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Introduction to the Devout Life
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INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
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
ILLUSTRATIONS
PUBLISHER II
CONTENTS
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