
Acquiring the Spirit of Prayer
After having heard so much of the efficacy and advantages of prayer, you must doubtless be desirous to know how you can acquire that spirit
After having heard so much of the efficacy and advantages of prayer, you must doubtless be desirous to know how you can acquire that spirit
St. Teresa was accustomed to offer herself to God fifty times in the day. St. Martha used to pray a hundred times in the day,
It is thus that on this memorable day [Feast of Corpus Christi] faith triumphs, hope is enhanced, charity shines, piety exults, our temples re-echo with hymns of exultation, pure souls tremble with holy joy, the faith of the lukewarm is awakened, whilst infidelity and heresy are confounded. It cannot be doubted,
There remains, Dear Reader, one more subject to treat of before my task is ended: It is unworthy Communion. It is not so agreeable a subject as those with which we have been hitherto engaged; but reverence for our Divine Saviour, as well as zeal for the salvation of souls, require that the truth should be told.
Once the Emperor Henry besieged a certain city for a considerable time. The inhabitants were unwilling to surrender; so he notified them that he would give orders to his soldiers to take the city by assault, and massacre all its inhabitants to a man, even the little children.
In a preceding chapter I treated of the great love which Jesus Christ has shown us in the institution of the Holy Eucharist, and because love demands love in return, I went on to prove how this condescension of His places us under the obligation of visiting Him frequently and of paying reverence to Him in this Sacrament of His love.
Everyone knows that the first duty of man is to adore God. No sooner was man created than this
necessary homage became due. All know likewise that the perfect way of expressing this homage is by
sacrifice: the mode of adoration revealed by the Almighty Himself to man.
Our true country is Heaven, and as long as we are living on earth, we are captives and exiles. We are far from Jesus Christ,
You may ask, dear Reader, if Our Lord also ordained the ceremonies of Mass. I answer, “No.” He instituted only the essential arts of the
In order to receive the abundant fruits of the Holy Eucharist, a certain cooperation is required on the part of the receiver – not indeed
At length the long-looked-for day came. At the Last Supper Jesus took bread and blessed and gave to His disciples and said: “Take ye and
I am sure, dear Reader, that if you would once begin the practice of frequent Communion in order to please Our Lord, you would continue
“I repeat then once more: love your Lord and God in the Blessed Sacrament a little more, and I am sure you will be found
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