A soldier's confidences with God
Subtitle: Spiritual Colloquies Of Giosuè Borsi
Publisher: P.J. Kenedy & Sons
Published: 1918
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: BOOK ONE; title: COLLOQUY PAGE; title: I. The Convert Begins his Confidences With God 3; title: II. He, Like St. Francis of Assisi, Muses on the Supreme Blessing of Poverty 10; title: III. He Indicts the World — and Finds himself Guilty 17; title: IV. He Discourses on the Joy of Conversing with God 23; title: V. He Meditates on Communion and Venial Sins 32; title: VI. He Discourses upon Free Will 37; title: VII. He Determines to Be a Doer and not A Talker 49; title: VIII. He, Like Elias, Longs for Death  55; title: IX. He Realizes the Desolation of the Heart from which God has Withdrawn 68; title: X. He Meditates on God's Indulgence to Those who Do the best they Can 77; title: XI. He Reproaches himself for Pharisaical Vainglory 82; title: XII. He Discourses on the Folly of Relying Too Much On The Forbearance OF God 87; title: XIII. He Breaks forth into a Rhapsody of Holy Love 95; title: XIV. He Philosophizes on the Seed that Perishes 102; title: XV. He Meditates upon the Infinite Love OF God 109; title: XVI. He Gives himself up Wholly to the Love of God 117; title: XVII. He Finds out what is the Real Rest for the Soul 125; title: BOOK TWO; title: XVIII. He Reaches the Threshold of a New Life 138; title: XIX. He Delights in Anticipation of Holy Communion 143; title: XX. He Explains Why He Holds Aloof From Agitation 145; title: XXI. He Reproves Himself For His Pharisaical Aloofness 151; title: XXII. He Analyzes His Vanity And Sees The Fruitlessness Thereof 156; title: XXIII. He Reproves Himself For An Ill-Spent Day 162; title: XXIV. He Consigns To The Flames All The Writings Of His Pagan Youth 163; title: XXV. He Finds That His Faith Is Of The Intellect And Not Of The Heart 171; title: XXVI. He Applies St. James's Text To What He Thought Was His Wisdom 178; title: XXVII. He Continues The Searching Analysis Of His Vaunted Virtues 182; title: XXVIII. He Begs For The Charity That Suffereth Long And Is Kind L88; title: XXIX. He Sounds The Depths Of His Own Nothingness Before God 192; title: XXX. The Glorious Prayer Of The Christian Soldier Going Forth To War 200; title: XXXI. He Meditates Upon The Virtue Of Tranquility 207; title: XXXII. He Meditates On The Imperturbable Serenity Of Almighty God 211; title: XXXIII. He Reflects On The Inconstancy Of His Nature, And How He Finds A Remedy 216; title: XXXIV. He Prays For The Blessing Of God Upon The Italian Arms 225; title: XXXV. He Reflects On The Many Ways In Which God Is Ever Before The Man Who Wants To Find Him 228; title: XXXVI. He Bids Farewell To All He Has Held Dear In Life 234; title: BOOK THREE; title: XXXVII. He Discourses On The Righteousness Of Killing In A Holy War 247; title: XXXVIII. He Perceives How God Can Draw Blessings Even From The Scourge Of War 251; title: XXXIX. He Discovers That Victory Must Be In Himself 255; title: Xl. He Makes Up His Mind That Others May Be Saved By Him 263; title: XLI. He Perceives The Wondrous Assistance He Is To Have In The Work Of Regeneration 270; title: XLII. He Reflects On The Triune Truth Which Is The Secret Of Salvation 274; title: XLIII. He Applies The Truth To Himself And Is Ready For Any Sacrifice 275; title: XLIV. He Reflects On The Horrors Of War And The Consolation Of Knowing God 282; title: XLV. He Meditates Upon The Triumph Of God In The Ruin Of Worlds 286; title: XLVI. He Continues His Meditation On The Triumph Of God 291; title: XLVII. He Prays Fervently For Italy And For Her Victory 295; title: XLVIII. He Discovers How Much More Courage It Takes To Face Life Than To Face Death 302; title: XLIX. He Discovers Why The Saints Reject The Merits Of Their Good Works  306; title: L. He Meditates On Pascal's Commentary On The Passion In The Garden Of Gethsemane 312; title: LI. He Meditates On The Hypocrisy That Makes Us Judge And Deceive Our Neighbors 316; title: LII. He Reads Ezechiel's Prophecies Of God's Wrath And Ultimate Triumph 320; title: LIII. He Foresees that the Word of Peace WILL Come, not from the Wise or Great of the World, but from Some Obscure Mouth 326; title: LIV. He Serenely Commends his Soul to God on the Eve of Battle 332; title: Giosue Borsi's Last Letter to his Mother 337; title: Giosue Borsi's Spiritual Will and Testament 351