Christ, 554; Holy Spirit in relation
to the, 556; Pastors of the, 561;
One; Holy, 567; Catholic, 569;
Apostolic, 571; Infallible, 572; Im-
pregnable; Names and charac-
teristics of the, 573; Guardian
General of, 614; final triumph of,
645; in Purgatory, 647; triumphant,
649; Prayer for the, 650; power of
bad angels directed against the, 45;
glories and priviliges of the, 573
CICERO (footnote), 470

CIRCUMCISION of St. John Baptist, 159
COMBAT, Heaven to be won by, 179
COMMANDMENTS, keeping of the,

849; the ten, 850; appendix to the
ten, 852; God requires obedience to
the, 852; possible in practice, 853
COMMUNION with saints, 627
CONCORD, loveliness, utility, sweet-
ness of, 297; examples of, 293
CONDITION of labour, 50

CONFESSION, penitential, 775; humble,
792

CONFIDENCE of the just, 843; exam-
ples of, 276

CONFIRMATION, Sacrament of, 671
CONFORMITY of the Blessed Virgin to
God's Will, 142

CONFRATERNITY of the Divine Expia-
tion, motto of the, 8.0
CONSCIENCE, strength of, 204
CONSECRATION, unleavened bread

used for, 683
CONSOLATION in God; flows from God,
291; promise of, 292; fruits of, 292;
prayers for, 293

CONSPIRACIES, instances of, 315
CONSTANCY of the martyrs, 471
CONTEMPLATION, 378; peace

of

ruins his own life, 414
COVETOUSNESS, examples of, 413
COWARDS forfeit Heaven, 180
CREATION of angels, 40; of man, 48
CREATOR, the, 37
CREATURES, Christ the head of all, 60;
sin the turning from God to, 231;
not the object of Eternal bliss, 170
CRIES of a soul yearning after the fear
of God, 229; of a sinner grieving
over sins, 251; for peace, 296; of a
soul seeking wisdom, 332; of a soul
craving for perseverance, 481
CROS, Christ's victory and triumph of,
65; stations of, 126; Mary at foot of
the, 141

DEATH, of Jesus, 105; the ordering of
God for all, 861; a time appointed
for; preparation for, 863; of sinners,
866; not to be feared, 868; desired by
the good, 869; examples of saintly,
870; sin hastens, 241

DECEIT, impiety of, 357; examples of,
384
DECEIVER injurious to himself; hated
by God, 359

DEEDS, fruits of good and evil, 189
DEGENERACY of these latter days, 641
DENIAL of the Blessed Sacrament, 737;
sins that led to His, 739

DESOLATION of spirit, 763; prayer in,
767; of the sanctuary, 769
DESPAIR, the end of, 240; bitter fruits
of, 277

DESTRUCTION of the Sanctuaries, 740
DESTRUCTION of vice, 229
DETRACTION, effects, injury and
harm of, 359; forbidden, 360
DETRACTOR. what he may be com-
pared to, 359; to be prayed for, 361;
punished, 361

DEVASTATION by fire, 761
DEVIL, sin subjects the soul to the, 235
DEVOTION to Sacred Humanity, 127; of

438; examples of, 439

against,

DUTY, neglect of, 188; of practising
charity, 282

DWELLING PLACE of Christ, 714
DYING, devotions for the, 807
EGYPT, 139. 150, 154

EJACULATIONS of praise and love, 132;
of one desiring Heaven, 182; for one
keeping the law in the face of death;
of one offering good works to God,
207; of one yearning for grace, 222;
to increase grace in the soul, 261;
against heresy and heretics, 269;
of a hopeful soul, 276; to excite
charity, 288; of a soul imploring
Divine judgment, 350; for pardon of
sin, 376; for times of adversity; of
supplicants imploring a hearing, 377
ELECTION, 26; to glory, 26

ELIAS, ST., 57, 160; coming of, 644
ELIZABETH, ST., 135, 158
EMBLEMS from the Old Testament, 117;

from New Testament, 115; of Holy
Scripture, 511; of sin, 828; of the
wicked, 835; of the reunion of Christ-
endom, 780

