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The life of our life. Part 2. The public life of our lord Jesus Christ
II: The Preaching Of The Beatitudes
by Henry James Coleridge
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CONTENTS.
Chapter I.
General Features of our Lord's preaching.
St. Matt iv. 12— 17 ; St. Mark i. 17, 20,
Vita Vita Nostra, § 28.
Importance of our Lord's preaching
Populousness of Galilee
Our Lord visiting all parts
Connection with the preaching of St John.
Threefold occupations of ourLord
Exhortations to penance usually the same
Involving great labours
New instructions
Revisiting scenes of preaching
The multitudes who followed Him
Practice of poverty
Acceptance of hospitality
Our Lord's prayer at night
Care of the sick
Great beneficence
Training of the Apostles
All this required a long time
Time of year of His circuits
The Sabbatical year
Our Lord's immense activity
St. Matthew quoting Isaias
The people sitting in dark ness
Referred to by St. Zachary
Chapter II.
Fishers of Men.
St. Matt. iv. 18—22; St. Marki. 16—20;
Vita Vita Nostra, § 29.
The preaching of our Lord to continue in the Church 20
Apostles to be familiar companions of our Lord 21
They had returned home 22
Labour and industry in the Christian system 23
Not in dishonour with the Jews 24
Call of the four disciples 24
Meaning of ' Come after Me ' 25
Our Lord's reference to their fishing 26
Fishing and preaching 27
Dangerous occupations 27
Dependence on God 28
Weather wisdom 28
The prey of the fishermen 29
Obedience of the four 30
Dangers of the call 32
Their diffidence 32
To obey showed their confidence in Him 33
Brotherly love 33
Necessity of charity 34
Chapter III.
The Synagogue at Caphamaum.
St. Mark i. 21—34 ; St. Luke iv. 31—41
(compare St. Matt viii. X4— 10) :
Vita Vita Nostra, § 30.
Full account of one Sabbath 35
Contrast with Nazareth 36
Synagogue services 37
Our Lady and others present 37
No opposition to our Lord's claim to teach 38
Reason of this 38
Effect of our Lord's majesty 39
Influence of his preaching 40
Power of Sanctity 40
Instances in the Church 41
The preacher as distinct from his words 42
Silence of the Evangelists as to details 42
Astonishment at His 'authority 43
Explanation of this 44
Authority among the Jews 45
Our Lord speaking in His own Name 46
Obedience of our Lord 47
Our Lord requiring faith 48
Substance of His teaching 48
The ' great light ' 49
Effects of our Lord's teaching 50
Chapter IV.
The Demoniac in the Synagogue,
St. Mark i. 23—26; St. Luke iv. 33—35;
Vita Vita Nostra, § 30.
Display of power oyer devils 51
Exorcisms of the Jews 52
Authority of our Lord 52
Modern disbelief in possession 53
A part of God's system 54
Inconsistency of opponents 55
Christian view of diabolical agency from the beginning 56
Extent of licence allowed to the evil spirits 57
Possession not the worst 58
Limits of ' possession ' 58
Not incompatible with grace 59
Reasons for its permission 59
The glory of God 60
To manifest the benefits of the Incarnation 60
Hatred of the devils for the Incarnation 61
Future 'redemption of the body' 62
Possession permitted for punishment and trial 62
The demoniac at Capharnaum 63
Meaning of his words 64
'Art Thou come to destroy us?' 65
'I know thee ' 66
Perhaps a temptation 67
The Presence of God 67
Desire to hinder preaching 68
His witness not accepted 69
Fury of the evil spirit 70
Effect on the crowd 70
Fear and joy 71
Exercise of a new power 72
Spread of the news 73
Note I. — Instances of possession permitted as a trial.
Chapter V.
Miracles at Capharnaum.
St. Mark i. 29—34 ; St. Luke iv. 38— 42; St. Matt. viii. 16, 17 ; Vita Vita Nostra, § 30.
Our Lord's teaching confirmed by miracles 76
Peter's mother-in-law 77
Incidents of the cure 77
Gathering of the sick at the door 79
Evening of the sabbath 80
Did the devils know our Lord? 81
Reasons for thinking so 81
Reasons on the other side 82
They were not lawful witnesses 83
Silence often enjoined 84
Fulfilment of prophecy 84
Meaning of the words of Isaias 86
Chapter VI.
Preaching throughout Galilee.
St Matt. iv. 23—25 ; St. Mark i. 35— 39 ; St. Luke iv. 40—44 Vita Vita Nostra, § 30.
The night at Capharnaum 88
Our Lord stealing forth 89
The cities of Galilee 90
Wide extent of our Lord's preaching 91
Splendid miracles 92
Wonderful teaching 93
Comparative scarcity of records 94
Christian contemplations on this time 95
Anne Catharine Emmerich's contemplations 96
Note II. — On the arrangement- of the contemplations of Sister Anne Catharine Emmerich on the Life of our Lord 98
Chapter VII.
