St Alphonsus de Liguori

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We have here one of the masterpieces of St. Alphonsus, a book that speaks to all hearts, that reveals to every Christian soul its true wants and the true means to satisfy them. One cannot read this book without becoming better; nor can one grow tired in reading it again and again. It is indeed a very highly-prized and widely-spread work. It was published in 1768. (Tannoia, B. 3, ch. 41, 42.)The holy bishop, developing the celebrated text of St. Paul on the qualities of true charity, explains in thirteen chapters the principal virtues that we ought to practise and the defects that we ought to avoid in order to render to our Lord love for love. He treats of patience in general (Chap. I.), and in particular in sicknesses, poverty, and contempt (Chap. X.); of meekness (Chaps. II. and VIII.); of purity of intention (Chap. III.); of tepidity, and the remedies against this vice, namely, the desire of perfection, the determination to attain perfection, mental prayer, frequent communion, and prayer (Chap. IV.); of humility (Chap. V.); of ambition and vain-glory (Chap. VI.); of detachment from all things, especially when there is question of following one's vocation (Chap. VII.); of conformity to the will of God, and of obedience (Chap. IX.); of faith (Chap. XI.); of hope (Chap. XII.); and, finally, of temptations, and spiritual desolation (Chap. XIII.). The work is concluded by a summary of virtues that are to be practised

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Prayer is the one thing the devil strives hardest to prevent, for it is the most powerful weapon we have against his wiles. In this priceless little book, St Alphonsus develops the numerous reasons we have for devoting time to prayer each day. You don't pray when you have time; you make time to pray. Prayer is literally the answer to all our problems, it is consolation in sorrow and calm in prosperity. It opens for us the gate of a blessed eternity.

"When St. Dominic was preaching at Carcassone, in France, an Albigensian heretic, who was possessed by demons, was brought to him, because he had publicly spoken against the devotion of the most holy Rosary. The saint then ordered the demons, in the name of God, to declare whether those things which he had said concerning the most holy Rosary were true; and howling with rage they said: "Hear, oh Christians, all that this our enemy has said of Mary and of the most holy Rosary is entirely true." They added, moreover, that they had no power against the servants of Mary; and that many who at death invoked Mary were saved, contrary to what they deserved. And finally they said: "We are constrained to declare, that no one is lost who perseveres in devotion to Mary, and in the devotion of the most holy Rosary, for Mary obtains for sinners a true repentance before death. St. Dominic made the people immediately repeat the Rosary; and, oh miracle at every "Hail Mary," many devils went out from that wretched man, in the shape of burning coals, so that when the Rosary was finished, he was entirely freed from them, and many heretics became converted. " This is just one of ninety-one amazing miraculous stories of the Blessed Virgin Mary's intercession recounted in this book by the great bishop and Doctor of the Church, St Alphonsus De Liguori. If you like this book or any other of the books I've written or edited, please leave a positive review, so that others may profit spiritually by them, and also that I may continue to do this work for the glory of God. May He bless and protect you and yours. See my other great Catholic books on Amazon.com. Search "Darrell Wright".

This is part of a scan of a 1830's edition of St. Alphonsus' Theologia Moralis. It is his practical manual for the simple parish priest regarding the art of saving souls through the sacrament of Penance (also known in our day as the Sacrament of Reconciliation). This widely-acclaimed book is a distillation of some of the moral and much of the pastoral wisdom of a great Doctor of the Church and the patron of Moral Theologians, all from the hand of the master himself. Exerpt from this Praxis Confesarii ad bene excipiendas confessiones: "Magna utique erit merces, qua in aeternitate compensabuntur boni Confessarii, et de sua praedestinatione ita securi sunt ii qui se ad Animarum salute occupant, ut Jacobus Apostulus (Epist. c. 5 V. 20) perspicue hoc testetur his verbis: 'Qui converti fecerit peccatorum ab errore viae suae, salvabit animam ejus...a morte, et operiet multitudinem peccatorum.'"