CHAPTER X. SECOND MEDITATION Of the End for which we were Created. Preparation. 1. PLACE yourself before God. 2. Ask Him to inspire your heart….
CHAPTER IX. FIRST MEDITATION. Of Creation. Preparation. 1. PLACE yourself in the Presence of God. 2. Ask Him to inspire your heart. Considerations. 1. Consider…
CHAPTER VIII. How to effect this Second Purification. THE first inducement to attain this second purification is a keen and lively apprehension of the great…
CHAPTER VII. The Second Purification, from all Sinful Affections. ALL the children of Israel went forth from the land of Egypt, but not all went…
CHAPTER VI. The First Purification, namely, from Mortal Sin. THE first purification to be made is from sin;–the means whereby to make it, the sacrament…
CHAPTER V. The First Step must be Purifying the Soul. “THE flowers appear on the earth,” [15] says the Heavenly Bridegroom, and the time for…
CHAPTER IV. The Need of a Guide for those who would enter upon and advance in the Devout Life. WHEN Tobias was bidden to go…
CHAPTER III. Devotion is suitable to every Vocation and Profession. WHEN God created the world He commanded each tree to bear fruit after its kind;…
CHAPTER II. The Nature and Excellence of Devotion. THOSE who sought to discourage the Israelites from going up to the Promised Land, told them that…
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…
