A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom - Contents

• A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom
  • A FORWARD
  • THE PARABLE OF THE PILGRIM
  • TRANSLATORS NOTE
  • BLESSED HENRY SUSO'S PREFACE TO HIS BOOK
• LITTLE BOOK OF ETERNAL WISDOM
  • PART THE FIRST
    • 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
    • ON SUNDAY, OR AT MATINS
    • ON MONDAY, AT PRIME
    • TUESDAY, OR AT TIERCE
    • ON WEDNESDAY, OR AT SEXT
    • ON THURSDAY, OR AT NONE
    • ON FRIDAY, OR AT VESPERS
    • ON SATURDAY, OR AT COMPLINE