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| Preface by Rev. H. RamiÈre, S.J. | 3 |
| BOOK FIRST. |
| OF THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCE OF THE VIRTUE OF HOLY ABANDONMENT. |
| CHAPTER |
| I. | The sanctity of the righteous of the Old Law, and of Joseph and of Mary herself, consisted in fidelity to the order of God | 31 |
| II. | The duties of each moment are the shadows which veil the divine action | 33 |
| III. | How much easier sanctity becomes when studied from this point of view | 36 |
| IV. | Perfection does not consist in knowing the order of God, but in submitting to it | 42 |
| V. | Reading and other exercises only sanctify us in so far as they are the channels of the divine action | 44 |
| VI. | The mind and other human means are useful only in so far as they are the instruments of the divine action | 49 |
| VII. | There is no enduring peace but in submission to the divine action | 52 |
| VIII. | The perfection of souls and the excellence of different states are in proportion to their conformity to the order of God | 54 |
| IX. | All the riches of grace are the fruit of purity of heart and perfect self-abandonment | 62 |
| BOOK SECOND. |
| THE DIVINE ACTION AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT UNCEASINGLY WORKS THE SANCTIFICATION OF SOULS. |
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| I. | The divine action is everywhere and always present, though only visible to the eye of Faith | 69 |
| II. | The divine action is all the more visible to the eye of Faith when hidden under appearances most repugnant to the senses | 74 |
| III. | The divine action offers us at each moment infinite blessings which we receive in proportion to our faith and love | 79 |
| IV. | God reveals Himself to us as mysteriously, as adorably, and with as much reality in the most ordinary events as in the great events of history and the Holy Scriptures | 82 |
| V. | The divine action continues in our hearts the revelation begun in Holy Scripture; but the characters in which it is written will be only visible at the last day | 86 |
| VI. | Divine love is communicated to us through the veil of creatures, as Jesus communicates Himself to us through the veil of the Eucharistic species | 92 |
| VII. | The divine action, the will of God, is as unworthily treated and disregarded, in its daily manifestation, by many Christians, as was Jesus in the flesh by the Jews | 94 |
| VIII. | The revelation of the present moment is the more profitable that it is addressed directly to us | 97 |
| IX. | The revelation of the present moment is an inexhaustible source of sanctity | 99 |
| X. | The present moment is the manifestation of the name of God and the coming of His kingdom | 101 |
| XI. | The divine will imparts the highest sanctity to souls; they have but to abandon themselves to its divine action | 106 |
| XII. | The divine action alone can sanctify us, for it forms us after the divine Model of our perfection | 114 |
| BOOK THIRD. |
| THE PATERNAL CARE WITH WHICH GOD SURROUNDS SOULS WHOLLY ABANDONED TO HIM. |
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| I. | God Himself guides souls who wholly abandon themselves to Him | 119 |
| II. | The more God seems to withdraw light from the soul abandoned to His direction, the more safely He guides her | 125 |
| III. | The afflictions with which God visits the soul are but loving artifices at which she will one day rejoice | 129 |
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