The Religious State
Subtitle: Together With A Short Treatise On The Vocation To The Priesthood, Translated From The Italian Of St. Alphonsus De Liguori
Publisher: Benziger Brothers
Published: 1898
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: THE VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE.; title: I. We ought to conform to the designs of God in the choice of a state of life, whatever it may be 5; title: II. The vocation to the religious state. How important it is to follow it promptly 7; title: 1. Misery to which one exposes one's self by not corresponding to it 7; title: 2. We must obey the law of God without delay. 11; title: III. Means to be employed for preserving a religious vocation in the world 17; title: 1. Secrecy 17; title: 2. Prayer 25; title: 3. Recollection 26; title: IV. Dispositions required for entering religion 28; title: 1. Detachment from comforts 32; title: 2. Detachment from parents 34; title: 3. Detachment from self-esteem 39; title: 4. Detachment from one's own will 43; title: V. Trials which we must expect to have in religious life 48; title: Remedies in temptation:; title: First : To have recourse to God 49; title: Second: To have recourse to the Superior 51; title: Conclusion 53; title: Considerations for those who are called to the Religious State.; title: Con. I. How the salvation of the soul is secured by entering the religious state 57; title: Con. II. The happiness of the religious at death 61; title: Con. III. The account that he will have to render to Jesus Christ, on the day of judgment, who does not follow his vocation 66; title: Con. IV. The torment which in hell shall be the lot of him who is damned for having lost his vocation 70; title: Con. V. The immense glory that religious enjoy in heaven 73; title: Con. VI. The peace God gives good religious to enjoy 78; title: Con. VII. The damage done to religious by tepidity 82; title: Con. VIII. How dear to God is a soul that gives itself entirely to him 87; title: Con. IX. How necessary it is in order to become a saint, to have a great desire for sanctity 91; title: Con. X. The love we owe Jesus Christ in consideration of the love he has shown to us 96; title: Con. XI. The great happiness which religious enJoy in dwelling in the same house with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament 101; title: The life of religious resembles the life of Jesus Christ 105; title: Con. XIII. The zeal which religious ought to have for the salvation of souls 109; title: Con. XIV. How necessary to religious are the virtues of meekness and humility 113; title: Con. XV. How much religious should confide in the patronage of Mary 117; title: Exhortation to religious to advance in the perfection of their state 121; title: Answer to a young man who asks counsel on the choice of a state of life 128; title: Advice to a young person in doubt about the state of life she ought to embrace 139; title: Discourse to pious maidens 149; title: Excellence of virginity 149; title: Means to preserve virginal purity 159; title: Conclusion 167; title: A letter to a young student who is deliberating on a choice of a state of life 169; title: THE VOCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD.; title: I. Necessity of a divine vocation to take Holy Orders 195; title: II. Marks of a divine vocation to the sacerdotal state 200; title: 1. Purity of intention 204; title: 2. Science and talents 205; title: 3. Positive goodness of character 206; title: III. To what danger one exposes one's self by taking - Holy Orders without a vocation 212