Untitled - Saints' Books

476 Index.
science of the saints, 296, 450. How much he deserved to be
loved, 386; and how much he loves a soul that is devoted to him,
389. He wishes us to think of his Passion, and we cannot often
think of it without loving him, 215, 387, 438. When we love
We find in him a model of de
him, we suffer all with joy, 334.
votion to prayer, 289, of meekness, 322, of mortification, 339.
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LAW-SUITS, the priest should not take charge of those of others, nor
of his own, 349.
LOVE, divine, science of the saints, true wisdom which we should pre
fer to everything else, 295, 449, 470; it procures joy in sufferings
and humiliations, 394; how one acquires it, 391, 395, 436, 438.
The priest should belong entirely to God, 384. See Jesus Christ
and Sanctity.
M
MANIPLE, its origin, 217.
MARY, Mother of God, necessity of her intercession, 409, and con
fidence that we should have in it, 414, how good is devotion
to Mary in order to obtain and preserve purity, 263.
Practice of
devotion to Mary, 421, 442; fasts in her honor, 431, 442; visits,
432, 442. A priest should strive to make her loved and honored,
421, 442.
MASS, whence its name, 217. Mass renders to God an infinite honor,
25, 122, 209. Benefit that confers upon the world, 210, 224, and
what it should above all confer upon the celebrant, 213, 225. In
Mass, Jesus Christ obeys the priest, 26. Sanctity that it requires
of the priest, 48, no, 122, 212, 214. The respect and devotion
with which he should celebrate Mass, 217. How great a crime
of the priest who celebrates in the state of mortal sin, 125; he
commits four mortal sins, 129. Faults that many priests commit
in celebrating, 218, Mass said in less than a quarter of an hour
canaot be excused from a grievous sin, 220. The preparation,
213, 428; one should propose to one s self three ends, 217.
Thanksgiving, 226,428; when one may shorten it, 429. Priests
who abstain from saying Mass through humility, 228. Responsi
bility of bishops in regard to Mass, 223.
MAXIMS, spiritual, for a priest, 446.
MEEKNESS, merit of this virtue, 322. It gains hearts for God, 332. Its
practice: to repress anger, 323; to bear with contempt, 330. It
does not prevent one from being just and severe, 325. We
should practise it also towards ourselves, 328.