EMMERICH, SISTER, 103; prophecy of,
893

END of man, 170; of the world, 112
ENDURANCE under suffering, 491
ENVY, causes and effects of, 311, exhor-

tations to shun; examples of, 312;
of the bad angels, 45

EQUALITY of the Three Persons of the
Blessed Trinity, 36

ESPOUSALS of Blessed Virgin, 135
ETERNAL FATHER, Prayer of Our
Lord to the, 167

EVANGELISTS, the, 519

EVIL, sin hardens the soul in, 238
EVIL-SPEAKING, effects and injury of,

of

364 examples of, 364
EXAMPLES of heroic faith, 260;
unbelief, 263; of charity, 285, 286;
of true friendship, 288; of concord,
298; of hospitality, 299; of almsgiv-
ing, 304; of selfishness, 304; of lov-
ing reproof, 307; of uncharitable-

ness, 310; of spiritual sloth, 311; of
envy, 312; of discord, 313; of
scandal, 321; of wisdom, 324; of
prudence, 336; of bribery, 346; of
good and evil judges, 350; of
murder; of homicide; of mutila-
tion; of suicide, 352; of sacrilegious
robbery; of robbery, 356; of calumny.
363; of evil-speaking, 364; of pray r,
375; of meditation, 382; of perjury,"
384; of blasphemy, 390; of duti ul
children, 393; of repentance, 399; of
obedience, 408; of liberality and zeal
410; of avarice, 415; of covetousness,
413; of gratitude, 418; of ingrati-
tude, 421; of wise speech, 427; of
intemperance, 440; of humility, 453;
of pride, 458; of meekness, 461; of
wrongful anger, 463; of zeal, 464;
of lukewarmness, 469; of fortitude,
473; of patience, 774; of murmuring,
478; of inconstancy, 482; of persecu-
tors, 483; of the persecuted, 491;
of lovers of Holy Scripture, 509; of
unbelievers in God's Word, 515; of
penitents, 790; of various kinds of
sin, 827; of saintly deaths, 870
EXCELLENCE of charity, 279
EXHORTATIONS to increase in grace,

221; to aim at virtue, 224; to root up
vice; to conquer passions, 230; to
conversion, 249; to live a life worthy
of Faith, and to persevere therein,
258; to hope in God, 273; to seek
peace, 295; to almsgiving, 303; to
shun envy, 312; to wisdom, 331; to
repentance, 399; to humility, 451;
to patience, 475; to perseverance,
480; to Priests, 815; to the married,
818

EXORCISM, 667

EXTREME UNCTION, 794

EZECHIAS, the sickness of, 793
EZECHIEL, ST., the Glory of God shown
to, 904

FAITH, orthodox; rests not on human
conviction; but on Divine authority,
255; nature, stability, and certitude
of, 256; unity, necessity and utility
of; as living and dead, 257: live a
life worthy of: persevere therein,
258; to be professed inwardly and
outwardly, 259; examples of heroic,
260; obstacles and helps to, 263;
apostasy from, 264; sanctification by,
839; predisposing cause of sanctify-
ing grace, 215
FAITHFUL, the, power of the bad angels
directed against, 45

FALL, the man before the, 50; after the,
50

FALSE CHRISTS, foretold by Christ;

His warnings against them, 748; in
the temples of Christ; Divine
honours paid to them, 749: who are
seduced by the, 750; origin of the,
751; contrasted with the true Christ,
752; admonitions to the worshippers
of the, 785; names and types of the,
754

FAME, sin destroys, 242

FASTING, 856; advantages and ex-
amples of, 441

FEAR, of God, first step to virtue and
wisdom, 226; effects of, 227; ex-
amples of God-fearing men, 228; cries
of soul yearning after the, 229; say-
ing effects of, 277; wholesome 841;
sin begets, 239

