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Little Book of Eternal Wisdom Bl. Henry Suso

Contents

• Title Page

• Forward

• The Parable of the Pilgrim

• Translators Note

• Preface by Blessed Henry Suso

LITTLE BOOK OF ETERNAL WISDOM

• The First Part
  • Chapter I: How Some Persons Are Unconsciously Attracted by God
  • Chapter II: What Happened Before the Crucifixion
  • Chapter III: How It Was With Him on The Cross According to The Exterior Man
  • Chapter IV: How Very Faithful His Passion Was
  • Chapter V: How the Soul Attains Hearty Repentance and Gently Pardon Under the Cross
  • Chapter VI: How Deceitful the Love of This World is, And How Amiable God Is
  • Chapter VII: How Lovely God Is
  • Chapter VIII: An Explanation of Three Things Which Most of All Might Be Likely To Be Repugnant To A Loving Heart In God. One Is, How He Can Appear So Wrathful And Yet Be So Gracious
  • Chapter IX: The Second Thing.--Why God, After Rejoicing The Heart, Often Withdraws Himself From His Friends, By Which His True Presence is Made Known
  • Chapter X: The Third Thing.--Why God Permits His Friends To Suffer So Much Temporal Suffering
  • Chapter XI: On The Everlasting Pains of Hell
  • Chapter XII: On The Immeasurable Joys of Heaven
  • Chapter XIII: On The Immeasurable Dignity of Temporal Suffering
  • Chapter XIV: On The Unspeakable Advantages to Be Derived From Meditating on The Divine Passion
  • Chapter XV: From The Fond Caresses Which The Soul Has Has With God Beneath The Cross, She Returns Again To His Passion
  • Chapter XVI: On The Worthy Praise of The Pure Queen of Heaven
  • Chapter XVII: On The Unutterable Heart-Rending Grief of The Pure Queen of Heaven
  • Chapter XVIII: How It Was With Him At That Hour in Regard of His Interior Man
  • Chapter XIX: On The Taking Down From the Cross
  • Chapter XX: On The Lamentable Separation of the Grave

• The Second Part
  • Chapter XXI: How We Should Learn to Die, And of The Nature of An Unprovided Death
  • Chapter XXII: How One Should Live An Interior and Godly Life
  • Chapter XXIII: How We Ought Lovingly To Receive God
  • Chapter XXIV: A Prayer To Be Said When Thou Goest To Receive Our Lord's Holy Body
  • Chapter XXV: How We Should At All Times Praise God

• The Third Part: One Hundred Meditations and Prayers Comprised in Few Words
  • ON SUNDAY, OR AT MATINS
  • ON MONDAY, AT PRIME
  • ON TUESDAY, OR AT TIERCE
  • ON WEDNESDAY, OR AT SEXT
  • ON THURSDAY, OR AT NONE
  • ON FRIDAY, OR AT VESPERS
  • ON SATURDAY, OR AT COMPLINE