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The Religious State : Together With A Short Treatise On The Vocation To The Priesthood, Translated From The Italian Of St. Alphonsus De Liguori

CONTENTS. THE VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE. I. We ought to conform to the designs of God in the choice of a state of life, whatever it may be 5 II. The vocation to the religious state. How important it is to follow it promptly 7 1. Misery to which one exposes one's self by not corresponding to it 7 2. We must obey the law of God without delay. 11 III. Means to be employed for preserving a religious vocation in the world 17 1. Secrecy 17 2. Prayer 25 3. Recollection 26 IV. Dispositions required for entering religion 28 1. Detachment from comforts 32 2. Detachment from parents 34 3. Detachment from self-esteem 39 4. Detachment from one's own will 43 V. Trials which we must expect to have in religious life 48 Remedies in temptation: First : To have recourse to God 49 Second: To have recourse to the Superior 51 Conclusion 53 Considerations for those who are called to the Religious State. Con. I. How the salvation of the soul is secured by entering the religious state 57 Con. II. The happiness of the religious at death 61 Con. III. The account that he will have to render to Jesus Christ, on the day of judgment, who does not follow his vocation 66 Con. IV. The torment which in hell sh

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