The History of Heresies and Their Refutation

The History of Heresies and Their Refutation by St Alphonsus M. Liguori. Unedited Reprint of 1857 edition. Some references in Latin, the rest of the book is in English. In the First part, St Alphonsus M Liguori goes over the History of Heresies. A supplementary chapter was added by the translator of the Heresies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. In the Second Part, the Refutation of Heresies, the Holy Author comprises, in a small space, a vast amount of Theological information; in fact, there is no Heresy which cannot be refuted from it. 648 pages.

Liguori, St Alphonsus M.

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Explanation of the Psalms & Canticles in the Divine Office (Multilingual Edition)

Here we have another great work by a Doctor of the Church, none other than St Alphonsus M. Liguori himself. This work will lay a greater understanding of the Psalms &amp; Canticles which will hopefully in turn lead to greater spiritual benefit to those who use this work. Written in Latin and English, side by side. Unedited. 548 pages.

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St Alphonsus Liguori on the Council of Trent

An Exposition and Defense of all the Points of Faith Discussed and Defined by the Sacred Council of Trent; Along with a Refutation of Errors of the Pretended Reformers and the Objections of Fra Paolo Sarpi. Unedited Reprint of the 1846 Edition, Latin/English, 460 Pages.

It will be seen that the following Manual of Devotion consists of a series of chapters or instructions upon important points of Christian teaching, which are called "Considerations."These Considerations are written for the purpose of pricking or of wounding the conscience, it may be in many points, that so it may be thoroughly aroused and awakened; of exciting, that is, compunction of the soul, real remorse of conscience for past as well as for present coldness and dryness. It must be a very hard heart, indeed, which is not moved by these "Considerations"so touchingly simple are they, so plain, and so wholly true. They deal with such doctrines and facts as have an universal application, which admit of no dispute, and which are always confirmed by some passage from Holy Scripture. It must be allowed, on all hands, that it is necessary for the soul to be aroused to feel its own needs, to regard its own wounds, that so it may be directed to a source where these needs can be supplied, and these wounds be healed. One great aim of this Treatise, is to arouse, as well as to direct the mind, to lead it to consider its own wants, and to seek by prayer to have those wants supplied. The book is essentially a guide to prayer. It represents, from its beginning to its end, the continual outpouring of heart before God; an outpouring that is of times expressed in the very same words which imply, at the same time, a new phase of thought. Regarded as a Manual of Mental Prayer, each of these "Considerations" has a technical and special signification. They treat of life and death, of the value of time, of the mercy of God, of the habit of sin, of the general and particular judgments, of the love of God, of the Holy Communion, and of kindred subjects equally important. The "Consideration,"as here used, implies far more than a mere inquiry. Its equivalents, the Italian Consideration, and the Latin Consideration, do not fully express its particular meaning in this Treatise, where it stands for a reflectional meditation. It calls into play the exercise of the memory, which puts together all the circumstances of the subject under notice; it excites the imagination, which represents, as in a picture, all such circumstances, bringing them vividly before the mind's eye; and, lastly, it urges the will so to fix and detain these things in the soul, that, by its own effort, it may unite itself with the will of God, so that God's will and the will of man may become one.

Preparation for Death or Considerations on the Eternal Maxims

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Sermons for All the Sundays in the Year (Classic Reprint)

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CONTENTSPreface 5Life Of Saint Alphonsus Liguori 12SERMON THE FIRST 55The Lord appears angry, not that He means to punish us, but in order that we may cleanse ourselves of our sins, and thus enable Him to pardon us SERMON THE SECOND 64Sinners will not profit by the divine threats, until the chastisement has come upon them SERMON THE THIRD 74God is merciful for a season, and then chastises SERMON THE FOURTH 85Upon the four principal Gates of Hell SERMON THE FIFTH 98External Devotions are of little use if we do not cleanse our souls from sin SERMON THE SIXTH 107God chastises us in this life for our good, not for our destruction SERMON THE SEVENTH 115God chastises us in this life, only that He may show us mercy in the nextSERMON THE EIGHTH 128Prayers appease God, and avert from us the chastisement we deserve, provided we purpose to amendSERMON THE NINTH 136Most Holy Mary is the Mediatrix of SinnersSERMON THE TENTH 145For the Feast of St. JosephSERMON THE ELEVENTH 157For the Feast of the AnnunciationSERMON THE TWELFTH 167 Upon the Sorrows of MaryFAMILIAR DISCOURSE AT THE RECEPTION OF A NUN 176DISCOURSE TO THE BRETHREN OF A CONFRATERNITY 184DISCOURSE TO PIOUS MAIDENS 189

