4. Christ slain

1. The many blessings received

2. The vanity of the world, by which

3. Your proneness to sin, through 4. The shortness of life, which is

1. Approaching death, which is

2. The anger of the Judge, who is

3. The fire of Hell and Satan's rage, than which is

4. The loss of the everlasting and unfailing reward, in which is

ABNEGATION and resignation, 334,
337; practice of, 334 et seq.; re-
medy for melancholy, 474, 475,
note 475.

Action, best test of perfection, 4.
Actions of Christ, how to make offer-
ing of, 194, 195.

Acts and aspirations, their difference,
405, n. 405.

Adhering of soul to God, what is,
n. 390.

Adoration, practised in contempla-
tion, 391.

Adversity, motives of living in, 43,
n. 44; how to prepare for, 47.
Affection, to creatures, immoderate,
228;
distracts us from our Creator,
228; provision against, 229; to per-
sons, corruption of, 230 et seq., n.
230 et seq.; remedy of, 234, 235.
Affections, the objects of, to be duly
considered, 20; lawful to be morti-
fied, 40, n. 40.

Annihilation, shortest way to divine
union, and why, 382, 383; in, God
our defence, 383, n. 383, 384, 385.
Anthony, St., counsel of, 248, 249;
death of, n. 249.

Aridity, in, prayer good and profit-
able, 439, 440, n. 439.

Arsenius, St., words spoken from hea-
ven to, n. 88.

Attention, necessary in prayer, n.
392; threefold, n. 397.
Attributes of God, 192, 193.
Austerities, perfection consists not
in, 1; corporal, must be subject to
obedience, 401; are threefold, 401,
402, n. 402; the chief, 402, 403.

Beginners in perfection, 310; have
little inward light, 310, 311; end
of their good works, 311, 312, n.
312.

Beginning of every action, think of
thy frailty, 14.

Bitterness of heart, 239; and sadness,
239; sources of, 239; and charity,
240.

Blessed Sacrament, frequenting of,
means to overcome passions, 178.
Blessed Virgin Mary, how to inflame
love of, n. 75; intercession of, 154.

Charity, practised in contemplation,

390; act of, destroys our own will,
396; method for exercising pure
and naked, 440, 441.
Chastisements, sent by God, 477; rea-
sons of, 477, 478.

Chastity, excellence of, 464; how to
preserve, 464, 465; remedies for
temptations against, 465, 466, 467.
Christ, the merits of, 194, n. 194;
actions of, 194, 195; offering of,
and us, 197; imitation of, 197,
198.

Comfort not to be sought in crea-
tures, 444; how to practise, 444 et
seq., n. 446.
Communion, Holy, to desire, some-
times a snare, n. 4; what to do when
forbidden to receive, 97; what to
do day before, 178, 179. n. 179;
what to do at hour of, 180, n. 180;
what to do after, 181; how to ex-
cite love by, 182; God's love in,
182; considerations on, 182 et seq.;
what to do near time of, 186 et seq.;
exercise before, 205; considerations
before, 205, 206, 207; petition be-
fore, 207; exercise after, 211, 212.
Communion, Spiritual, to be fre-
quently made, 189; sometimes
more profitable than the Sacra-
ment, 189; excellent exercise a-
gainst passions, 189; how to make
use of, 190.

Compassion excited by meditating on
Christ's Passion, 162.
Complacence and confidence, 353.
Compositio loci, n. 202.
Concupiscence, how differing from
love, n. 61.

Confession of our own nothingness, re-
medy for illusions, 141.
Confidence in God, necessary weapon,
12; motives of 12, 13; hindered
not by failings, 14; brings victory,
15; remedy against despair, 139;
and vain-glory, 140; due to God's
mercy, 193, 242, 243, n. 243; true
maxim of, 243; an exercise of,
250 et seq., n. 255; in love, 330;
when must we have, 423; maxim
for insuring, 423, 424; motives of,
424 et seq.. n. 424, 425, 427; re-
medy for want of fervour, &c., 451;
remedy for melancholy, 475, 476.
Conformity, to God's will, condition

of prayer, 145, 146; St. Anselm's
words on, n. 146; reason why we
should have, 146; the obedience of,
227, 228; to Christ crucified, 292 et
seq., n. 300; measure of perfection,
428, 429; motives for, 429, 430;
fruits of, 430, 431; all creatures are
in, 431; examples of, 431, 432.
Conscience, troubles of, what to do
in, 452 et seq., n. 452, 453; sorts of,
482, 483; and remedies for lax and
rigorous, 483 et seq.; signs of good,
490, 491.

Consent to sin, how to know when
given, 492, n. 492.

Contemplation, how joined with in-
ward prayer, 152, 153; a seeing of
God, 355; what it is, 357; dark,
357, n. 357, 358; transcendent, 358,
n. 358, 359; doctrine of mystic di-
vines thereon explained, 379, 380,
n. 379, 380; all virtues practised
in, 389; practice of, 391, 392; ad-
vice for, 393 et seq.; in, medita-
tion not discouraged, 397; passive,
400, n. 400; in, use what is most
expedient, 400; active, what it is,
400; exhortation to, 401, n. 401.
Contemplative, the, friend of God,
219, 320; humility of, 320, n. 320;
comfort of, in cross of Christ, 320;
must be observant of divine visits,
369; and his groundwork for time

of desolation, 374; cannot be al-
ways absorbed in God, 374; needs a
resting-place, 374, 375, n. 374; how
to become, 378, n. 378, 379; never
sad or solicitous, 446, 447, n. 447.
Contrition, act of, in mental prayer,
351, 352.

