A Meditation on the Incarnation of Christ
Subtitle: Sermons On The Life And Passion Of Our Lord And Of Hearing And Speaking Good Words
Publisher: London; St. Louis, Mo. : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1907
Published: 1907
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction xiii; title: A Meditation on the Incarnation of Christ, according to the testimonies of Holy Writ; title: Testimonies from the Old Testament 3; title: Testimonies from the New Testament 25; title: A Prayer to greet Our Lord Jesus Christ  43; title: A Prayer to Christ, Who is the true Light, Way, Truth, and Life 44; title: SERMONS ON THE LIFE AND PASSION OF OUR LORD, TO WIT, FROM THE ADVENT OF THE LORD; title: I. Of the desire of the Prophets and of devout preparation for the coming of Christ  49; title: II. Of meeting and welcoming the Heavenly King 54; title: III. On Christmas day. Of the Feasts of the soul 62; title: IV. On Christmas night. Of seeking the Infant Jesus 67; title: V. Of the devout visiting of the new-born Infant Jesus 71; title: VI. Of abiding near the venerable Crib of Christ 74; title: VII. Of the joy of this day, and the devout service of Jesus 80; title: VIII. Of the desire of seeing and embracing Jesus 87; title: IX. To the Blessed Virgin, that she show us her Son, Jesus 93; title: X. Of the Loss and Finding of Jesus in the Temple 99; title: XI. Of four ways of seeing Jesus, according to the affection of devotion 106; title: XII. Of the sacred institution of the Fast, after the example of Jesus Christ    112; title: XIII. Of taking up now a more fervent amendment of life 118; title: XIV. Of the going up of Moses into Mount Sinai 120; title: XV. Of the words of Jesus, and cleanness of heart 124; title: XVI. Of the love of Jesus and self-denial   127; title: XVII. Of following the Poverty of Jesus, and casting aside care for temporal things 129; title: XVIII. Of the weariness of Jesus and His saving doctrine 132; title: XIX. Of the writing of Jesus and His mercy towards the sinful woman   136; title: XX. Of keeping humility from the consideration of our own weakness   140; title: XXI. Passion Sunday. Of lamenting over Our Lord's Passion 142; title: XXII. Of the Cross of Jesus, which He bore for us 154; title: XXIII. Of the merit of the Lord's Passion, and the dignity of the Holy Cross    159; title: XXIV. Of the manifold fruit from remembrance of the Lord's Passion, and of thankfulness therefor 166; title: XXV. Of profitable exercise in the Passion of Christ 170; title: XXVI. Of seven notable points of meditation on the Passion of Christ 177; title: XXVII. On Palm Sunday. Of the procession of Christ, and of the six classes of men, who honour Christ. First Sermon  204; title: XXVIII. Of the riding of Christ, not in Pharaoh's chariot, but on the ass of humility. Second Sermon 214; title: XXIX. Of the Resurrection of Christ, and the Spiritual Consolation of the soul   220; title: XXX. Of the joy of the Lord's Resurrection  224; title: XXXI. Of the mystic name of the Pasch, and the leading of a new life   230; title: XXXII. Of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven 233; title: XXXIII. On the Feast of Pentecost. Of the gifts of the Holy Ghost 237; title: XXXIV. Of the comfort of the Holy Ghost 242; title: XXXV. Of the holy and united life of primitive Church in Jerusalem 247; title: OF HEARING AND SPEAKING GOOD WORDS 255