A book of spiritual exercises, and A directory for the canonical hours
By: written by Garcias Cisneros ; translated by a monk of St. Augustine's monastery.
Series: Monastic gleanings -- no. 2
Publisher: Burns and Oates
Published: 1876
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Spiritual exercises
Other titles: Spiritual exercises; Directory for the canonical hours.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: PAGE; title: Translator's Preface iii; title: Author's Preface 3; title: Prologue 4; title: PART I. THE WAY OF PURITY.; title: CHAP.; title: I. That the devout man, who is bent on going onward in the spiritual life, will profit much by seeking the fellowship of good men and shunning that of the wicked 7; title: II. That spiritual exercises are much needed by a religious man for the cleansing of his soul 9; title: III. Concerning the fruit to be gathered from fixed and settled exercises 10; title: IV. On the conditions with which a man should undertake these spiritual exercises 13; title: V. What kind of spiritual exercises we should choose, and by what rule they should be measured 15; title: VI. On sundry good thoughts which should spur us on in our spiritual exercises 18; title: VII. That our vows and the holiness of the place we dwell in call upon us to be fervent in our good works 25; title: VIII. That our spiritual exercises should be duly fixed and settled, both in respect to the matter of the same and to the proper seasons and hours for fulfilling them 29; title: IX. Wherein is shown that for many reasons have holy men been led to lay down times and hours at which we may give ourselves to mental prayer 33; title: X. That beginners in the way of God must begin by fear, which is the beginning of divine wisdom; and concerning several kinds of fear 35; title: XI. Concerning those things whereof we must always live in fear 39; title: XII. Concerning the distribution of our meditations throughout the week, according to the way of purity 42; title: XIII. On the subjects for meditation on Tuesday morning 57; title: XIV. On the subjects for meditation on Wednesday morning 61; title: XV. In what pious thoughts the devout man should exercise himself on Thursday morning 64; title: XVI. Subjects of meditation after the office of Matins on Friday 66; title: XVII. On the subjects of meditation for Saturday morning 70; title: XVIII. On what subjects our meditation should be made after the Matins office on Sunday 73; title: XIX. For how long a time a man should remain in the way of purity, and how he may know he has succeeded in purifying himself 76; title: PART II. THE WAY OF ENLIGHTENMENT.; title: XX. That the man who wishes to begin the way of enlightenment must be first purged and cleansed from his sins in the way of purity, that he be not dazzled by the brightness of the divine light 78; title: XXI. How the man who takes up these exercises should examine his conscience before beginning the way of enlightenment 80; title: XXII. On the way of enlightenment according to blessed Dionysius 84; title: XXIII. On the order in which the devout man, for the enlightening of his soul, should ponder the works of God's goodness according to the days of the week, and how he should give thanks for them 86; title: XXIV. How the way of enlightenment receives the rays of its brightness from divers sources, but above all from the Lord's Prayer; which a religions man should dwell upon most attentively, lovingly, and devoutly, so as to he set on lire with God's love 97; title: XXV. Wherein is shown how greatly a man is to blame, if he forsakes the aforesaid exercises out of sloth 103; title: PART III. THE WAY OF UNION.; title: XXVI. What the way of union and perfection is ; and what conditions the man must have that wishes to arrive at it 107; title: XXVII. The things on which a devout monk or religious person should meditate for every day in the week after night prayers, while in this way of union, so that he may climb the six steps which lead to union with God 111; title: XXVIII. How to lift up the soul to God by fervent love, even without any consideration of the understanding 123; title: XXIX. That he who undertakes these exercises feels and loves more than he sees or understands 126; title: XXX. On the effects wrought by little and little in the soul through this love, which perfects us and makes us one with God 130; title: PART IV. ON CONTEMPLATION.; title: XXXI. That great learning is knowledge, but not wisdom, and is by no means necessary for contemplative men 136; title: XXXII. What kind of men are the best suited for contemplation 138; title: XXXIII. On the difference between learning and wisdom 140; title: XXXIV. That a life of contemplation must be begun with the labour of the active life 142; title: XXXV. That it is not for all alike to imitate the singular grace that the divine goodness has vouchsafed to some, of living in solitude 143; title: XXXVI. That the love of God is the beginning and end of the contemplative life 146; title: XXXVII. In what the height of a contemplative life consists ; explained by a comparison drawn from worldly love 148; title: XXXVIII. What kind of love of God a contemplative man ought to have 150; title: XXXIX. Concerning two kinds of silence and solitude 152; title: XL. Showing that a contemplative manner of life is, in the first place, useful to oneself 154; title: XLI. That contemplative men are likewise useful to others 155; title: XLII. Wherein is shown, by an example, that it is not pride, as some wrongly imagine, to give oneself to contemplation 158; title: XLIII. How far contemplative men excel those who live an active life 159; title: XLIV. How greatly contemplative men stand in need of the grace of God 161; title: XLV. How the contemplative soul is raised above the body and becomes one and undivided 163; title: XLVI. Concerning divers ways in which holy men have treated of contemplation 166; title: XLVII. Concerning the method of contemplation used by St. Bernard at the beginning of his conversion 169; title: XLVIII. What contemplation is ; its different kinds ; and on what subjects a good monk ought to meditate 171; title: XLIX. That the contemplative man must 'climb the ladder of contemplation in three ways,' making use of the Life and Passion of the Lord 174; title: L. On the types and prophecies of Scripture that concern the Incarnation of Christ 179; title: LI. On the Annunciation 180; title: LII. An abridgment of the Life of Christ for the use of beginners in the school of contemplation 180; title: LIII. An abridgment of the Life and Passion of our Lord 185; title: LIV. On the Supper of the Lord ; and how we should prepare ourselves to receive the adorable Sacrament of the Eucharist. 188; title: LV. That the devout contemplative man ought not, out of scruples that harass him, keep aloof from partaking of this most health-giving Sacrament 196; title: LVI. That our Lord's Passion contains in itself all the perfection that a man can reach in this life 198; title: LVII. Concerning six different ways of meditating on the Passion of our Lord 200; title: XIVII. On the Passion of our Lord, divided into six parts ; and first, on a brief method of meditating it 208; title: LIX. That the contemplative man ought in every meditation bear in mind the sufferings of Christ, that the fire of his love be never extinguished 219; title: LX. On the resurrection and glorious ascension of our Lord, and on the sending of the Holy Ghost 228; title: LXI. That such as wish to gain the height of contemplation stand in need of unwavering perseverance 231; title: LXII. Concerning divers hindrances that keep the contemplative man from reaching the summit of contemplation 232; title: LXIII. Concerning some other hindrances to contemplation 237; title: LXIV. How some are wanting in steady perseverance, and on that account make little way in contemplation 241; title: LXV. Of what kind is that knowledge of God which the contemplative man enjoys in this world 243; title: LXVI. That God dwells in the soul in a threefold manner 245; title: LXYII. That all men, and above all religious, are bound to strive after perfection under pain of present and future loss 247; title: LXVIII. That in certain cases the contemplative man must descend from the height of contemplation, and break off for a time his spiritual exercises 249; title: LXIX. Concerning sundry doctrines which the devout man must carefully observe in the matters that have been treated off, and the conclusion of this work 258