Counsel, taking of, remedy against
pride, 22; St. Benedict enjoins, n.
22.

Courage, want of, 316; in affliction,
489.

Creatures, how to overcome inor-
dinate love of, n. 61; many sug-
gest Christ's Passion, 72; immo-
derate affection to, 228.

Crosses, never desire to be freed
from, 100; all from God, 114; those
from friends most meritorious, 115;
the portion of the elect, 115;
to be taken, not made, 436; keep
to yourselves, 436, n. 436.
'Custodia Cordis,' the sum of morti-
fication, n. 89.

Day, a, when to be considered lost,
n. 61.

Death, to feel, of a friend, no im-
perfection, 86, n. 86; enemies at,
means to shield us against, 135;
familiarise yourselves with, 135;
means to make familiar to us, 135,
136.

Deceit, self, remedy against, 32.
Dedication of self to God in Commu-
nion, 185.

Desires of serving God, condition of
prayer, 144; how to obtain, 144;
importunate, must be curbed, 433,
434; good remedy for want of fer-
vour, &c., 451.
Desolation, what to do in, 438.
Despair, assault at time of death, 138,
n. 138; a rule against, 139; causes
of, 467; remedies for, 468.
Detachment, secret of happiness, n.
101.

Detraction, St. Bernard on, n. 131;
means of avoiding, 131, 132.
Devotion, sensible, 170; whence pro-
ceeds, 170, n. 170; best known
by its effects, 170; does not make
us truly devout, 175; practised in
contemplation, 391; not to be pre-
ferred to duty, 480, n. 480.

Diffidence of self, how to obtain, 9;
essential, 10; motives of, 11; of it-
self alone, useless, 12; an exercise
for, 258 et seq., n. 262, 263.
Directors, spiritual, 315, n. 315, 316;
trust in, 487, n. 487, 488.
Discretion needed to gain virtue, 106.
Disposition, harsh, courage in, 478,
479; to have is not sinful, 479.
Disquiet of mind and sadness at re-
lapses sign of pride, 14, 15, n. 15;
sign of imperfection, 87.
Disquietude no proof of sorrow, 85;

its character known by effects, 90.
Distrust of self, remedy for vain-glory,

140.

Divinity, the, truths of, 403, 404;

basis of contemplation, 403, 404.
Doubts in God's help, what to do in,
449 et seq.

Eagerness of nature to be mortified,
89.

Earnestness, its rewards, 59.
Ejaculations, frequent use of, 109;
excite to virtue, 110; and contem-
plation, 404; how to make, 406;
which are the best, 406, 407, n. 407,
408.

Elevation of spirit to God, 355; how
effected, 356.

Enemies, strength of, at death, 135;
should be attacked now, 135;
assaults of, 136; questions of, 137,
n. 137, 138; never flatter self that
they are subdued, 142.
Eucharist, Holy, preeminence of,
above other Sacraments, n. 183.
Examination of conscience daily, 213;
way to perform, 213, 214, 215; an-
other method of, 215, 216.
Excuses to be avoided, 450, n. 450.
Exhortation to combat, 218.
Experience, want of, 316; conceit in
has been ruin of many,

one's own,
443, n. 443, 444, 445.
Extroversion, 236; chokes up devo-
tion, 236; how to avoid, 236, 237.
Eyes, the, occasion of sin, 51, n. 51.

Faith, assault against, at death, 136;
remedy, 136, 137, 138; condition of
prayer, 145, n. 145; companion of
true lovers, 333; act of, 377; prac-
tised in contemplation, 389; act of,

annihilates all knowledge, 395, n.
395, 396; remedy for melancholy,
474.
Falls permitted for our good, 10, 11,
n. 11; rise speedily after, 10; what
to do after, 83, n. 84.
Faults, what to do with manifest,
133, n. 133; what to do with
scandalous, 133.

Favours, some rest in God's, 318;
with propriety, 318; unwillingness
to leave, 319; imperfection of rest-
ing in, 334.

Fear, due to God's greatness, 193;
servile, to be cast off, 451; of our

state, what to do in, 455, n. 455;
rules to be observed in, 455, 456.
Fervour, want of, remedies for, 451.
Foundations, the, on which to build
in mistrust of God, 451, 452.
Francis, St., of Assisi, saw God in all
things, n. 67; his love of God, n.
330.

Ghostly father, not to seek, for vain
solace, 15; discover impure thoughts
Gifts of God, thanksgiving for, 191
to, 56.
goodness of God in giving, 191;
why bestowed, 192; our unworthi-
ness of, 192; extraordinary, none
need be troubled at not possessing,
381, n. 381.

Glory of God, what is due to, 193.
God, to be seen in all creatures, 60.
Goodness of God, condition of prayer,

148; admiration of, 163; what is
due to, 193.

Grace of God, how to petition for,
198, 199, 200; what may be done by,
386.

Habit, evil, overcome by virtuous
acts, 38.

Hardships sweetened by good-will, 59.
Hastiness, too great, sign of sloth, 58.
Hatred of self, how to know when
we have, 419.

Holiness, required of all, n. 104.
Holy Cross, how to meditate on the,
160.

Hope, condition of prayer, 148, 149;
how to get constant, 161; due to
God's mercy, 193; how is pure,
brought about, 379; practised in
contemplation, 389, 390.