"The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God's will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God."

St Alphonsus de Liguori

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"For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God?"

Thomas à Kempis

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"A single act of uniformity with the divine will suffices to make a saint."

St Alphonsus de Liguori

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Contents (cont)

PART V - EXTRAORDINARY GRACES

LIII. CHARISMS OR GRACES Gratis Datae
A. Nature and Division of the Charisms
B. Application of This Doctrine by St. John of the Cross

LIV. DIVINE REVELATIONS AND VISIONS
A. What Should Be Thought of Private Revelations
B. Supernatural Visions

LV. SUPERNATURAL WORDS AND DIVINE TOUCHES
A. The Different Kinds of Supernatural Words
B. Divine Touches

LVI. STIGMATIZATION AND SUGGESTION
A. The Traditional Teaching
B. Ecstasy and Stigmatization
C. Levitation
D. Luminous Effluvia
E. Fragrant Effluvia
F. Prolonged Abstinence

LVII. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXTRAORDINARY DIVINE FACTS AND MORBID PHENOMENA
A. Differences on the Part of the Subject
B. Differences on the Part of the Phenomena
C. Differences in the Effects
D. An Examination of Some Particular Facts
E. Note

LVIII. DIABOLICAL PHENOMENA
A. Obsession
B. Possession
1. A Striking Example
2. Note

EPILOGUE - THE AXIS OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE AND ITS UNITY

I

A. The Distinction between Ascetical and Mystical Theology as It Has Often Been Proposed Since the Seventeenth Century
B. Disadvantages from a Wrong Understanding of the Division between Ascetical and Mystical Theology
C. Various Forms of Simplified Prayer
D. The Axis of the Spiritual Life and Ascetical Theology Rightly Understood
E. The Axis of the Spiritual Life and True Mystical Theology

II

THE BEATIFIC VISION AND ITS NORMAL PRELUDE
A. The Absolutely Immediate Vision of the Divine Essence
B. The Normal and Immediate Prelude of the Beatific Union


ADDENDA

ON THE NATURE OF SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY

SYNTHESIS OF THE TREATISE ON The Three Ages of the Interior Life

SUMMARY OF THE WORK IN THREE RETREATS
A. First Retreat: On Spiritual Progress
B. Second Retreat: On the Spiritual Organism.
C. Third Retreat: On Christian Perfection


 

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