FEAST-DAYS, 386; of the Jews, 387
FELLOWSHIP with Christ, 907
FIDELITY, 428

FIG-TREE, the withered, 533
FINDING, the, of Jesus, 140, 150
FOLLY, fruits of, 340

FORGETFULNESS of God's benefits,
419; affability, 422.
FORGIVENESS of sin, 838
FORTITUDE, 470

"FORTY HOURS," the; meditations
for each hour, 721
FRAILTY of life, 864

FREE-WILL, no sin without the action
of, 853; use of, 183

FRUITS of observance

of the Law, 199;
of good and evil deeds, 189
GABRIEL, ST., 135, 616
GALILEE, 140

GAMALIEL, 547

GARMENT, white, 668

GENERAL COUNCIL of Jerusalem, 553
GESSEN, land of, 155
GIFT of Wisdom, 323
GLASS, the sea of, 898
GLIMPSES of Heaven, 903

GLORY, of God, all right actions done
for, 190; wisdom brings, 328; grace
done the pledge of future, 220
GLUTTONY, 438
GOD, names of; essence and existence

of; simplicity and incorporality of,
2; unity and goodness of; Truth and
Life, 3; perfections of; infinity of, 4;
immensity of, 5; immutability of, 6;
eternity and incomprehensibility of,
7; unutterableness of, known by
things, 8; Beatific Vision of; know-
ledge of, 9; omniscience of, 11;

irresistible will of, 13; will of, ante-
cedent and consequent, conditional
and absolute, 14; omnipotence of, 15;
justice of, 16; mercy of, 19, 21; love
of, 21; loves specially the just, 27;
Providence of, 24; as Creator, 37; as
Ruler and Preserver, 39; as Co-opera-
tor and Helper, 40; as Saviour and
Redeemer, 40; the end of all things;
the object of eternal bliss, 170; the
Supreme Lawgiver, 197; the efficient,
meritorious, and final cause of
grace,
214; as the First Truth, 255; ex-
amples of charity towards, 285;
hatred of, 310; the author of wisdom,
324; man's duties to, 368; obedience
to, 403

GOOD EXTERNAL, God freely wills, 14
GOOD WORKS, incentives to the prac-

tice of, 184; precepts as to, 185;
sanctification by, 840; integrity and
perfection of, 847; reward of
creasing grace and prosperity follow
on, 848

in-

GOODNESS, exterior, 187
GRACE, of Christ, 62; aspirations for,

205; preventing and helping, 208;
sufficient and efficacious; helps of,
209; no sinner destitute of, 210;
sufficient given to all, but not in
equal measure, 210; necessity of,
211; co-operating, 212; actual neces-
sity of, 213; God the efficient,
meritorious, and final cause of, 214;
sanctifying, predisposing cause of,
215; correspondence to actual and
habitual grace, 215; habitual;
actual; not equal in all, 215; man
knows not with certainty if he be
in a state of grace, 216; moral cer-
tainty of being in, 217; confers a
quasi-divine existence, 217; blots
out sin, 219; does not destroy, but
heals and restores nature, 219;
pledge of glory; principle and cause
of merit; incitement to hold fast to,
220; exhortation to increase in, 221;
promised to penitents, 248

GRACE at table, 736

GRATITUDE, 416, 417; examples of, 418
GUARDS of the Temple, 720

GUILTY, the, God will not treat them
as innocent, 756
HABIT, force of, 203

HAPPINESS in Heaven, 905
HARPERS, voice of, 910'

HATRED of God and our neighbour
vices opposed to charity, 310; of sin,
830

HEAVEN, splendour and beauty of, 174;

