On Union with GodBlessed Albert the Great
On Union with God
Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over the pages of this little work, written by Blessed Albert the Great towards the end of his life, when that great soul had ripened and matured, one feels that here indeed is the ideal of one's hopes. (From the Preface)
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17 capítulos
1 h 31 min
- 1 0Preface4:41
- 2 0Of the Highest Perfection which Man Can Attain Unto in this Life3:32
- 3 0How a Man May Despise All Things and Cleave to Christ Alone4:00
- 4 0The Law of Man's Perfection in this Life3:13
- 5 0That Our Labour Must Be With the Understanding and Not With the Senses5:40
- 6 0Of Purity of Heart, Which is to be Sought Above All Else6:39
- 7 0That a Man Truly Devout Must Seek God in Purity of Mind and Heart4:50
- 8 0On the Practice of Interior Recollection6:04
- 9 0That a Truly Devout Man Should Commit Himself to God in All That Befalls Him5:02
- 10 0The Contemplation of God is to be Preferred Above All Other Exercises6:57
- 11 That We Should Not Be Too Solicitous for Actual and Sensible Devotion, but Desire Rather the Union of Our Will with God4:34
- 12 In What Manner We Should Resist Temptation and Endure Trials3:47
- 13 The Power of the Love of God5:44
- 14 Of the Nature and Advantages of Prayer - of Interior Recollection5:18
- 15 That Everything Should be Judged According to the Testimony of our Conscience5:24
- 16 On the Contempt of Self: How it is Acquired: its Profit to the Soul6:41
- 17 The Providence of God, Which Watches Over All Things9:25