Meditations For Retreats
By: taken from the writings of St. Francis de Sales. Arranged by St. Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal. From the French by a Visitandine of Baltimore.
Contributors: Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint, 1572-1641
Publisher: Benziger brothers
Published: 1900
Place of publication: New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Meditations.; Spiritual retreats.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Mother de Chantal to the Sisters of the Visitation 3; title: Preface 5; title: I. Meditation on the Creation 15; title: II. Meditation on the End for which we were Created 19; title: III. Meditation on the Benefits of God 23; title: IV. Meditation on Sin 28; title: V. Meditation on Death 33; title: VI. Meditation on Judgment 38; title: VII. Meditation on Hell 44; title: VIII. Meditation on Heaven 49; title: IX. Meditation on Religious Poverty 54; title: X. Meditation on Obedience 59; title: XI. Meditation on Chastity 64; title: XII. Meditation to Assist us to Know our Misery and Weakness 68; title: XIII. Meditation on the Submission that Our Saviour practised in His Divine Infancy 72; title: XIV. Meditation on the Incomparable Grace that we possess in being Daughters of Holy Church 77; title: XV. Meditation on the Particular Benefit of the Religious Vocation 82; title: XVI. Meditation on the Obligation imposed by the Religious Life of strictly imitating Our Saviour 87; title: XVII. Meditation on the Principal Lessons that Our Saviour teaches the Religious Soul 92; title: XVIII. Meditation on the Means by which the Religious Soul ravishes the Heart of her Beloved 97; title: XIX. Meditation on the Love of our Neighbor 102; title: XX. Meditation on the Garden of Olives 107; title: XXI. Meditation on the Love of Our Saviour in the Midst of His Labors 112; title: XXII. Meditation on Our Saviour on the Cross 116; title: XXIII. Meditation on the First five Words that Our Saviour spoke on the Cross 121; title: XXIV. Meditation on the Blessed Virgin standing at the Foot of the Cross 126; title: XXV. Meditation on the Death of Our Saviour on the Cross 131; title: XXVI. Meditation on the Joy and Happiness that the Devout Soul experiences in the Cross 136; title: XXVII. Meditation on the Resurrection of Our Lord 141; title: XXVIII. Meditation on the Ascension of Our Lord 146; title: XXIX. Meditation on the Descent of the Holy Ghost 151; title: XXX. Meditation on the Presence of God  156; title: XXXI. Meditation on the Providence of God  160; title: XXXII. Meditation on the Will of God 165; title: XXXIII. Meditation on Detachment and on the; title: Conclusion of the Retreat 170; title: Letter of Mother de Chantal on Retreats 174; title: Examen for Annual Confessions 179; title: Digitized by Google