The paradise of the Christian soul
The Paradise
OF
The Christian Soul
DELIGHTFUL FOR ITS CHOICEST PLEASURES OF PIETY OF EVERY KIND.
BY
JAMES MERLO HORSTIUS,
OF THE CHURCH OF THE B. VIRGIN MARY IN PASCULO PASTORIS AT COLOGNE.
A New and Complete Translation
By Lawful Authority
LONDON: BURNS & OATES,
PORTMAN STREET & PATERNOSTER ROW.
1877.
CONTENTS.
[The Devotions marked with an Asterisk are from the Appendix to the Mechlin edition of 1840.]
[An Alphabetical Index will be found at the end of the Volume.]
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PART I.
Chap. I. Colloquy between Christ and Man on the right use of Prayer.
Chap. II. Various Expositions of, and Exercises upon the Lord's Prayer.
Chap. III. Litanies to the most Holy Trinity, and to each of the Divine Persons.
Chap. IV. Rosary, Oblations, and Daily Exercises to the most Holy Trinity.
Chap. V. Method of aspiring to an intimate Union with God by inward Acts of Virtue.
PART II.
Of The Honour and Veneration of the Saints, Who Reign with christ in heaven.
Chap. I. Colloquy between Christ and Man on the method and practice of honouring the Saints.
Chap. II. The Honour and Veneration of the Saints, and particularly the Angel Guardian.
Chap. IV. Method of reciting the Lord’s Prayer, with Commemoration and Veneration of the Saints.
PART III.
PENANCE ; OR, THE SINNER’S CONVERSION, AND ITS EXERCISES.
Chap. I. Colloquy between Christ and Man on the way to do Penance.
Chap. IV. The Lord’s Prayer, variously adapted to the use of Penitents.
Chap. V. Instructions and Exercises for Sacramental Confession.
PART IV.
CONTAINING VARIOUS EXERCISES PROFITABLE FOR THE PURSUIT OF VIRTUES AND OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.
Chap. I. The Doctrine of a Holy Life treated of in a Colloquy between Christ and Man.
Chap. II. Various Exercises on the Lord’s Prayer.
Chap. III. Litany of the Christian Virtues
Chap. IV. Exercises of Piety, or the Practice and Acts of the different Virtues.
PART V.
HOW TO COMMUNICATE, AND TO CELEBRATE AND HEAR MASS WELL.
Chap. V. Exercise after Mass or Communion, for Priests and Laics.
Chap. VI. Containing other Exercises for Communicants.
Chap. VII. How to hear Mass well.
Chap. VIII. Another Method of hearing Mass well.
PART VI.
ON THE LIFE AND PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Chap. II. The Lord’s Prayer variously adapted to Christ and his Passion.
Chap. III. Litany of the Life and Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Chap. IV. Rosaries and Exercises, in Verse, on the Life and Passion of Christ.
Chap. V. Various Prayers on the Passion of our Lord.
Chap. VII. The Worship and Honour of the most Holy Name of Jesus.
PART VII.
THE WORSHIP AND VENERATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ; ALSO THE CARE AND PREPARATION FOR DYING WELL AND HAPPILY.
Chap. I. Colloquy between Christ and Man on the way to live and die well and happily.
Chap. III. Meditation on the Angelical Salutation.
Chap. IV. Rosary of Mary, the Virgin Mother of God.
Chap. V. Various Hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Chap. VI. Various Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mother of God.
Chap. VII, Explanation of the Common Rosary of the Blessed Virgin.
Chap. VIII. Litany adapted to the Healthy, the Sick, and the Dying.
Chap. IX. Seven Steps to a Happy Death; or, Daily Exercise on the Lord’s Prayer for a Happy Death.
Chap. X. Exercises in time of Sickness.
Chap. XII. Exercise or Protestation for a Sick and Dying Person.
Chap. XIII. Method of treating the Sick, especially the Dying.
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