CHAPTER VII. Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul. I HAVE dwelt thus at length on these points, on a due examination of which…
CHAPTER VI. Examination of the Soul’s Condition as regards our Neighbour. HUSBAND and wife are bound to love one another with a tender, abiding, restful…
CHAPTER V. Examination of your Condition as regards yourself. 1. HOW do you love yourself? Is it a love which concerns this life chiefly? If…
CHAPTER IV. Examination of the Soul’s Condition as regards God. 1. WHAT is the aspect of your heart with respect to mortal sin? Are you…
CHAPTER III. Examination of the Soul as to its Progress in the Devout Life. THIS second point is somewhat lengthy, and I would begin by…
CHAPTER II. Meditation on the Benefit conferred on us by God in calling us to His Service. 1. CONSIDER the points on which you are…
__________________________________________________________________ PART V. CONTAINING COUNSELS AND PRACTICES FOR RENEWING AND CONFIRMING THE SOUL IN DEVOTION. __________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER I. It is well yearly to renew Good…
CHAPTER XV. An Illustration. LET me illustrate what I have said by an anecdote of Saint Bernard. It is common to most beginners in God’s…
CHAPTER XIV. Of Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness. SO much for what is to be done in times of spiritual consolations. But these bright days will…
CHAPTER XIII. Of Spiritual and Sensible Consolations, and how to receive them. THE order of God’s Providence maintains a perpetual vicissitude in the material being…