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THIS volume contains the quintessence of the science of the saints. It gives a correct idea of the spirit, of the heart, and of the talent of Saint Alphonsus: one might say that in it his whole soul is poured out. The entire work is divided into three parts. In the first, we resume, under another form, the considerations on the eternal truths or the Last Things, treated at greater length in the preceding volume. The second part traces and paves the way that leads to divine love, or to sanctity and true happiness, and inspires us at the same time with the desire, the zeal, and the courage to undertake everything to reach this end. The third part transports us to the summit of the holy mountain, or Christian perfection, shows us in detail the mysteries of the interior life, and enables us to breathe its sweetest perfume. Some persons have objected that the writings of Saint Alphonsus contain many repetitions. This is true in regard to the ascetical works; but these repetitions are not useless. There is no question here of a study, a scientific work done for the sole purpose of exercising the mind. It is a food destined to give strength to the life of the soul. Each one takes for himself every day the amount that agrees with his spiritual temperament. But let us hear what the author himself says in regard to this matter: “I entreat my readers not to grow weary if in those prayers they always find petitions for the grace of perseverance and the grace of divine love. For us, these are the two graces most necessary for the attainment of eternal salvation.” He also says: “One should not find it tiresome that I repeat the texts that I have already cited several times. . . . The authors of pernicious books, who treat of obscene things, reproduce even to satiety their impure sallies in order to inflame their imprudent readers with the fire of concupiscence; and should it not be permitted to me to repeat sacred texts that are most suitable to inflame souls with divine love?” Ah, let us never grow tired of reading and meditating on what the holy bishop has had the patience to write so many times for our benefit.—ED. Includes 97 Meditations for all times of the year. 45 Pious Reflections on different points of Spirituality and Seven Treatises by a Doctor of the Church, St Alphonsus M Liguori, CSSR.

The Way of Salvation and of Perfection

Grimm, Rev. Eugene

THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST I. The sacrifices of the Old Law were figures of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ 8 II. Fulfilment of the prophetic figures 11 SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE PRAYERS OF MASS 15 HEARING MASS 36 PIOUS EXERCISE to acquire the proper disposition for making a good Confession 39 ACTS FOR HOLY COMMUNION. I. Preparation for Communion 44 Acts before Communion 46 II. Thanksgiving after Communion 49 Acts after Communion 50 LOVING ASPIRATIONS to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Before Communion 56 After Communion 63 HYMNS Holy Communion. 72 To Jesus after Communion 73 VISITS TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT AND TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. To MARY 75 INTRODUCTION 77 The Visit to the Most Holy Sacrament. 77 The Visit to the Blessed Virgin. 81 Spiritual Communion. 82 Manner of Making the Visits 84 VISITS for every day in the month 87 HYMNS Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament enclosed in the Tabernacle, 150 The visit to Jesus on the altar 151 MEDITATIONS FOR THE OCTAVE OF CORPUS CHRISTI. I. The love of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament 153 II. Jesus remains on the altar, that every one may be able to find him 154 III. The great gift which Jesus has made us by giving himself to us in the Blessed Sacrament 156 IV. The great love which Jesus Christ has shown us in the Blessed Sacrament 157 V. The union of the Soul with Jesus in Holy Communion 158 VI. The desire which Jesus Christ has to unite himself to us in Holy Communion 160 VII. Holy Communion obtains for us perseverance in divine grace 162 VIII. Preparation for Communion and Thanksgiving after it. 163 NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART. Notice on the devotion to the adorable Heart of Jesus 165 MEDITATIONS. I. The amiable Heart of Jesus 169 II. The loving Heart of Jesus 171 III. The Heart of Jesus Christ panting to be loved 173 IV. The sorrowful Heart of Jesus 175 V. The compassionate Heart of Jesus 177 VI. The generous Heart of Jesus 179 VII. The grateful Heart of Jesus 180 VIII. The despised Heart of Jesus 182 IX. The faithful Heart of Jesus 184 AFFECTIONS of love towards the Heart of Jesus 186 HYMNS The loving Spouse 188 The loving Spouse in the Heart of Jesus 189 THE PRACTICE OF THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. 218 CHARITY IS PATIENT. He that loves Jesus Christ loves sufferings. (Patience) CHAPTER II. 226 CHARITY IS KIND. CHAPTER III. 232 CHARITY ENVIETH NOT. CHAPTER IV. 237 CHARITY DEALETH NOT PERVERSELY. CHAPTER V. 257 CHARITY IS NOT PUFFED UP. CHAPTER VI. 263 CHARITY IS NOT AMBITIOUS. CHAPTER VII. 267 CHARITY SEEKETH NOT HER OWN. CHAPTER VIII. 281 CHARITY IS NOT PROVOKED TO ANGER. CHAPTER IX. 287 CHARITY THINKETH NO EVIL, REJOICETH NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICING WITH THE TRUTH (CONFORMITY TO GOD’S WILL) CHAPTER X. 298 CHARITY BEARETH ALL THINGS. CHAPTER XI. 309 CHARITY BELIEVETH ALL THINGS. CHAPTER XII. 313 CHARITY HOPETH ALL THINGS. CHAPTER XIII. 321 He that loves Jesus Christ with a strong love does not cease to love him in the midst of all sorts of temptations and desolations ABSTRACT of the virtues treated of in this work, to be practised by him who loves Jesus Christ 338 NOVENA to the Holy Ghost 345 MEDITATIONS. I. Love is a fire that inflames the heart 345 II. Love is a light that enlightens the soul 347 III. Love is a fountain that satisfies 348 IV. Love is a dew that fertilizes 349 V. Love is a repose that refreshes 350 VI. Love is the virtue that gives strength 351 VII. Love causes God to dwell in our souls 352 VIII. Love is a bond that binds 354 IX. Love is a treasure containing every good 355 X. The means of loving God and of becoming a saint 356 Pious EXERCISE to obtain the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost 360 HYMN 372

