The Way Of Interior Peace
Subtitle: Dedicated To Our Lady Of Peace
Publisher: Benzinger Brothers
Published: 1888
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Description: 2d. ed. 
by Rev. Father de Lehen ; translated from the German version of Rev. James Brucker by a religious ; with a preface by His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Preface 3; title: Approbation to the English Edition, 4; title: Approbation to the German Edition, 4; title: Author’s Preface, 5; title: Translator’s Preface to the First German Edition,    9; title: Preface to the Third German Edition 10; title: PART I.; title: Of Resignation to the Dispensations of Divine Providence.; title: Chapter I. — Of the Loving Dispensations of Divine Providence toward Men, and of the Happiness of those that wholly submit to Its Decrees, 21; title: Chapter II.— In what we should submit to the Ordinances of Divine Providence, 38; title: Chapter III.— Why and How we should Resign Ourselves to God’s Will, 59; title: Chapter IV. — Of the Utility of Sufferings for the Just. — Of their Necessity for the Sinner, 68; title: Chapter V. — Of the Good Use of Sufferings,    75; title: PART II.; title: True Piety the Indispensable Foundation of Interior Peace. — The Way in which God leads Souls to Peace and Perfection.; title: Chapter I. — The Foundation of True Piety. — Points in which we should Imitate the Example of the Saints,   83; title: Chapter II. — We must Serve God according to His Will and not for the Gratification of our own Inclinations,   92; title: Chapter III. — Of the Sacrament of Penance, and of the Peace and Comfort found in its Reception,    96; title: Chapter IV. — Of Holy Communion. — What is required to receive worthily, and the Reason that It is for so many a Subject of Fear, 106; title: Chapter V. — Of Prayer and the Manner of Fulfilling this Duty. — Of the False Ideas often formed of this Exercise,   115; title: Chapter VI. — The Knowledge of God and of One’s Self the First Condition of Solid Virtue and True Peace,   122; title: Chapter VII. — Patience with Self the Second Requisite of True Piety and Peace of Soul, 129; title: Chapter VIII. — We should Courageously Labor at our Advancement, and thereby, without losing Interior Peace, draw Spiritual Benefit from our Faults and Miseries, 137; title: Chapter IX. — Of the Transition from a state of Sensible Devotion to that of Pure Faith and Spoliation,   148; title: Chapter X.— Of Self Renunciation and the Total Surrender of Self to God, the Last Condition for Obtaining Constant Interior Peace, 154; title: PART III.; title: Of the Means for Preserving Peace Amid Spiritual Weaknesses.; title: Chapter I. — Various Instructions on these Means,   164; title: First Point. Fundamental Maxims on Liberty of Spirit,   164; title: Second Point. Of the Snares by which the Fiend seeks to rob us of Peace, and of the Means by which to Defend Ourselves against him, 165; title: Third Point. The Soul when Disturbed should strive to Regain her Calm as soon as possible, 167; title: Fourth Point. Of Watchfulness over Self,    168; title: Fifth Point. Of Mistrust of Self, 169; title: Sixth Point. Of Confidence in God, 171; title: Seventh Point. A Mark of True Confidence in God and Mistrust of Self, 172; title: Eighth Poirot. How greatly Diffidence and Mistrust offend the; title: Lord and Injure the Soul,         174; title: Chapter II. — Of Faults Springing from Weakness,   177; title: First Point One should without Disquiet or without Mistrust Return to God when he has Fallen into Venial Sin,   177; title: Second Point. Frequent Relapses into Venial Sins are not always a Sign of Insufficient Sorrow for them,   182; title: Third Point. How God Permits the Venial Sins of the Just and all their other Imperfections to Redound to their Greatest Good,  184; title: Fourth Point. Of Bearing with Self and our Daily Faults and Weaknesses, 191; title: Fifth Point. The Faults of our Neighbor should Disturb our Peace as Little as the Imperfections Found in every Human Virtue, 193; title: Chapter III. — Of Discouragement, 197; title: First Point. Evil Consequences of Discouragement,   197; title: Second Point. Why Discouragement occasions so much Harm, 200; title: Third Point. The True Foundation of Christian Hope the same for All Men, 202; title: Fourth Point. The Passions and Merits of Christ a new Foun-; title: dation for Confidence, 204; title: Fifth Point. To be Wanting in Confidence, is to be Wanting in Faith, 206; title: Sixth Point. No Victory without Combat; No Combat without Labor, 208; title: Seventh Point. He who Anticipates Future Combats and Sufferings Tempts both God and Man, 212; title: Eighth Point. Aversion, Disgust, and Weariness in God's Service are not Unfrequently the Sources of Unreasonable Discouragement, 214; title: Ninth Point. We should not Pray God to Free us from our Sufferings and Combats. — Should we do so, we must not desire to have such Petitions Immediately Granted,   217; title: Chapter IV.