CHAPTER XIV. On Poverty of Spirit amid Riches. “BLESSED are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God;” [97] and if so,…
CHAPTER XIII. How to maintain Purity. BE exceedingly quick in turning aside from the slightest thing leading to impurity, for it is an evil which…
CHAPTER XII. On Purity. PURITY is the lily among virtues–by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity…
CHAPTER XI. On Obedience. LOVE alone leads to perfection, but the three chief means for acquiring it are obedience, chastity, and poverty. Obedience is a…
CHAPTER X. We must attend to the Business of Life carefully, but without Eagerness or Over-anxiety. THE care and diligence due to our ordinary business…
CHAPTER IX. On Gentleness towards Ourselves. ONE important direction in which to exercise gentleness, is with respect to ourselves, never growing irritated with one’s self…
CHAPTER VI. Humility makes us rejoice in our own Abjection. BUT, my daughter, I am going a step further, and I bid you everywhere and…
CHAPTER II. The same Subject continued. SAINT AUGUSTINE says very admirably, that beginners in devotion are wont to commit certain faults which, while they are…
CHAPTER XXI. How to Communicate. BEGIN your preparation over-night, by sundry aspirations and loving ejaculations. Go to bed somewhat earlier than usual, so that you…
CHAPTER XIX. On Confession. OUR Saviour has bequeathed the Sacrament of Penitence and Confession to His Church, [49] in order that therein we may be…