The Holy Eucharist

Counsels Concerning a Religious Vocation 6 I. We ought to conform to the Designs of God in the Choice of a State of Life, whatever it may be. 6 II. The Vocation to the Religious State. How Important it is to follow it promptly. 7 1. Misery to Which One Exposes One’s Self by Not Corresponding to It 7 2. We Must Obey the Voice of God Without Delay 10 III. Means to be Employed for Preserving a Religious Vocation in the World. 13 Secrecy 14 Prayer 19 Recollection 20 Disposition Required for Entering Religion 20 Detachment from Comforts 23 -from Parents 25 -Self-Esteem 27 -from One’s Own Will 30 Trials Which We Must Expect to have in the Religious Life 33 Conclusion 27 Considerations for Those Who are Called to the Religious State 39 How the Salvation of the Soul is Secured by Entering the Religious State 39 The Happy Death of the Religious 41 The Account He Will have to Render to Jesus Christ on the Day of Judgment Who Does Not Follow His Vocation 45 The Torment Which Will be the Lot of Him Who is Damned for Having Lost His Vocation 47 The Immense Glory Which the Religious Enjoy in Heaven 49 The Interior Peace that God Gives to Good Religious to Enjoy 52 The Damage Done to Religious by Tepidity 55 How Dear to God is a Soul That Gives Itself Entirely to Him 58 How Necessary it is, in Order to Become a Saint, to Have a Great Desire for Such a Thing 61 The Love We Owe to Jesus Christ in Consideration of the Love He Has Shown to Us 64 The Great Happiness Religious Enjoy in Dwelling in the Same House with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament 67 The Life of Religious Resembles Mostly the Life if Jesus Christ 70 The Zeal Which Religious Ought to Have for the Salvation of Souls 72 How Necessary to Religious are the Virtues of Meekness and Humility 75 How Much Religious Ought to Confide in the Patronage of Mary 78 Prayers Taken from St Thomas Aquinas 80 Answer to a Young Man Who Asks Counsel on the Choice of a State of Life 82 Advice to a Young Person in Doubt About the State of Life She Ought to Embrace 89 Discourse to Pious Maidens 95 Vocation to the Priesthood 108 Appendix 122 Hymn 126 The Choice of a State of Life, and the Vocation to the Religions State. COUNSELS CONCERNING A RELIGIOUS VOCATION. I. We ought to conform to the Designs of God in the Choice of a State of Life, whatever it may be. It is evident that our eternal salvation depends principally upon the choice of our state of life. Father Granada calls this choice the chief wheel of our whole life. Hence, as when in a clock the chief wheel is deranged, the whole clock is also deranged, so in the order of our salvation, if we make a mistake as to the state to which we are called, our whole life, as St. Gregory Nazianzen says, will be an error. If, then, in the choice of a state of life, we wish to secure our eternal salvation, we must embrace that to which God calls us, in which only God prepares for us the efficacious means necessary to our salvation. For, as St Cyprian says: “The grace of the Holy Spirit is given according to the order of God, and not according to our own will;” and therefore St. Paul writes, Every one hath his proper gift from God.” That is, as Cornelius a Lapide explains it, God gives to everyone his vocation, and chooses the state in which he wills him to be saved. And this is the order of predestination described by the same apostle: Whom he predestinated, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified, . . . and them he also glorified. We must remark that in the world this doctrine of the vocation is not much studied by some persons. They think it to be all the same, whether they live in the state to which God calls them, or in that which they choose of their own inclination, and therefore so many live a bad life.

The Choice of a State of Life: and the Vocation to the Religious State

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The History of Heresies and Their Refutation

Explanation of the Psalms & Canticles in the Divine Office (Multilingual Edition)

St Alphonsus Liguori on the Council of Trent

Preparation for Death or Considerations on the Eternal Maxims

The History of Heresies and Their Refutation

Sermons for All the Sundays in the Year (Classic Reprint)

Sermons Upon Various Subjects

The Way of Salvation and of Perfection

The Holy Eucharist

The Choice of a State of Life: and the Vocation to the Religious State