The priest of to-day
Subtitle: His Ideals And Duties
Publisher: Benziger Brothers
Published: 1910
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER I; title: " Do yon know are they worthy ? " — The chief concern of Pius X — The present state of the clergy — The clerical standard — The Sacred Scripture addresses priests — The duties of a priest require sanctity — What the people expect — A man of prayer — The Mass — Mental prayer — Devotional reading — Self-examination 1-17; title: CHAPTER II; title: Attende Lectioni — Advantages of a taste for reading — How to read — The choice of books — A priest not a mere bookworm — The science of human conduct — Not mere casuistry — Treatises on Ascetical Theology — Useful books for the laity — Dogma — Sacred Scriptures — The traditional philosophy of the Church — The Book of Nature — The proper study of mankind is Man 18-37; title: CHAPER III; title: Clerical concord — One of the best means thereto — Envy — Sectionalism — Censoriousness — Questionings — Precautions — Episcopal visitation and inspection — Introspection — Purposes 38-54; title: CHAPTER IV; title: The prudence of a priest — How acquired — Diversity of human character — To win the people's confidence — Systematic visitation of one's flock — Political questions — Parochial schools — Vocations to the religious life — Dealings with religious communities 55-74; title: CHAPTER V; title: Gentleness, especially in correction 75-79; title: CHAPTER VI; title: " Manners maketh man " — How acquired — Newman's definition of a gentleman — A balance for thy words — Consideration for others — The exterior 80-88; title: CHAPTER VII; title: Sympathy with others — Various ways of showing it — Leo XIII on the condition of the working-classes 89-97; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: A priest's house — Servant — Rules of health — Solicitude about health — Greed for money — Contributions of the faithful — Rules of business — Some precautions — Letters 98-111; title: CHAPTER IX; title: Sacramental efficacy — Faithful dispensers of the mysteries of God — Baptism and sponsorship — Clerical vocations — The encouragement of frequent Communion — Children and the Holy Table 112-126; title: CHAPTER X; title: Matrimony holy and indissoluble— Safeguards against mixed marriages — " Engagements " — Promise of marriage 127-137; title: CHAPTER XI; title: Value of the confessional — Upright and learned judges — The duty of interrogating penitents — The method — Concealment of sin — Preventives — Necessity of exhorting penitents to a change of life — Efficacy of exhortations in the tribunal of Penance — Examples — Errors of penitents — Their correction — Priest as physician — A few practical rules 138-162; title: CHAPTER XII; title: Children and Confession 163-168; title: CHAPTER XIII; title: Principles of the spiritual life — Spiritual growth is slow — Plebeian virtues — The test of spirituality — Formation of good habits — Devotions — Temptations — Remedies — Temptations against holy purity 169-176; title: CHAPTER XIV; title: Visitation of the sick — Antecedently to a sick-call — Contrition — Priest and doctor — Safeguards against contagion — During a sick-call — Temporal concerns of the dying — Absolution — Symptoms of death — Latent life 177-195; title: CHAPTER XV; title: Confraternities, their utility — Canonical erection — Affiliation — Reception into— Selection and management of — Total Abstinence societies — Societies for the young — Petition to Bishop— Rules of a confraternity —Officers — The duties of a Director — Confraternity XS ; funds — Treatment of members 196-2x2; title: CHAPTER XVI; title: The duty of preaching — The ordinary subject-matter — Recurrent topics — Conferences — Brevity and simplicity — Earnestness — Artificial earnestness — Definiteness — Inaccuracy — Ut placeat — The Bible — Illustrations — Scribere quatn plurimum — Stereotyped sermons — Memorizing — Prayer before preaching 213-232; title: CHAPTER XVII; title: Two-fold aim of catechist — Interesting instructions — Discipline of childish tendencies — Frequency of catechetical instructions 233-239; title: CHAPTER XVIII; title: Christian education — Purely secular education — Practical conclusions 240-244; title: CHAPTER XIX; title: The Press, its vast power — The duty of Catholics — A good Catholic journal 245-251; title: CHAPTER XX; title: Missions, their value — How rendered effective — The duty of the local clergy 252-256; title: CHAPTER XXI; title: Our duty to those who are not Catholics — Inquirers after truth — Instruction of a convert — Reception — After reception 257-265; title: CHAPTER XXII; title: Why and how we honour the dead — From the church to the grave — Funeral discourses — The Catholic cemetery — Refusal of ecclesiastical burial 266-278; title: CONCLUSION; title: Christ speaks to His Apostles — The Apostle Paul writes to a young priest — The Church addresses her ministers — St. Chrysostom on the priesthood — St. Gregory the Great describes the good pastor — A modern episcopal admonition 279-287; title: APPENDIX; title: Danger of the priesthood to a half-trained youth — Missionary's oath — De castilate servanda — Study — The study of Newman — The reading of novels — The reading of the Bible — Money matters — The Sacraments — Devotions 289-316; title: Bibliography 317-326; title: Index 327-332