CHAPTER XLI. One Word to Maidens. O YE virgins, I have but a word to say to you. If you look to married life in…
CHAPTER XL. Counsels to Widows. SAINT PAUL teaches us all in the person of S. Timothy when he says, “Honour widows that are widows indeed.”…
CHAPTER XXXVIII. Counsels to Married People. MARRIAGE is a great Sacrament both in Jesus Christ and His Church, and one to be honoured to all,…
CHAPTER XXXVII. Of Wishes. EVERYBODY grants that we must guard against the desire for evil things, since evil desires make evil men. But I say…
CHAPTER XXXVI. Of a Well-Balanced, Reasonable Mind. REASON is the special characteristic of man, and yet it is a rare thing to find really reasonable…
CHAPTER XXXV. We must be Faithful in Things Great and Small. THE Bridegroom of the Canticles says that the Bride has ravished His heart with…
Revival is the promise God has made me, that I was a revivalist. As of late of late I have given a…
CHAPTER XXXIII. Of Balls, and other Lawful but Dangerous Amusements. DANCES and balls are things in themselves indifferent, but the circumstances ordinarily surrounding them have…
CHAPTER XXXI. Of Amusements and Recreations: what are allowable. WE must needs occasionally relax the mind, and the body requires some recreation also. Cassian relates…
CHAPTER XXVIII. Of Hasty Judgments. JUDGE not, and ye shall not be judged,” said the Saviour of our souls; “condemn not, and ye shall not…
