Ecclesiastical meditations suitable for priests on the mission and students in diocesan seminaries

Ecclesiastical meditations suitable for priests on the mission and students in diocesan seminaries

Author: Hughes, J., 1829-1887?

Year: 1866

CONTENTS VOCATION TO THE ECCLESIASTICAL STATE, 1 THE COLLEGE RULE, 7 THE NAME OF "PRIEST," 10 THE EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN PRIESTHOOD, 13 PREPARATION FOR THE MINISTRY, 17 THE ECCLESIASTICAL SPIRIT, 21 THE NECESSITY OF MENTAL PRAYER, 25 PURITY OF INTENTION IN ECCLESIASTICS, 29 THE SPIRIT OF LABOUR IN ECCLESIASTICS, 33 GOOD EXAMPLE IN A PRIEST, 37 ZEAL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, 42 THE EMPLOYMENT OF TIME, 46 THE DAILY EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE, 50 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST, 54 ZEAL FOR SOULS, 60 CLERICAL MODESTY, 65 AVARICE, 68 THE CONVERSATION OF ECCLESIASTICS, 74 HUMILITY, 77 DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN, 62 THE DIVINE OFFICE, 87 THE OBLIGATION OF PREACHING 91 CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION, 94 THE MALICE OF SIN IN A PRIEST, 98 AVARICE. SECOND MEDITATION, 102 SUFFERING, 106 THE DEVOTION OF A PRIEST TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, 111 THE ANALOGY BETWEEN PRIESTS AND THE B. VIRGIN, 116 DOING PENANCE, 120 ST. PATRICK'S DAY, 124 THE VISITATION OF THE SCHOOLS, 129 ZEAL FOR SELF-PERFECTION, 133 THE REVERENCE AND RESPECT OF ECCLESIASTICS IN THE CHURCH OF GOD, 136 PREPARING THE CHILDREN FOR FIRST COMMUNION, 140 ECCLESIASTICAL CEREMONIES, 144 THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE 150 THE CARE OF THE SICK 154