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Practical Meditations for Every Day in the Year on the Life of Jesus Christ, by a Father of the Society of Jesus. Tr. From the French. Vol.1
Practical Meditations for Every Day in the Year on the Life of Jesus Christ by a Father of the Society of Jesus Tr From the French Vol1 Author:Jesus Christ Title: Practical Meditations for Every Day in the Year on the Life of ... Jesus Christ, by a Father of the Society of Jesus. Tr. From the French. Vol.1; 2, New Ed General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1868 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or ... more »missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: January 19. Prophecies Of The Holy Old Man Simeon. 1st Prcl. I will imagine I see Mary listening to the words of the holy old man Simeon. 2d Prel. I will try to understand the mysteries and the truths of faith. Point I. Propliecies relating to Jesus. Consideration. When giving back the Infant Jesus to Mary, Simeon, suddenly enlightened as to the future, uttered these memorable words : " This Child is set for the fall or for the resurrection of many, and for a sign that shall be contradicted." The eighteen centuries which have passed since this prophecy was uttered have proved its truth, and especially the time in which we live -- a time in which we see wonderful conversions and spiritual resurrections brought about by the zeal of so many missionaries; and also systematic and impious opposition to the Church of Jesus Christ on the part of those who are reckoned among His disciples. Application. But can it be possible that Jesus, our loving Saviour, can become for a religious -- for yourself, if you do not take care -- the occasion of spiritual ruin, of a greater reprobation ? Yes; and ecclesiastical history can furnish, alas, too many proofs of it. How many religious we see who, losing little by little the spirit of their holy state, have re-learnt the spirit of the world -- who have become the living contradictions of the maxims of Jesus Christ, and whose ruin has been more fatal and terrible because they have had so many graces and b...« less