magnitude and multitude of celes ial
goods in, 174; variety of rewards in,
175; enjoyment without weariness
in, 175; purity of joy in, 176; safety
without anxiety in, 177; sure way to
obtain, 177; the reward of labour;
not bestowed without grace; to be
won by combat, 178; to be won only
when life's combat is over, 179;
given to those who right and win
lawfully, 179; forfeited by the
wicked, 180; yearnings after, 181;
Church triumphant in, 649; Christ's
glory in, 108; as seen in nine visions:
1st Vision, 897; 2nd Vision, 898;
3rd Vision, 899: 4th Vision, 900; 5th
Vision, 901; 6th Vision, 901; 7th
Vision, 901; 8th Vision, 902; 9th
Vision, 902; three glimpses of, 903;
supreme happiness in, 905; how to
win, 911; names and types of, 912
HELIOPOLIS, Priest of, 153
HELL, the abode of the wicked, 885;
figures of; the punishment of; keys
of, 886; unhappiness in, 837; pain of
loss in, 887; pain of sense in, 857;
imprisonment and chains in, 887;
arrows and sword in, 888; darkness
in, 888; smoke in, 888; stench
in, 888; hunger and thirst in,
889;
food and drink in, 889;
occupation in, 889; derision and
disgrace in, 890; self-reproach in,
890; grief and sadness in, 890; fruit-
less remorse in, 891; despair in, 891;
second death in, 892; the eternity of
hell torments, 892; who are reserved
for the torments of, 892; inhabitants
of, 893; a warning voice from the
depths of, 894

HELPER, God as our, 40
HENOCH, coming of, 644
HERESY, prayers against, 269
HERETICS typically described, 265;

how generated, 266; ignorance,
pride, and obstinacy of, 266; to be
shunned and punished, 267; from
apostolic times existence of; char-
acteristics of, 268; prayers against,
269

HEROD, 139, 150; banquet of; im-
prisons John the Baptist, 13; beheads
him, 166
HERODIAS, 166

HIERARCHY, Angelic, 42; Ecclesiasti
cal, 563

HIGH-PRIEST, Christ the, 63

HOLY GHOST, true God; consubstan-
tial with the Father and Son, 35;
proceeds from them, 35
HOLY IMAGES, 631

HOLY ORDER, sacrament of; Divine
institution of, 814
499;

HOLY SCRIPTURE, books of,
Divinely inspired, 501: the inter-
preter of, 503; text-book of priests
read to the people, 504; to be studied,
how, 507; laws as to reading. 57,
excellency, advantages, fruits of;
examples of lovers of, 509; names
and emblems of, 511; denial, altera-
tion and misinterpretation of, 512;
unbelievers of; prayers to under-
stand; rejected portions of, 515; dis
torters of, 746

HOLY WATER, 718, 734

HOLY WEEK, lessons read in, 129
HOME, the invitation, 773; promises
made to returners, 779

HOMICIDE, 351; examples of, 352
HONOUR paid to angels, 43; to saints,
627; wisdom brings, 328; unjust
injury of, 359; sin destroys, 242; lust
destroys, 447

HONOURS, alms brings, 303
HOPE, fruits of; its kinds, 271; exhor-
tation to, 272; of the just, 272; ex-
amples of, 276; sanctification by,
839; predisposing cause of sanctify-
ing grace, 215

HORN, voice of the, 903
HOSPITALITY, examples of, 299
HUMAN ACTIONS, whether good or
bad, do not intrinsically affect God,

195

HUMAN CONSOLATION, vain and un-
stable, 293

HUMAN PRUDENCE, uncertain, de-
ceitful, 334; of the wicked condemned,
335
HUMANITY, devotion to the sacred, 127
HUMILITY, acts of, 449; effects of, 450;
path to glory; science of the saints;
exhortation to, 451; examples of, 452
HYPOCRISY, 192; effects of, 193; hated
by God, 194; soon detected, 194;
examples of, 194; forbidden, 194
IDLENESS, its consequences, 54
IDOLATRY, objects of, 823
IGNORANCE, sin causes, 236; of here.
tics, 266; man's, 55; sin arising from
825
IMAGERIES from the Old Testament,

117; from New Testament, 115
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION of the
Blessed Virgin, 134
IMMORTALITY of the soul, 49
IMPATIENCE, penalties of, 478
IMPRUDENCE, fruits of, 640
IMPURITY, gravity of, 352
INCARNATION of Christ foretold and
longed for, 59

