Heroes of the Cross: Or, Studies in the Biography of Saints, Martyrs and Chritian PioneersJ. Masters, 1880 - 479 páginas |
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... sermons , the minds of those with whom he came in contact , and to inspire them with his own hatred of worldliness and the world ; or he sought to influence them in conversation by his subtle and various eloquence , which , with quick ...
... sermons , the minds of those with whom he came in contact , and to inspire them with his own hatred of worldliness and the world ; or he sought to influence them in conversation by his subtle and various eloquence , which , with quick ...
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... sermons on the Canticles ; making that mystic book the text of his discourse , because he was so deeply convinced of the force of divine love as a motive of action . We have space only for a few brief extracts . " Remember that no ...
... sermons on the Canticles ; making that mystic book the text of his discourse , because he was so deeply convinced of the force of divine love as a motive of action . We have space only for a few brief extracts . " Remember that no ...
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... sermon of singular and solemn beauty . “ My very heart left me , ” he exclaimed , “ when he was taken away , through whom my meditations in GOD were made free . But I did violence to my mind , and I have dissem- bled until now , lest it ...
... sermon of singular and solemn beauty . “ My very heart left me , ” he exclaimed , “ when he was taken away , through whom my meditations in GOD were made free . But I did violence to my mind , and I have dissem- bled until now , lest it ...
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... sermon . He spoke with his wonted fervour and directness ; and towards the close , turning suddenly towards the Emperor , addressed him in a powerful apostrophe . He represented him as standing before the judgment - seat , and as called ...
... sermon . He spoke with his wonted fervour and directness ; and towards the close , turning suddenly towards the Emperor , addressed him in a powerful apostrophe . He represented him as standing before the judgment - seat , and as called ...
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... sermons , and they shall be more edified by these things than by words . ' " l So clearly did S. Francis perceive that the success of his disciples would be largely bound up with their poverty , and this a real and pinching poverty ...
... sermons , and they shall be more edified by these things than by words . ' " l So clearly did S. Francis perceive that the success of his disciples would be largely bound up with their poverty , and this a real and pinching poverty ...
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Página 19 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 427 - O GoD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
Página 83 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Página 122 - And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Página 20 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Página 323 - First, that in the most blessed Sacrament of the Altar, by the strength and efficacy of Christ's mighty word (it being spoken by the priest), is present really, under the form of bread and wine, the natural body and blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ, conceived of the Virgin Mary ; and that after the consecration there remaineth no substance of bread or wine, nor any other substance, but the substance of Christ, God and man.
Página 334 - Who in the same night that He was betrayed took bread, and, when He had given thanks, He brake it, and gave it to His disciples, saying, Take, eat ; this is My Body, which is given for you : do this in remembrance of Me.
Página 345 - Rather than thus our wills too strong for it. His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong ; his life, I'm sure, was in the right...
Página 476 - It is a review of the cares, the duties, the troubles of life ; the consolations that enable souls to bear, the principles upon which it behoves them to act ; the hopes that brighten the darkest prospects of the traveller through the world. It is no unworthy gift to the Church from one who has served her so well by his pen in past time.
Página 422 - O that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest.