An edition of Manual for interior souls
(1890)
Manual for interior souls
a collection of unpublished writings
by Jean Nicolas Grou
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1890
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London : S. Anselms̕ Society
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CONTENTS.
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE ABBE' GROU xi
I. ON TRUE AND SOLID DEVOTION 1
II. ON WHAT TRUE VIRTUE IS 6
III. ON THE MEANS OF ATTAINING TRUE AND SOLID VIRTUE 13
IV. ON THE NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST 18
V. ON THE VIOLENCE WE MUST USE TOWARDS OURSELVES 25
VI. ON THE CROSS 31
VII. ON THE TRUE LIBERTY OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD 38
VIII. ON THE STRENGTH WE HAVE OF OURSELVES, AND OUR STRENGTH IN GOD 45
IX. ON THE CONDUCT OF GOD WITH REGARD TO THE SOUL 51
X. ON THE FEAR OF GOD 57
XI. ON HOLINESS 63
XII. ON COMMERCE : AS A FIGURE OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE 69
XIII. HOW GOD IS ALL, AND THE CREATURE IS NOTHING 75
XIV. ON WHAT GOD ASKS OF US, AND WHAT WE MUST ASK OF GOD 81
XV. ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF TIME 88
XVI. ON THE BLINDNESS OF MAN 95
XVII. ON THE WEAKNESS AND CORRUPTION OF THE HUMAN HEART 101
XVIII. ON THE THkEE WORDS WHICH WERE SAID TO SAINT ARSENIUS — FLY : KEEP SILENCE : REST 108
XIX. ON FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS 115
XX. ON THE PROFIT WE OUGHT TO DERIVE FROM OUR FAULTS 121
XXI. ON THE DIRECTOR 127
XXII. ON THE SPIRIT OF FAITH 134
XXIII. ON THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR 140
XXIV. ON THE WORLD 147
XXV. ON THE DIGNITY OF MAN 153
XXVI. ON THE HUMAN HEART 160
XXVII. ON TEMPTATIONS 167
XXVIII. ON WHAT OUR CONDUCT SHOULD BE WITH REGARD TO TEMPTATIONS 174
XXIX. ON THE HUMAN I (Ego.) 180
XXX. ON ANNIHILATION 187
XXXI. ON GENEROSITY 194
XXXII. ON OBEDIENCE 201
XXXIII. ON HUMILITY 207
XXXIV. ON THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD FOR HIS CHILDREN 213
XXXV. ON THE PRICE OF A SOUL 220
XXXVI. ON PURITY OF INTENTION 221
XXXVII. MARTHA AND MARY 233
XXXVIII. ON THE WORDS OF PSALM LXXII 240
XXXIX. ON THE THOUGHT OF DEATH 245
XL. ON THE THOUGHT OF ETERNITY 250
XLI. GOD ALONE 257
XLII. ON CONTINUAL PRAYER 262
XLIII. ON TRUST IN GOD 269
XLIV. ON THE LOVE OF GOD 276
XLV. ON REST IN GOD 283
XLVI. ON THE LIFE OF THE SOUL 289
XLVII. ON THE PEACE OF THE SOUL 295
XLVIII. FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF THE INTERIOR LIFE 300
XLIX. ON THE DIVINE LIGHT 308
L. ON SPIRITUAL CHILDHOOD 314
LI. ON THE JEALOUSY OF GOD 322
LII. ON PURE LOVE 327
LIII. THE INTERIOR OF MARY 333
LIV. THE CRIB OF BETHLEHEM 340
LV. ON JESUS CHRIST 346
LVI. THE INTERIOR OF JESUS CHRIST 351
LVII. ON THE EFFECTS OF HOLY COMMUNION 358
LVIII. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOLY EUCHARIST AND THE CROSS 364
LIX. ON THE CRUCIFIX 370
LX. ON REFLECTIONS DURING PRAYER 377
LXI. ON SIMPLICITY 384
LXII. ON THESE WORDS : "OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS THOU HAST PERFECTED PRAISE" 392
LXIII. ON ENTIRE ABANDONMENT 397
APPENDIX.
A SHORT AND SIMPLE MANNER OF MAKING OUR PRAYER IN THE SPIRIT OF FAITH AND IN THE SIMPLE PRESENCE OF GOD 405
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