| Title | : | Meditations on Our Last End: And on Sin and the Sacrament of Penance (Classic Reprint) |
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| ISBN | : | 1331770483 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781331770480 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 489 |
| Publication | : | First published September 27, 2015 |
Excerpt from Meditations on Our Last End: And on Sin and the Sacrament of Penance
It is indispensably necessary for us to be upon our guard against the allurements of the world, and to entertain the highest esteem for all Christian virtues. Now what is more calculated to accomplish these two objects than meditation on our last end? It is, indeed, from the viewpoint of death and eternity that we dis cover the nothingness and vanity of earthly things, and understand the folly of attaching ourselves to them'. Then it is that we can estimate at their real value suffer ings and afflictions borne for God's sake, the privations imposed upon us by the religious life, the value of obedience, of chastity, poverty, and humility, and the merit of perseverance in the service of him who will be either our generous friend or our inexorable judge.
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It is indispensably necessary for us to be upon our guard against the allurements of the world, and to entertain the highest esteem for all Christian virtues. Now what is more calculated to accomplish these two objects than meditation on our last end? It is, indeed, from the viewpoint of death and eternity that we dis cover the nothingness and vanity of earthly things, and understand the folly of attaching ourselves to them'. Then it is that we can estimate at their real value suffer ings and afflictions borne for God's sake, the privations imposed upon us by the religious life, the value of obedience, of chastity, poverty, and humility, and the merit of perseverance in the service of him who will be either our generous friend or our inexorable judge.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
