REFLECTIONS ON SPIRITUAL SUBJECTS AND ON THE PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF Saint Alphonsus Liguori *************************** LONDON JAMES BURNS, 17 PORTMAN STREET PORTMAN SQUARE *************************** MDCCCXLIX (1849) *************************** CONTENTS On Spiritual Subjects I. On the thought of Eternity II. We are pilgrims on earth III. God deserves to be loved above every thing IV. In order that a soul may become holy, it must give itself to God without reserve V. The two great means for becoming holy--Desire and Resolution VI. Of the knowledge of the Saints VII. Our eternal safety consists in Prayer VIII. I must one day die IX. Preparation for death X. He that loves God must love and not abhor death XI. Our salvation is in the Cross XII. How much it pleases Jesus Christ that we suffer for the love of Him XIII. Divine love conquers all things XIV. On the necessity of mental Prayer XV. The object of mental Prayer XVI. Of the mercy of God XVII. Of confidence in Jesus Christ XVIII. Salvation alone is necessary XIX. Of perfect resignation to the Divine Will XX. Happy is he who is faithful to God in adversity XXI. He that loves Jesus Christ ought to hate the world XXII. The words of a dying man to Jesus Crucified XXIII. Acts of devotion for the time of death XXIV. Of the House of eternity XXV. Souls who love God desire to go to see Him in heaven XXVI. Jesus is the good Shepherd XXVII. On the affair of eternal salvation XXVIII. What will be the joy of the Blessed XXIX. The pain of having lost God will be that which constitutes hell XXX. On contempt of the world XXXI. On love of solitude XXXII. On solitude of heart XXXIII. The sight and love of God in the next life will constitute the joy of the Blessed XXXIV. Of meditation before the most holy sacrament of the altar XXXV. In God alone is found true peace XXXVI. We ought to have God alone as the end of our actions XXXVII. We must suffer everything in order to please God XXXVIII. Happy is he who desires nothing but God XXXIX. Of dryness of spirit XL. Of the retired life XLI. Of detachment from creatures XLII. Precious is the death of the Saints XLIII. Of lukewarmness XLIV. Of purity of intention XLV. Aspirations towards the country of the Blessed *************************** Reflections on the Passion of Jesus Christ I. General Reflections on the Passion of Jesus Christ II. Reflections on the separate sufferings which Jesus Christ endured at His death III. Reflections on the scourging, the crowning with thorns, and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ IV. Reflections on the insults offered to Jesus Christ while He hung upon the Cross V. Reflections on the seven words spoken by Jesus Christ on the Cross VI. Reflections on the death of Jesus Christ VII. Reflections on the prodigies which happened at the death of Jesus Christ VIII. Of the love shown to us by Jesus Christ in His Passion IX. Of the gratitude we owe to Jesus Christ for His Passion X. We must place all our hopes in the merits of Jesus Christ XI. Of the patience we must exercise in company with Jesus Christ, in order to obtain eternal salvation *************************** St Alphonsus Liguori, Pray for us! Sancta Alphonsus Liguori, Ora Pro Nobis! Amen Home------------------Next Page Sponsored by St Athanasius Press