An edition of The Way Of Interior Peace
(1888)
The Way Of Interior Peace
Dedicated To Our Lady Of Peace
by Lehen, Edouard de, 1807-1867 and Brucker, James
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2d. ed.
by Rev. Father de Lehen ; translated from the German version of Rev. James Brucker by a religious ; with a preface by His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons.
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Preface 3
Approbation to the English Edition, 4
Approbation to the German Edition, 4
Author’s Preface, 5
Translator’s Preface to the First German Edition, 9
Preface to the Third German Edition 10
PART I.
Of Resignation to the Dispensations of Divine Providence.
Chapter I. — Of the Loving Dispensations of Divine Providence toward Men, and of the Happiness of those that wholly submit to Its Decrees, 21
Chapter II.— In what we should submit to the Ordinances of Divine Providence, 38
Chapter III.— Why and How we should Resign Ourselves to God’s Will, 59
Chapter IV. — Of the Utility of Sufferings for the Just. — Of their Necessity for the Sinner, 68
Chapter V. — Of the Good Use of Sufferings, 75
PART II.
True Piety the Indispensable Foundation of Interior Peace. — The Way in which God leads Souls to Peace and Perfection.
Chapter I. — The Foundation of True Piety. — Points in which we should Imitate the Example of the Saints, 83
Chapter II. — We must Serve God according to His Will and not for the Gratification of our own Inclinations, 92
Chapter III. — Of the Sacrament of Penance, and of the Peace and Comfort found in its Reception, 96
Chapter IV. — Of Holy Communion. — What is required to receive worthily, and the Reason that It is for so many a Subject of Fear, 106
Chapter V. — Of Prayer and the Manner of Fulfilling this Duty. — Of the False Ideas often formed of this Exercise, 115
Chapter VI. — The Knowledge of God and of One’s Self the First Condition of Solid Virtue and True Peace, 122
Chapter VII. — Patience with Self the Second Requisite of True Piety and Peace of Soul, 129
Chapter VIII. — We should Courageously Labor at our Advancement, and thereby, without losing Interior Peace, draw Spiritual Benefit from our Faults and Miseries, 137
Chapter IX. — Of the Transition from a state of Sensible Devotion to that of Pure Faith and Spoliation, 148
Chapter X.— Of Self Renunciation and the Total Surrender of Self to God, the Last Condition for Obtaining Constant Interior Peace, 154
PART III.
Of the Means for Preserving Peace Amid Spiritual Weaknesses.
Chapter I. — Various Instructions on these Means, 164
First Point. Fundamental Maxims on Liberty of Spirit, 164
Second Point. Of the Snares by which the Fiend seeks to rob us of Peace, and of the Means by which to Defend Ourselves against him, 165
Third Point. The Soul when Disturbed should strive to Regain her Calm as soon as possible, 167
Fourth Point. Of Watchfulness over Self, 168
Fifth Point. Of Mistrust of Self, 169
Sixth Point. Of Confidence in God, 171
Seventh Point. A Mark of True Confidence in God and Mistrust of Self, 172
Eighth Poirot. How greatly Diffidence and Mistrust offend the
Lord and Injure the Soul, 174
Chapter II. — Of Faults Springing from Weakness, 177
First Point One should without Disquiet or without Mistrust Return to God when he has Fallen into Venial Sin, 177
Second Point. Frequent Relapses into Venial Sins are not always a Sign of Insufficient Sorrow for them, 182
Third Point. How God Permits the Venial Sins of the Just and all their other Imperfections to Redound to their Greatest Good, 184
Fourth Point. Of Bearing with Self and our Daily Faults and Weaknesses, 191
Fifth Point. The Faults of our Neighbor should Disturb our Peace as Little as the Imperfections Found in every Human Virtue, 193
Chapter III. — Of Discouragement, 197
First Point. Evil Consequences of Discouragement, 197
Second Point. Why Discouragement occasions so much Harm, 200
Third Point. The True Foundation of Christian Hope the same for All Men, 202
Fourth Point. The Passions and Merits of Christ a new Foun-
dation for Confidence, 204
Fifth Point. To be Wanting in Confidence, is to be Wanting in Faith, 206
Sixth Point. No Victory without Combat; No Combat without Labor, 208
Seventh Point. He who Anticipates Future Combats and Sufferings Tempts both God and Man, 212
Eighth Point. Aversion, Disgust, and Weariness in God's Service are not Unfrequently the Sources of Unreasonable Discouragement, 214
