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CHAPTER V. THE INJURY THAT TEPIDITY DOES TO A PRIEST, 88
I. To what the tepid priest is exposed, 88.
II. A priest cannot be satisfied with avoiding grievous sins,
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III. Exhortation, 101.
CHAPTER VI. THE SIN OF INCONTINENCE, . . . .107
I. Necessity of purity in the priest, 107.
II. Malice of impurity in the priest, 109.
III. Sad effects of impurity, 113.
Blindness of the soul, 113. Obstinacy of the will, 117.
Eternal damnation, 119.
IV. Remedies for incontinence, 120.
CHAPTER VII. THE SACRILEGIOUS MASS, . . . .122
I. Purity required in the priest to celebrate worthily, 122.
II. How great is the crime of the priest that celebrates Mass
in mortal sin, 125.
CHAPTER VIII. THE SIN OF SCANDAL, . . .
.138
CHAPTER IX. THE ZEAL OF THE PRIEST, . . .
.154
I. The obligation of every priest to labor for the salvation of
souls, 154.
II. The pleasure that a priest who labors for the salvation of
souls gives to God, 166.
III. How secure the priest who labors for the salvation of souls
renders his own salvation, and how great the reward
that he shall receive in heaven, 172.
IV. The end, the means, and the labors of the priest who has
zeal, 177.
The end to be proposed, 177. Means to be em
ployed, 178. Works of a zealous priest, 180.
CHAPTER X. THE VOCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD, . . .185
I.
Necessity of a divine vocation to take Holy Orders, 185.
II. Marks of a divine vocation to the sacerdotal state, 189.
i. Purity of intention, 192. 2. Science and talents, 193.
3. Positive goodness of character, 194.
III. To what dangers one exposes one s self by taking Holy
Orders without a vocation, 198.
PART II.
MATERIAL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
INSTRUCTION I. THE CELEBRATION OF MASS, . . . .208
I.
Importance of the Holy Sacrifice and what it exacts of
the priest, 208.
II. The preparation for Mass, 213.
III. The reverence and the devotion with which the priest
should celebrate Mass, 217.
IV. Thanksgiving after Mass, 226.
V. The priest who abstains from saying Mass. 228.