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The ancren riwle : a treatise on the rules and duties of monastic life

CONTENTS Introduction 3 Qualifications required in those who make profession 7 The primitive Hermits followed St. James's Rule 11 Division of the Treatise into eight parts 13 Part I. - Of Divine Service. Morning devotions in private 17 Adoration of the Cross, and of the Virgin Mary 19 Canonical hours, anniversaries, commendations 21 - 25 Supplications to the Holy Trinity and to Christ 27 Prayers for pardon, for benefactors, and the dead 29 - 31 Meditations; prayers at mass; adoration of the cross 38 - 35 Liturgical directions 37 Invocation and worship of the Blessed Virgin. Her joys 39 - 48 Private devotions; graces 45 Part II. - On keeping the heart. Moral influence of the Senses. 1. Of Sight. The parlour windows to be avoided 51 Eve's temptation began by the eye 53 Dinah's honour lost from her being seen 55 David's sin caused by his seeing Bathsheba 57 The command to cover a pit instanced 59 Evil consequences of unguarded looks. Warnings 61 - 63 2. Of Speech. Caution to be used in speaking 65 Eve and the Blessed Virgin contrasted 67 The presence of a witness required, even at confession 69 Proper and improper subjects of conversation 71 Silence commended 73 Talkativeness blamed 7

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