Ninth Point. We should not Pray God to Free us from our Sufferings and Combats. — Should we do so, we must not desire to have such Petitions Immediately Granted, 217
Chapter IV.— Of Temptations, 221
First Point. Temptations are no Proof that God has forsaken a Soul, 221
Second Point Temptations are no Evidence of a Bad State of Soul, 223
Third Point. In Temptation we should Turn to God.— He sustains us in the Combat without our Perceiving it, 225
Fourth Point. How one may Know whether or not he has Consented to Temptation, 226
Fifth Point. Passing Temptations, 229
Sixth Point. Lasting Temptations, and those that Powerfully Affect the Senses, 280
Seventh Point. On Temptations that Retard us in the Practice of Virtue, 232
Eighth Point. One should not Parley with the Tempter. — Means by which we may Turn from the Temptation, 234
Ninth Point. How Temptations proceeding from the Imagination are to be Combated, 238
Tenth Point. Of Frequently Recurring Temptations. — In Time of Peace Prepare for War, 243
Eleventh Point. Of the Advantages of Temptation, 245
Twelfth Point. Devotion to the ever-Blessed Virgin Mary is an Excellent Remedy against Temptations and a Means of Preserving Interior Peace, 247
Thirteenth Point. Means Against Sadness, 250
Chapter V. — On Prayer, 252
First Point. For What we should Pray. — We must Persevere in Prayer, 252
Second Point. Various Instructions on Prayer and on the Dryness often Experienced in it, 259
PART IV.
Of Scruples.
Chapter I.— What is to be Understood by Scruples.— The Difference between the Scrupulous and the Truly Pious. — Certain Characteristics by which Scruples may be recognized, 265
Chapter II.— General Causes of Scruples, 268
1. Weakmindedness, 268
2. A Perplexed Brain, 268
3. An Unbridled Imagination, 269
4. Ideal Perfection, 270
5. Imperfect Knowledge of Religious Principles, 271
6. Too many Reflections upon Self and One's own Intentions, 274
7. How Difficult it is to Judge One's Self Justly, 274
8. The Difficulty in Distinguishing the Thought from Impressions, and the Impressions from Gonsent, 275
9. A Tender, Timorous Conscience, 277
10. The Malice of the Devil, 278
Chapter III. — Dangerous Consequences of Scruples, 280
Chapter IV. — Universal Remedies for Scruples, 282
1. Occupation, 282
2. Cheerfulness, 282
3. Humility and Child-like Simplicity, 283
4. Conscience Considered in the True Light, 285
5. The Necessity of Depending upon Another, and of followlowing his Advice, 287
6. Sacrifice of One's own Doubts, 289
Chapter V.— Various Kinds of Scruples, and their Remedy, 292
1. Scruples about Former Confessions, 292
2. Scruples of Ordinary Confessions, 298
3. Scruples on Sincerity of Contrition. — Good Resolutions, 298
4. Scruples about Devotions of Obligation, 300
5. Scruples about Motives of Well-doing, 302
6. Scruples about Duties Supposed to be Essential, 304
7. Scruples with Respect to Hope, the Soul Believing herself in a Bad State, 305
8. Scruples that Make us see in everything a Punishment from God, 308
9. Scruples that Make us Consider Little Faults an occasion for Greater Ones, 310
10. Scruples with regard to Faith. — Does One really Believe or not? 312
11. Scruples about Temptations against Faith, 314
12. Scruples about Temptations to Blasphemy, 316
13. Scruples from Ambiguous Points Suggested by the Imagination, 318
14. Scruples concerning Christian Love of the Neighbor, 319
15. Scruples on Holy Purity, 322
Chapter VI. — Conclusion and Summary of What has been said of Scruples and the Remedies for them, 330
Chapter VII.— Examples of the Danger that attends Self-Willed Persistence in Scruples, 336
APPENDIX.
Preparatory Remarks, 342
General Remarks upon each of the Various Methods of Prayer, 342
First Method of Prayer.— The Actual Meditation, 344
Second Method of Prayer. — The Contemplation, 348
Third Method of Prayer, 350
Fourth Method of Prayer, 362
Fifth Method of Prayer, 355
Sixth Method of Prayer.— Spiritual Reading in the Form of Consideration, 355
Method for Examination of Conscience, 357
Directions to Render the Exercises of the Monthly Retreat of one Day Profitable, 361
Meditation for the Eve of the Retreat, 361
Meditation for the Day of Retreat, 363
Reflections on the Present State of the Soul, 364
Preparation for Death, 368
Prayer of Absolute Submission to the Law of Death, 368
Prayer to Obtain a Happy Death, 370
Invocation, 371
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