UPON THE FOUNDING OF CONVENTS
UPON RECEIVING THE INFIRM INTO COMMUNITIES
UPON SELF-PITY
UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNS BY RELIGIOUS MEN
THAT WE MUST NOT BE WEDDED TO OUR OWN PLANS
HIS VIEWS REGARDING ECCLESIASTICAL DIGNITIES
HIS PROMOTION TO THE BISHOPRIC OF GENEVA AND HIS REFUSAL OF THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF PARIS
A BISHOP’S CARE FOR HIS FLOCK
ON THE FIRST DUTY OF BISHOPS
UPON THE PASTORAL CHARGE
UPON THE CARE OF SOULS
UPON LEARNING AND PIETY
ADVICE TO BISHOP CAMUS AS TO RESIGNING HIS SEE
THE JOYOUS SPIRIT OF BLESSED FRANCIS
UPON DAILY MASS. HIS ADVICE TO A YOUNG PRIEST2037
A PRIEST SAYING MASS SHOULD BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS
BLESSED FRANCIS ENCOURAGES THE BISHOP OF BELLEY
UPON A COMPASSIONATE MIND
UPON DOING ONE’S DUTY, WITHOUT RESPECT OF PERSONS
THE HONOUR DUE TO VIRTUE
UPON MEMORY AND JUDGMENT
A PRIEST SHOULD NOT AIM AT IMITATING IN HIS SERMONS ANY PARTICULAR PREACHER
UPON SHORT SERMONS
UPON PREACHING AND PREACHERS
BLESSED FRANCIS AND THE BISHOP OF BELLEY’S SERMON
UPON CONTROVERSY
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
UPON REASON AND REASONING
UPON QUOTING HOLY SCRIPTURE
UPON POLITICAL DIPLOMACY
UPON AMBITION
UPON COURTS AND COURTIERS
UPON THE CARNIVAL
AN INSTANCE OF HIS COMPASSION FOR ANIMALS
UPON HUNTING
UPON THE FEAR OF GHOSTS
HIS PORTRAIT
UPON BLESSED FRANCIS’ TRUE CHARITY
MONTH OF MARY
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Preliminary Instruction DOCTRINE OF ST. FRANCIS OF SALES UPON DEVOTION TO MARY
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
PRACTICE
ASPIRATION
First Day MARY, A MODEL OF PERFECT SELF-DENIAL FROM HER BIRTH
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
ASPIRATION
PRACTICE
Second Day MARY CONSECRATES HERSELF TO GOD IN THE TEMPLE
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Third Day CONTINUATION OF THE PRECEDING SUBJECT
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE TO THE SACRED HEART OF MARY
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Fourth Day FIDELITY OF MARY IN FOLLOWING THE CALL OF GOD
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. GENNANUS
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Fifth Day MARY IS A MODEL TO RELIGIOUS PERSONS IN HER PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Sixth Day THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. ANDREW OF CRETE
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Seventh Day THE EXCELLENCE OF THE VIRGINITY OF MARY
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Eighth Day THE VISITATION
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. GERMANUS
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Ninth Day THE CHARITY OF MARY IN THE VISITATION
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Tenth Day BY THE VISIT OF MARY, ELIZABETH IS FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Eleventh Day HUMILITY OF MARY
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twelfth Day THROUGH THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST RECEIVES THE MOST SPECIAL GRACES
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER (FROM ST. AUGUSTINE AND ST. BERNARD)
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Thirteenth Day THE TRIALS AND CONSOLATIONS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. BERNARD
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Fourteenth Day MARY AT BETHLEHEM
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. ANSELM
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Fifteenth Day THE UNION OF CHARITY AND HUMILITY IN THE HEART OF MARY AT THE INCARNATION
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Sixteenth Day THE PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Seventeenth Day MARY, THE MODEL OF PERFECT OBEDIENCE, IN THE MYSTERY OF THE PURIFICATION
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Eighteenth Day THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT—TRUST IN PROVIDENCE
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. BERNARD
