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 II. Meditation on the Benefit conferred on us by God in calling us to His Service. 1. CONSIDER the points on which you are…
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 XI. Anxiety of Mind. ANXIETY of mind is not so much an abstract temptation, as the source whence various temptations arise. Sadness, when defined,…
CHAPTER III. Of Temptations, and the difference between experiencing them and consenting to them. PICTURE to yourself a young princess beloved of her husband, to…
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.”…
