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The spirit of sacrifice and the life of sacrifice in the religious state

CONTENTS. Dedication 3 Preface 7 PART I. MOTIVES FOR THE PRACTICE OF THE LIFE OF SACRIFICE IN THE RELIGIOUS STATE, AND THE EXCELLENCE OF THAT PRACTICE. CHAPTER I. The Spirit of Sacrifice is the Essential end Fundamental Spirit of the Christian Life 21 CHAPTER II. The Essential Spirit of the Religious Life oonaiata in Striving after the Perfection of a Victim's Life 30 CHAPTER III. The Religious is the Priest who Offers the Sacrifice of which fie is Himself the Victim 38 CHAPTER IV. The Excellence of the Sacrifice which the Monk or Nun Offers to God 43 CHAPTER V. The Fervent Religious Merits to be Entitled a Martyr. The Connection between this Appellation and that of Victim 50 CHAPTER VI. A Closer Consideration of the Title of Religious. The Connection between this Title and that of Victim 58 CHAPTER VII. The Soul of the Religious is the True Spouse of Jesus Christ ; and it is in her Sacrifice of herself that her Union with Him Is Effected 65 CHAPTER VIII. On the Different Degrees of Union with Jesus in His Character of Victim; Some Preliminary Considerations on Union with Our Lord in General 78 CHAPTER IX. On the Union of the Soul of the Religious with Jesus Christ in the Oblation

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