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Nineteenth Day MARY, AT THE MARRIAGE OF CANA, TEACHES US THE BEST METHOD OF PRAYER
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twentieth Day THE PETITION OF MARY AT THE MARRIAGE OF CANA WAS FULL OF CONFIDENCE
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-First Day MARY OBTAINS THE FIRST MIRACLE FROM JESUS BY HER LIVELY FAITH
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
ASPIRATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Second Day MARY CHOSE THE BETTER PART
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Third Day THE BLESSED VIRGIN DID NOT NEGLECT THE DUTIES OF MARTHA
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Fourth Day MARY IN HER SLEEP
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Fifth Day MARY ON CALVARY IS THE MOTHER OF ALL CHRISTIANS
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Sixth Day MARY AFTER THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Seventh Day MARY IN THE UPPER ROOM AT JERUSALEM
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER TO ASK FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY GHOST
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Eighth Day HOW PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD WAS THE DEATH OF MARY
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER (OF ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI TO OBTAIN A HAPPY DEATH)
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Twenty-Ninth Day MARY, LIKE JESUS, DIES OF DIVINE LOVE
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER OF ST. ALFONSO MARIA DI LIGUORI
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Thirtieth Day THE DEATH OF MARY WAS SWEET AND TRANQUIL
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
Thirty-First Day THE RESURRECTION AND ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
EXAMPLE
PRAYER
EJACULATION
PRACTICE
ACT OF CONSECRATION OF ST. FRANCIS OF SALES TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN
A MAN OF GOOD ZEAL
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
Book One THE BEGINNER
Part 1 THE FORMATIVE YEARS
Part 2 DARK NIGHT OF THE SENSES
Book Two THE PROFICIENT
Part 1 FRANCIS, ZEALOUS PRIEST
Part 2 THE WOUND OF LOVE
Book Three THE PERFECT
Part 1 FRANCIS, ZEALOUS BISHOP
Part 2 UNION WITH CHRIST
SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL’S DEPOSITIONS
CONTENTS
CONTENTS OF THE DEPOSITIONS OF THE VENERABLE MOTHER JANE FRANCES FRÉMYOT DE CHANTAL FIRST RELIGIOUS, FIRST SUPERIOR, AND FOUNDRESS OF THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION OF HOLY MARY
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS
LIST OF POINTS INVESTIGATED
POINTS INVESTIGATED
First Point PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF THE SERVANT OF GOD
Second Point HIS CHILDHOOD
Third Point THE CHARITY WHICH FEOM HIS CHILDHOOD HE SHOWED TOWARDS THE POOR
Fourth Point HIS BEHAVIOUR WHILE HE WAS PUESUING HIS STUDIES AT ANNECY AND PARIS
Fifth Point THE DEVOTION WHICH HE FROM THAT TIME FORTH ENTERTAINED FOR THE BLESSED VIRGIN
Sixth Point HIS BEHAVIOUR DURING THE TIME OF HIS STUDIES AT PADUA, AND HIS JOURNEY TO LORETTO AND TO ROME
Seventh Point HIS VISIT TO THE BISHOP OF GENEVA, CLAUDE DE GRANIER, AFTER HIS RETURN FROM PADUA
Eighth Point HIS BEHAVIOUR AFTER HIS RETUKN FROM PADUA UP TO THE TIME OF HIS ENTERING THE ECCLESIASTICAL STATE
Ninth Point HIS BEHAVIOUR AS A DEACON
Tenth Point THE MANNER IN WHICH HE FULFILLED BOTH HIS PRIESTLY DUTIES AND THOSE OF PROVOST
Eleventh Point THE MISSION IN THE CHABLAIS
Twelfth Point THE PROCESSION FROM THONON TO ANNEMASSE
Thirteenth Point THE BOOK OF THE STANDARD OF THE CROSS
Fourteenth Point RESULT OF THE MISSION IN THE CHABLAIS
Fifteenth Point HOW HE CARRIED THE BLESSED SACRAMENT TO THE SICK DURING THE CHABLAIS MISSION
Sixteenth Point HIS CONFERENCES WITH THE HERETICS
Seventeenth Point HIS DESIRE TO CONVERT ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND
Eighteenth Point HIS BEING CHOSEN BY THE BISHOP OF GENEVA AS HIS COADJUTOR
Nineteenth Point HIS JOURNEY TO ROME AND HIS EXAMINATION
