Light, life and love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages

Light, life and love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages

Author: Inge, William Ralph, 1860-1954

Year: 1904

CONTENTS Introduction ix Eckhart — God 1 Rest only in God 2 God is always ready 3 Grace 4 The Will 6 Surrender of the Will 6 Suffering 8 Sin 9 Contentment 10 Detachment 12 Prayer 13 Love of our Neighbour 13 Love 14 The Union with God 14 The Last Judgment 15 Precept and Practice 15 Relics 16 Sayings of Eckhart 16 Tauler — Our Aim 17 Consequences of the Fall 17 The Fall 18 Life a Battle 19 Sin 22 Fishing for Souls 22 The Efficacy of Divine Grace 25 Prayer 26 Meditations on the Seven Words from the Cross — The First Word 29 The Second Word 33 The Third Word 41 The Fourth Word 45 The Fifth Word 49 The Sixth Word 56 The Seventh Word 60 Suso — Suso and his Spiritual Daughter 66 A Meditation on the Passion of Christ 82 Aphorisms and Maxims 98 Ruysbroek — The Adornment of the Spiritual Nuptials 100 On the Active Life 103 On the First Coming of Christ, in the Flesh 108 On the Twofold Humility of Christ 110 On the Love of Christ, adorned with all Virtues 111 On the Patience of Christ, even unto Death 112 On the Second Coming of Christ, how He every Day flows into our Hearts with new Grace 115 How we may make daily Progress by the Sacraments of the Church 117 On the Third Coming of Christ, to