Spirit of Sacrifice and the Life of Sacrifice in the Religious State
Publisher: Benziger Brothers
Published: 1904
Place of publication: New York; Cincinnati
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Dedication 3; title: Preface 7; title: PART I.; title: MOTIVES FOR THE PRACTICE OF THE LIFE OF SACRIFICE IN THE RELIGIOUS STATE, AND THE EXCELLENCE OF THAT PRACTICE.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The Spirit of Sacrifice is the Essential end Fundamental Spirit of the Christian Life 21; title: CHAPTER II.; title: The Essential Spirit of the Religious Life oonaiata in Striving after the Perfection of a Victim's Life 30; title: CHAPTER III.; title: The Religious is the Priest who Offers the Sacrifice of which fie is Himself the Victim 38; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: The Excellence of the Sacrifice which the Monk or Nun Offers to God 43; title: CHAPTER V.; title: The Fervent Religious Merits to be Entitled a Martyr. The Connection between this Appellation and that of Victim 50; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: A Closer Consideration of the Title of Religious. The Connection between this Title and that of Victim 58; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: The Soul of the Religious is the True Spouse of Jesus Christ ; and it is in her Sacrifice of herself that her Union with Him Is Effected 65; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: On the Different Degrees of Union with Jesus in His Character of Victim; Some Preliminary Considerations on Union with Our Lord in General 78; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: On the Union of the Soul of the Religious with Jesus Christ in the Oblation He Offered 78; title: CHAPTER X.; title: On the Union of the Soul of the Religious with Jesus Christ in His Immolation of Himself 85; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: On the Union of the Soul of the Religious with Jesus Christ in His State of a Glorified Victim 93; title: CHAPTER XII..; title: The Maternal Assistance of Mary Affords the Sweetest Consolation to the Religious in the Way of Sacrifice 101; title: PART II.; title: THE NOVITIATE.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The Exact Conception which is to be Formed of the Novitiate. The Novice is a Victim Offered up before God 109; title: CHAPTER II.; title: On the First Disposition Indispensable to the Postulant and to the Novice on Entering the Novitiate 114; title: CHAPTER III.; title: On Self-renunciation 119; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: On Humility 12S; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Continuation of the Same Subject On the Love of Humiliation 131; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: On the Trials of the Novitiate 136; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: On the Trials which Come Directly from our Superiors 143; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: On the Ruling Passion 152; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: On the Manner in which to Combat and to Conquer our Ruling Passion 168; title: CHAPTER X.; title: On Faults of Character 167; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Faults of Character (continued). How they are to be Cured 176; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: On Religious Simplicity 183; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: On Simplicity in the Practice of Obedience 190; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: On Simplicity in the Practice of Obedience (continued) 196; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: On the Love which the Novice Ought to Here for the Solitude of the Novitiate 201; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: On the Relations to be Maintained between Novices and the Members of their Family 207; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: An Exhortation Delivered by a Superior to a Novice 216; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: Some Final Counsels to Novices 224; title: part III.; title: THE RELIGIOUS VOWS; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The Day of Solemn Profession. What a Vow Really Is 228; title: CHAPTER II.; title: On the Religious Vows 235; title: CHAPTER III.; title: On the Vow of Poverty 230; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: On the Virtue of Poverty 245; title: CHAPTER V.; title: On the Different Degrees of Perfection in the Virtue of Poverty. The First Degree 254; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: On the Second and Third Degrees of the Virtue of Poverty 250; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: On the Vow of Chastity 264; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: On Chastity of the Heart 271; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: On the Enclosure and the Spirit of the Cloister 280; title: CHAPTER X.; title: On the Vow of Obedience 288; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: On the Excellence of the Virtue of Obedience 205; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: On the Necessity of the Virtue of Obedience 303; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: On the Qualities of the Virtue of Obedience 312; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: On the Qualities of the Virtue of Obedience (continued) 319; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: On the Supernatural Respect which the Religious Owes to His Superiors 326; title: A Letter of St. Ignatius on Obedience 333; title: PART IV.; title: ON COMMUNITY LIFE; title: CHAPTER I.; title: On What is to be Understood by Community Life 346; title: CHAPTER II.; title: On the Blessings of Community Life 352; title: CHAPTER III.; title: On Community Life and the Life of Sacrifice 358; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: On the Holy Rules and the Obligation! they Impose on the Religious 363; title: CHAPTER V.; title: On the Spirit of Strict Observance 368; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: On Silence: The Praise Given to it by the Saints. Monastic Traditions 374; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: On Regular Silence 380; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: On Manual Labor. The Examples of Our Lord and of the Saints 388; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: On the Sanctification of Manual Labor 400; title: CHAPTER X.; title: On the Chapter of Faults 410; title: CHAPTER XI; title: On the Penances Performed in Community 416; title: CHAPTER XII; title: On Religious Modesty 422; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: On the Rules of Religious Modesty 427; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: On Mutual Charity. The Excellence of this Virtue 482; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: On Charity of Mind 438; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: Of Charity of the Heart 444; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: On Charity in Speech and in Behavior. What Ought to be Avoided 461; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: On Charity in Speech and in Behavior. What Ought to be Observed 458; title: CHAPTER XDC.; title: On the Family Spirit in Religious Communities 465; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: On the Principal Pious Exercises in Use in Religion 470; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: On the Last Sacrifice which the Religious is Required to Make 478; title: Epilogue 487