Twentieth Point HE WAS RECEIVED WITH GREAT JOY ON HIS RETURN FROM ROME, ETC
Twenty-First Point HIS BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS THE BISHOP OF GENEVA, WHOSE COADJUTOR HE WAS
Twenty-Second Point HIS BEHAVIOUR AT THE TIME OF HENRY INVASION OF SAVOY
Twenty-Third Point HIS CONSECRATION, AND PREPARATION FOR IT
Twenty-Fourth Point HIS FAITH
Twenty-Fifth Point HIS HOPE
Twenty-Sixth Point HIS LOVE OF GOD
Twenty-Seventh Point HIS LOVE FOR HIS NEIGHBOUR
Twenty-Eighth Point HIS PRACTICE OF THE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES
Twenty-Ninth Point HIS CHASTITY
Thirtieth Point HIS HUMILITY
Thirty-First Point HIS PATIENCE
Thirty-Second Point HIS GENTLENESS
Thirty-Third Point HIS DEVOTION, HIS PRAYER, AND HIS RECOLLECTION OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
Thirty-Fourth Point HIS LOVE OF HIS ENEMIES
Thirty-Fifth Point HIS ZEAL AND HIS MANY SERMONS
Thirty-Sixth Point HIS WORKS OF MERCY
Thirty-Seventh Point HIS INTERIOR PEACE, AND HIS EFFORTS TO SETTLE LAWSUITS AND MAKE PEACE
Thirty-Eighth Point HIS VIRTUE OF RELIGION
Thirty-Ninth Point HIS CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD
Fortieth Point HIS DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS AND GIFT OF PROPHECY
Forty-First Point HIS MAGNANIMITY
Forty-Second Point HIS ASSIDUITY IN THE CONFESSIONAL
Forty-Third Point HIS CARE FOR THE PERFECTION OF MONASTIC ORDERS
Forty-Fourth Point HIS ZEAL FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS THE BOOKS HE PUBLISHED
Forty-Fifth Point HIS CONTEMPT FOR HONOURS AND FOR WORLDLY GOODS
Forty-Sixth Point HIS MANNER OF DEALING WITH HIS NEIGHBOUR
Forty-Seventh Point HIS CONDUCT IN THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS DIOCESE
Forty-Eighth Point THE EXCELLENT ORDER OF HIS EPISCOPAL HOUSEHOLD
Forty-Ninth Point HIS CHARITY TO THE POOR
Fiftieth Point THE MIRACLES WHICH HE WORKED DURING HIS LIFETIME
Fifty-First Point HIS REPUTATION FOR SANCTITY
Fifty-Second Point HIS LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH
Fifty-Third Point HIS FUNERAL, AND THE VENERATION SHOWN BY THE PEOPLE TO HIS MORTAL REMAINS
Fifty-Fourth Point THE GRACES OBTAINED BY HIS INTERCESSION
Fifty-Fifth Point THE LIVES OF THE SAINT WRITTEN BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
CONTINUATION OF THE OFFICIAL REPORT
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
CONTENTS
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
LIFE
EARLY YEARS
EDUCATION AND CONVERSION
RETURN TO SAVOY
PRIEST AND PROVOST
BISHOP OF GENEVA
MYSTICAL WRITER
FOUNDER
DEATH
VENERATION AFTER HIS DEATH
PATRONAGE
LEGACY
CONGREGATIONS
INFLUENCE ON OTHER SAINTS
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH 1567—1622
UNIVERSITY LIFE, PARIS AND PADUA (1580–1591)
FROM UNIVERSITY UNTIL PRIESTHOOD (1591–93)
ST FRANCIS AS PRIEST: LIFE AT ANNECY (1593–4)
THE CONVERSION OF THE CHABLAIS (1594–1598)
THE FIRST PART OF HIS EPISCOPATE (1599–1612)
HIS PRIVATE LIFE AND HOUSEHOLD
THE FOUNDATION OF THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION (1610–1612)
THE SECOND PART OF HIS EPISCOPATE (1612–22)
FRIENDSHIP BY SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
FLIRTATIONS
TRUE FRIENDSHIPS
FRIENDSHIPS: TRUE AND FALSE
REMEDIES FOR EVIL FRIENDSHIPS
MORE ADVICE ON FRIENDSHIPS
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES (1567–1622)
ILLUSTRATIONS
PUBLISHER II
ENDNOTES
INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE ENDNOTES
TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOD ENDNOTES
THE CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY ENDNOTES
THE CONSOLING THOUGHTS OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES ENDNOTES
THE SECRET OF SANCTITY ENDNOTES
LETTERS TO PERSONS IN THE WORLD ENDNOTES
LETTERS TO PERSONS IN RELIGION ENDNOTES
THE MYSTICAL EXPLANATION OF THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES ENDNOTES
THE SPIRIT OF SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES ENDNOTES
SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL’S DEPOSITIONS ENDNOTES
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