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A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
* A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
o A FORWARD
o THE PARABLE OF THE PILGRIM
o TRANSLATORS NOTE
o BLESSED HENRY SUSO'S PREFACE TO HIS BOOK
* LITTLE BOOK OF ETERNAL WISDOM
o PART THE FIRST
+ CHAPTER I. How Some Persons Are Unconsciously Attracted by
God
+ CHAPTER II. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXION
+ CHAPTER III. How It Was With Him on The Cross According to
The Exterior Man
+ CHAPTER IV. How Very Faithful His Passion Was
+ CHAPTER V. How The Soul Attains Hearty Repentance and Gently
Pardon Under the Cross
+ CHAPTER VI. How Deceitful The Love of This World is, And How
Amiable God Is
+ CHAPTER VII. How Lovely God Is
+ CHAPTER VIII. An Explanation of Three Things Which Most of
All Might Be Likely To Be Repugnant To A Loving Heart In God.
One Is, How He Can Appear So Wrathful And Yet Be So Gracious
+ CHAPTER IX. The Second Thing.--Why God, After Rejoicing The
Heart, Often Withdraws Himself From His Friends, By Which His
True Presence is Made Known
+ CHAPTER X. The Third Thing.--Why God Permits His Friends To
Suffer So Much Temporal Suffering
+ CHAPTER XI. On The Everlasting Pains of Hell
+ CHAPTER XII. On The Immeasurable Joys of Heaven
+ CHAPTER XIII. On The Immeasurable Dignity of Temporal
Suffering
+ CHAPTER XIV. On The Unspeakable Advantages to Be Derived From
Meditating on The Divine Passion
+ CHAPTER XV. From The Fond Caresses Which The Soul Has Has
With God Beneath The Cross, She Returns Again To His Passion
+ CHAPTER XVI. On The Worthy Praise of The Pure Queen of Heaven
+ CHAPTER XVII. On The Unutterable Heart-Rending Grief of The
Pure Queen of Heaven
+ CHAPTER XVIII. How It Was With Him At That Hour in Regard of
His Interior Man
+ CHAPTER XIX. On The Taking Down From the Cross
+ CHAPTER XX. On The Lamentable Separation of the Grave
o THE SECOND PART
+ CHAPTER XXI. How We Should Learn to Die, And of The Nature of
An Unprovided Death
+ CHAPTER XXII. How One Should Live An Interior and Godly Life
+ CHAPTER XXIII. How We Ought Lovingly To Receive God
+ CHAPTER XXIV. A Prayer To Be Said When Thou Goest To Receive
Our Lord's Holy Body
+ CHAPTER XXV. How We Should At All Times Praise God
o THE THIRD PART
+ ON SUNDAY, OR AT MATINS
+ ON MONDAY, AT PRIME
+ TUESDAY, OR AT TIERCE
+ ON WEDNESDAY, OR AT SEXT
+ ON THURSDAY, OR AT NONE
+ ON FRIDAY, OR AT VESPERS
+ ON SATURDAY, OR AT COMPLINE
A LITTLE BOOK OF ETERNAL WISDOM
BY:
BLESSED HENRY SUSO
TO WHICH IS ADDED THE
"PARABLE OF THE PILGRIM"
BY: WALTER HILTON
Canon of Thurgarton
LONDON
BURNS OATES & WASHBOURNE LTD.
PUBLISHERS TO THE HOLY SEE
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Nibil Obstat:
F. Thomas Bergh, O.S.B.
Imprimatur:
Petrus Esus Southwarcen
dis 14 Aprilis, 1910
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A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
A FOREWARD
Jesus and Mary! Sacred names, always united