INCENSE, 717, 734

INCENTIVES to the practice of good
works, 184

INCITEMENT to hold fast to grace, 220
INCONSTANCY of sinners; of angels;
examples of, 432
INCONTINENCE, 444

INDECISION, examples of, 467
INFALLIBILITY, Papal; doctrine of;
definition of, 52

INGRATITUDE, effects of, 419; exam-
ples of, 421

INHABITANTS of Hell, 893

INJURY of reputation and honour, 359
INJUSTICE forbidden; judged and pun-

ished, 344; of judges and magis-
trates visited by God, 345; acci-
dental, 354

INTEGRITY of good works, 847
INTELLECT, formal beatitude in the,
171

INTEMPERANCE, harmful to the soul,
436; injurious to the body, 437; fruits
of, 439; examples of, 440
INTENTION, purity of, 190; evil, 191
INTERCESSION of Saints, 627
INTRODUCTION on God, 1; on the

Blessed Trinity, 31; on God as the
efficient cause of all things, 37; on
the Messiah, 53; on the Mother of
God, 133; on St. Joseph, 148; on
God our last end, 169; on Free-will,
183; on external and internal law,
196; on actual and habitual grace,
208; on virtue, vice, and sin in gene-
ral, 223; on theological and cardinal
virtues and their contrary vices, 253;
on Divine Faith and contrary virtues,
254; on hope and the contrary vices,
270; on charity and its opposite
vices, 278; on prudence and its con-
trary vices, 333; on justice and the
contrary vices, 341; on religion and
other virtues connected with justice
which bind legally, 368; temperance
and the virtues connected with it,
and the contrary vices, 435; fortitude
and the virtues connected with it,
and the contrary vices, 469; on the
Word of God, 495; on the Church,

516; on the Sacraments of the
Church, 654; on the Blessed Sacra-
ment, 672; on penance, 781; on sin,
820; on justification, 836; on merit,
845; on death, 861; on judgment,
876; on Hell, 83; on Heaven, 95
INVITATION Home, 773
INVOCATION of angels, 43; of saints,
627

ISAIAS, ST., vision of, 902
JEREMIAS, ST., a type of Christ; sanc-

titied before birth, 89; made a Pro-
phet unto the nations, 90; prayer
and penance of, 98. 99; a man of
sorrows, 105; a victim of expiation,
107; persecuted, 91; put into the
stocks; beaten; cast into prison;
poisoned, 107; foretells the Incarna-
tion, 89; foretells the Blessed Sacra-
ment, 94, 95; gladness of heart of,
94; vision of, 102; ecstasy of, 101;
the ark hidden by, 95; his zeal for
the Temple of God, 96; prophetic
warnings of, 103; is carried off to
Egypt, 91; the first to preach the
true Sacrifice of expiation, 108;
appears in glory and majesty, 109;
gives a golden sword to Judas Macha-
beus, 93; a lover of his brethren, 96;
lamentations of, 129

JEROME, ST, on the resurrection (see
footnote), 875

JERUSALEM, Pasch at, 139, 150; re-
building of, 775, 899
JEWS, Feasts of the, 387

JOHN, ST., BAPTIST, foretold; parents

of; birth of; name of, 157; sanctified
befo.e birth; use of reason yet
unborn; his leap of joy, 158; circum-
cision of; austere life of; abstains
from wine; called Elias, 160; preach-
ing of, 162; popularity of; taken for
Jesus, 162; teaches prayer, 163;
baptism of, 164; baptises Christ, 165;
rebukes Herod; cast into prison;
beheadment of; burial of, 166;
glory of, 167

JOHN THE EVANGELIST, vision of,
897 to 900
JORDAN, 163

JOSEPH, ST., Pedigree of; Husband of

Mary; Father of Jesus; trials of;
journey to Bethlehem, 149; hidden
life of, 149; warned by an Angel;
flees into Egypt; return of; his loss
and finding of Jesus, 150; character-
istics and virtues of, 151; glory of,
151, 135

JOSEPH THE PATRIARCH, type of