— Of Temptations, 221; title: First Point. Temptations are no Proof that God has forsaken a Soul, 221; title: Second Point Temptations are no Evidence of a Bad State of Soul, 223; title: Third Point. In Temptation we should Turn to God.— He sustains us in the Combat without our Perceiving it,   225; title: Fourth Point. How one may Know whether or not he has Consented to Temptation, 226; title: Fifth Point. Passing Temptations, 229; title: Sixth Point. Lasting Temptations, and those that Powerfully Affect the Senses, 280; title: Seventh Point. On Temptations that Retard us in the Practice of Virtue, 232; title: Eighth Point. One should not Parley with the Tempter. — Means by which we may Turn from the Temptation,   234; title: Ninth Point. How Temptations proceeding from the Imagination are to be Combated, 238; title: Tenth Point. Of Frequently Recurring Temptations. — In Time of Peace Prepare for War, 243; title: Eleventh Point. Of the Advantages of Temptation,   245; title: Twelfth Point. Devotion to the ever-Blessed Virgin Mary is an Excellent Remedy against Temptations and a Means of Preserving Interior Peace, 247; title: Thirteenth Point. Means Against Sadness,    250; title: Chapter V. — On Prayer, 252; title: First Point. For What we should Pray. — We must Persevere in Prayer, 252; title: Second Point. Various Instructions on Prayer and on the Dryness often Experienced in it, 259; title: PART IV.; title: Of Scruples.; title: Chapter I.— What is to be Understood by Scruples.— The Difference between the Scrupulous and the Truly Pious. — Certain Characteristics by which Scruples may be recognized, 265; title: Chapter II.— General Causes of Scruples,    268; title: 1. Weakmindedness, 268; title: 2. A Perplexed Brain, 268; title: 3. An Unbridled Imagination, 269; title: 4. Ideal Perfection, 270; title: 5. Imperfect Knowledge of Religious Principles,   271; title: 6. Too many Reflections upon Self and One's own Intentions, 274; title: 7. How Difficult it is to Judge One's Self Justly,   274; title: 8. The Difficulty in Distinguishing the Thought from Impressions, and the Impressions from Gonsent,   275; title: 9. A Tender, Timorous Conscience,   277; title: 10. The Malice of the Devil, 278; title: Chapter III. — Dangerous Consequences of Scruples,   280; title: Chapter IV. — Universal Remedies for Scruples,   282; title: 1. Occupation, 282; title: 2. Cheerfulness, 282; title: 3. Humility and Child-like Simplicity, 283; title: 4. Conscience Considered in the True Light,    285; title: 5. The Necessity of Depending upon Another, and of followlowing his Advice, 287; title: 6. Sacrifice of One's own Doubts, 289; title: Chapter V.— Various Kinds of Scruples, and their Remedy, 292; title: 1. Scruples about Former Confessions, 292; title: 2. Scruples of Ordinary Confessions, 298; title: 3. Scruples on Sincerity of Contrition. — Good Resolutions,  298; title: 4. Scruples about Devotions of Obligation,    300; title: 5. Scruples about Motives of Well-doing,    302; title: 6. Scruples about Duties Supposed to be Essential,   304; title: 7. Scruples with Respect to Hope, the Soul Believing herself in a Bad State, 305; title: 8. Scruples that Make us see in everything a Punishment from God, 308; title: 9. Scruples that Make us Consider Little Faults an occasion for Greater Ones, 310; title: 10. Scruples with regard to Faith. — Does One really Believe or not? 312; title: 11. Scruples about Temptations against Faith, 314; title: 12. Scruples about Temptations to Blasphemy, 316; title: 13. Scruples from Ambiguous Points Suggested by the Imagination, 318; title: 14. Scruples concerning Christian Love of the Neighbor, 319; title: 15. Scruples on Holy Purity, 322; title: Chapter VI. — Conclusion and Summary of What has been said of Scruples and the Remedies for them, 330; title: Chapter VII.— Examples of the Danger that attends Self-Willed Persistence in Scruples, 336; title: APPENDIX.; title: Preparatory Remarks, 342; title: General Remarks upon each of the Various Methods of Prayer, 342; title: First Method of Prayer.— The Actual Meditation, 344; title: Second Method of Prayer. — The Contemplation, 348; title: Third Method of Prayer, 350; title: Fourth Method of Prayer, 362; title: Fifth Method of Prayer, 355; title: Sixth Method of Prayer.— Spiritual Reading in the Form of Consideration, 355; title: Method for Examination of Conscience, 357; title: Directions to Render the Exercises of the Monthly Retreat of one Day Profitable, 361; title: Meditation for the Eve of the Retreat, 361; title: Meditation for the Day of Retreat, 363; title: Reflections on the Present State of the Soul, 364; title: Preparation for Death, 368; title: Prayer of Absolute Submission to the Law of Death, 368; title: Prayer to Obtain a Happy Death, 370; title: Invocation, 371