Meditations on the Sacred Heart: commentary & meditations on the devotion of the First Fridays, the apostleship of prayer, and the Holy hour by Father Joseph McDonnell (1913)

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FOREWORD VII
Meditations on the Sacred Heart
FIRST SERIES
THE DEVOTION OF THE FIRST FRIDAYS
Introduction 1
I. THE REVELATION OF THE DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART 2
Examen: On Purity of Heart 6
II. THE CROWN OF THORNS THAT SURROUNDS THE SACRED HEART 7
Examen: On Devotion to the Passion 10
III. THE LANCE AND THE WOUNDED HEART OF JESUS 11
Examen: On Fervour of Spirit 15
IV. THE EMOTIONS OF THE SACRED HEART 16
Examen: On the Signs of Advancement in Spirit 19
V. ON ABANDONING ONESELF TO THE SACRED HEART 21
Examen: On Preparing for Death 24
VI. THE IMAGE OF THE SACRED HEART 25
Examen: Devotion to the Sacred Heart 28
VII. THE LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART FOR EACH OF US 29
Examen: On the Practical Love and Knowledge of Jesus Christ 33
VIII. How THE SACRED HEART HAS PROVED ITS LOVE FOR US 34
Examen ; On Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament 38
IX. ON THE THINGS WHICH DISPLEASE THE SACRED HEART 39
Examen: On the Spirit of the World 42
PRAYERS TO BE RECITED EVERY FIRST FRIDAY, ETC. 43
SECOND SERIES
Further Meditations on the Sacred Heart
X. ON THE DISPOSITIONS NECESSARY FOR DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART 47
XI. ON THE OBSTACLES TO DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART 51
XII. ON THE MEANS OF ACQUIRING DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART 55
XIII. ON THE LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART FOR US 60
OUR INGRATITUDE TOWARDS IT 60
XIV. ON THE INCOMPARABLE MAJESTY AND GREATNESS OF THE SACRED HEART 63
XV. ON THE HIDDEN LIFE OF THE SACRED HEART IN THE BLESSED EUCHARIST 67
XVI. ON THE ACTIVE LIFE OF THE SACRED HEART IN THE BLESSED EUCHARIST 70
XVII. ON THE SACRED HEART AS A FOUNTAIN OF GRACE IN THE BLESSED EUCHARIST 73
XVIII. ON THE LIFE OF LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART IN THE BLESSED EUCHARIST 76
THIRD SERIES
Meditations on the Apostleship of Prayer
INTRODUCTION 79
XIX. ON THE EFFICACY OF THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER 84
XX. ON THE ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS ACCRUING TO THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER (No. 1) 87
XXI. ON THE ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS ACCRUING TO THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER (No. 2) 91
XXII. ON THE ADVANTAGES RESULTING TO THE CHURCH FROM THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER 94
XXIII. ON THE ADVANTAGES RESULTING TO SOCIETY FROM THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER 99
XXIV. ON THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER AS A PLEDGE OF SALVATION 102
XXV. ON THE THREE DEGREES OF THE APOSTLE SHIP OF PRAYER 105
XXVI. ON THE MORNING OFFERING OF THE APOSTLE SHIP OF PRAYER 109
XXVII. ON THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF THE APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER 113
The Holy Hour
Introductory Note 118
I. The Holy Hour 119
II. Blessed Margaret Mary practices the Holy Hour 121
III. FURTHER HISTORY OF THE HOLY HOUR 123
The Confraternity of the Holy Hour 124
Pope Leo XIII. and the Holy Hour 126
The Apostleship of Prayer and the Holy Hour 128
IV. NATURE OF THE HOLY HOUR 129
V. END AND OBJECT OF THE HOLY HOUR 130
Appeasing of God s Anger 131
Asking Pardon for Sinners 132
VI. PRACTICE OF THE HOLY HOUR 133
In Common  133
In Private 135
Priests and the Holy Hour 135
Religious Communities and the Holy Hour 136
The Faithful in General and the Holy Hour 136
VII. METHODS OF MAKING THE HOLY HOUR
First Meditation 136
Second Meditation 140
Third Meditation 143
Fourth Meditation 145
Office of the Passion 149
Other Prayers 154
Hymns 155

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