The Path Of Perfection In Religious Life
Subtitle: a work intended for persons consecrated to God
Publisher: James Duffy
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Translator's Preface, vii; title: Author's Preface, ix; title: PART FIRST.; title: The Religious State considered as a Life of Separation from the World and its false and transitory Goods, 1; title: CHAPTER I.; title: The Nature and Extent of the Separation that the Religious Life imposes on those who embrace it. This separation is conformable to the designs of God, 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Of Vows in general, 4; title: Section I. — Nature of vows. — Their different kinds. — They are agreeable to God, 4; title: Section II. — Vows are the essence of the religious state, 9; title: Section III. — On the emission of religious vows, 12; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Of the Vow of Poverty, 16; title: Section I. — Nature and extent of this vow, 16; title: Section II. — Perfection of poverty ; its different degrees, 21; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Of the Vow of Chastity, 26; title: Section I. — The extent and excellence of this vow, 26; title: Section II. — The gravity of faults against chastity, 28; title: Section III. — That which alarms timid souls is no sin, 33; title: Section IV. — Perfection of chastity, 36; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Of Obedience, 40; title: Section I. — The law of obedience is a free contract which the religious makes at her profession, 40; title: Section II. — The tow of obedience is the most important of the religious vows, 43; title: Section III. — The obligation imposed by the vow of obedience is most reasonable, and conduces to the happiness of a religious, 45; title: Section IV. — Indifference with regard to offices is a necessary consequence of the vow of obedience, 49; title: Section V. — Perfection of obedience, 53; title: Section VI. — Religious obedience excludes all murmuring against superiors, 59; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Of Enclosure and of the Parlour, 63; title: Section I. — Of enclosure and the duties it imposes on religious, 63; title: Section II. — Of the parlour, 66; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Of the Rules and Constitutions, 70; title: Section I. — Rules and constitutions are indispensably necessary for religious communities, 70; title: Section II. — Religious are obliged to observe their rules and constitutions, 75; title: Section III. — How we should interpret this principle, — The rules and constitutions do not bind under pain of sin, 79; title: Section IV. — In what circumstances the violation of the rules and constitutions is a sin, and of what nature the sin is, 82; title: PART SECOND.; title: The Religious Life considered as a Life of Union with God, 85; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Of the Interior Life, 85; title: Section I. — In what the interior life consists, 85; title: Section II. — Of the control which the soul who aspires to an interior life should have over her passions, 90; title: Section III. — Second means of arriving at an interior life — humility, 90; title: Section IV. — Third means to arrive at an interior life — the love of God, 96; title: Section V. — Fourth means for arriving at the interior life — conformity to the will of God, 103; title: Section VI. — Fidelity to grace, the fifth means of arriving at the interior life, 110; title: Section VII. — Fraternal charity, the sixth means of arriving at the interior life, 113; title: Section VIII. — Of private friendships, how opposed they are to fraternal charity, 121; title: Section IX. — Of antipathies — their source, dangers, and remedies, 127; title: Section X. — Of rash judgment — how opposed it is to charity, 131; title: Section XI. — On silence, which is the safeguard of the interior life, 136; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Of the Practices of the Interior Life, 141; title: Section I. — Of mental prayer, 141; title: Section II. — Prayer is the first and most important exercise of the religious life, 145; title: Section III. — Mental prayer is an exercise easy and natural to the creature, 148; title: Section IV. — An abridged method for making mental prayer, 152; title: Section V. — Some hints taken from spiritual writers in order to make mental prayer profitable, 155; title: Section VI. — Of distractions in prayer, 159; title: Section VII. — Of the void and insensibility we sometimes experience in prayer, 162; title: Section VIII. — Of different kinds of prayer, 167; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Of the Divine Office, 170; title: Section I. — Definition and origin of the divine office, 170; title: Section II. — Of the recitation of the divine office, 174; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Of the Examen of Conscience, 179; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Of Spiritual Reading, 185; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, 189; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Of Visiting the Blessed Sacrament, 196; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Of Confession, 202; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Of Frequent Communion, 206; title: CHAPTER X.; title: Of Spiritual Direction, its Necessity and Advantages, 211; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: Of the Chapter of Faults, 215; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: Of the Sanctification of our Actions in general, 220; title: Section I. — Necessity of sanctifying' our ordinary actions, 220; title: Section II. — Of purity of intention in our ordinary actions, 223; title: Section III. — Of retiring to rest, and of sleep, 226; title: Section IV. — Of rising, and the manner of sanctifying it, 230; title: Section IV. — Of our meals, 233; title: Section V. — Of recreation, 237; title: Section VI. — Of chapters or assemblies which take place to deliberate on the affairs of the community, 241; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: Of the Trials of the Interior Life, 246; title: Section I. — Of interior pains in general, 247; title: Section II. — Of scruples, 253; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: Section I. — Of tepidity, 258; title: Section II. — Of abuse of grace, 263; title: Section III. — Of illusions of the interior life, 267; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: Of some works of charity which are united in several religious orders to the practices of an interior life, 272; title: Section I. — Of the instruction of youth, 272; title: Section II. — Of some defects we ought to avoid in the instruction of youth, 279; title: Section III. — Of the method which may be successfully followed in the instruction of youth, 287; title: Section IV. — Of the care of the sick, 292