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| GENERAL CONTENTS |
| FIRST PART. |
| The Divine Mission of Suffering. |
| Editor’s Notice |
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| TO THE READER |
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| CHAPTER I.—Suffering the inevitable position of man upon earth |
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| CHAPTER II.—Suffering a very efficacious means by which man is enabled to attain the chief end of his being: that is to say, to save his soul |
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| CHAPTER III.—How a Christian is raised by Jesus Christ to a participation in the Divine Nature, or Deification of the Christian by Jesus Christ |
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| CHAPTER IV.—The Sufferings of the Christian raised to a Divine state by Jesus Christ, or Christian sorrow deified by Jesus Christ |
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| CHAPTER V.-—The Divine Efficacy of the Sufferings of Jesus Christ, our Head |
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| CHAPTER VI. —The Divine Efficacy of the Sufferings of the Christian as a Member of Jesus Christ |
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| CHAPTER VII.—God’s Recompense for Christian Suffering |
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| CHAPTER VIII.—The Divine efficacy of Suffering endured for the Salvation of Souls.—The Divine Mission of Suffering in Jesus Christ |
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| CHAPTER IX.—The Divine Mission of Suffering exemplified in Mary, the Mother of Jesus |
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| CHAPTER X.—The Divine Mission of Suffering exemplified in the Apostles, Martyrs, and Apostolic men of all ages |
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| CHAPTER XI.—The preceding Doctrine confirmed by the explanation of the Text of St. Paul: “I fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ in the flesh” |
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| CHAPTER XII.—Essential Conditions of the Deification of our Sufferings; that is to say: How the union of our Sufferings with Jesus Christ is to be wrought out, in order that they may become divine and efficacious for ourselves and others |
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| CHAPTER XIII.—Practical Conclusions to be drawn from the preceding Chapter |
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| CHAPTER XIV.—The Union of our Sufferings with those of Jesus Christ is wrought by the Holy Ghost |
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| SECOND PART. |
| The Apostolic Uses of Suffering. |
| CHAPTER I.—The Apostleship of Suffering in Families and among the common Faithful |
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| CHAPTER II.—The Apostleship of Suffering among the Sick and Infirm, and those who are on their Deathbed |
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| CHAPTER III.—The Apostleship of Suffering amongst Priests and their Congregations |
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| CHAPTER IV.—The Apostleship of Suffering in Religious Congregations and Communities |
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| CHAPTER V.—The Apostleship of Suffering in Religious Communities of the purely Contemplative Orders |
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| CHAPTER VI.—Practical Considerations drawn from the two preceding chapters |
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| CHAPTER VII.—Of Special Victims |
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| CHAPTER VIII.—Examples |
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| CHAPTER IX.—Voluntary Victims of Our Own Day |
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| CHAPTER X.—The Qualifications of the Apostleship of Suffering, particularly of the Special Victims |
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| CHAPTER XI.— Summary of Dispositions Required |
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| CHAPTER XII.—On the Direction of our Intention in Suffering |
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| CHAPTER XIII.—Various Pains and Trials which are endured by Special Victims in particular |
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| CHAPTER XIV.—Of Interior Trials |
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| CHAPTER XV.—Of the Agonies endured by the Holy Soul of Jesus |
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| CHAPTER XVI.—Of the Agonies endured by certain Souls whom Jesus Christ associates more particularly with His Life of Agony and Crucifixion . |
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| CHAPTER XVII.—The intimate Communion which subsists between the Apostleship of Prayer and the Apostleship of Suffering |
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