Illustrations of our Lords Preaching from the Lives of the Saints.
Our Lord's Life continued in the Church 100
Interior resemblance to Him in the Saints 101
External points of likeness 102
Great number of miracles 102
Large crowds of followers 102
Statements of the Evangelists 102
The missionary saints 103
St Bernard 104
His visit to Germany 105
Miracles in the diocese of Constance 105
A chapter by his companions 106
Brunville 106
Tuliers 107
Aix-le-Chapelle and Utrecht 108
St Servatius and Liege 109
St Vincent Ferrer 110
Miserable period in which he lived in His apostolate 112
His method 113
His sermons 114
Gift of tongues 115
Companies which followed him 115
Rules of these bands 116
Their large numbers 117
St. Vincent and St. Bernardine 117
Beginnings of St Bernardine 118
His method 119
St. John of Capistrano 120
His immense successes 121
Illustrations of our lord's preaching 122
Chapter VIII.
The Sermon on the Mount. St. Matt. v. 1; Vita Vita Nostra, % 31,
A great monument of our Lord's teaching 123
Importance of it in St Matthew's Gospel 124
Unparalleled in the other Gospels 124
The multitudes 125
Different grades of believers 126
Brevity of the sayings in the Sermon 127
Our Lord may have added developments 128
The Sermon has a character of its own 129
St Matthew's reference to types 129
The Law of Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount 130
Solemnity of the occasion 131
Scope of the Sermon and of the Decalogue 13a
Contrast between them 132
The disciples already a separate body 134
Our Lord as Legislator 135
Chapter IX.
The Beatitudes.
St. Matt. v. 3— xo ; Vita Vita Nostra, Brevity and pregnancy of the Beatitudes 136
The new Creation 137
Relation of the virtues and rewards
St Bernardine's definition 140
Principles of holiness 141
How far obligatory 142
Contrast with the Decalogue 142
Appeal to hope 143
Beatitudes open to all 144
Their relation to the heavenly state 145
To Christian society 145
The two societies 146
Characteristics and possible effects of the Beatitudes 147
Actual effects 148
Chapter X.
The Beatitude of the Poor in Spirit.
St. Matt. v. 3; Vita Vita Nostra, $ 31.
The Mount of the Beatitudes 149
The Sermon easily heard 150
Our Lord opening His mouth 151
He begins with blessing 152
Poverty of spirit and humility 153
Poverty actual and spiritual 154
Humility connected with Poverty 155
What poverty relates to 157
All may be poor in spirit 158
Truth on which poverty of spirit is founded 159
God as our Father 160
The filial spirit 161
Largeheartedness of the poor in spirit 161
In Christian communities 162
Christian and pagan views of poverty 163
Graces connected with poverty 164
It leads to the other Beatitudes 165
Our Lord's practice of Poverty 166
Chapter XI.
Poverty and the Kingdom of Heaven.
St. Matt. v. 3; Vita Vita Nostra, $ 31.
'The kingdom of heaven ' 167
A complex idea 168
A kingdom means many things 168
The first and last Beatitudes 169
Riches and power 170
Treasures of the kingdom for the poor 171
The poor and the Angels 172
Fruitfulness of poverty 172
Chapter XII.
The Beatitude of the Meek.
St. Matt. r. 4; Vita Vita Nostra, % 31.
Meekness healing another concupiscence 173
Conquest of pride and independence 175
Natural meekness 176
Meek saints often naturally wanting in meekness 176
Courage of the truly meek 177
Meekness and firmness 178
Meekness and obedience 178
Meekness and charity 179
Chapter XIII.
The Meek possessing the Land.
St katt. v. 4; Vita Vita Nostra, % 31.
Unexpectedness of our Lord's blessings 181
The meek 'inheriting the land' 182
The Psalm quoted by our Lord 183
Promise of providential aid tothe meek 184
Rules of God's government 185
St Chrysostom's interpretation 186
Abraham'and David 186
True meaning of inheritance 187
Enjoyment of the physical world 188
Meekness and intellectual enjoyment 189
God's Providence and gifts 190
Meekness the key to God's treasures 191
Three meanings of the land 192
Meekness and purity 193
Empire over hearts 194
Influence of meekness 195
The ' land of the living ' 196
Chapter XIV.
The Beatitude of the Mourners.
St. Matt. v. 5; Vita Vita: Nostra, $ 31.
Reasonableness of the Beatitudes 197
Foundation of the virtue of mourning 198
Shock to the world 198
Worldlings in the Book of
Wisdom 199
Intellectual sceptism and the condition of man 200
Mr. Mill on ' Nature ' 201
Effects of ' mourning ' 202
Motives of mourning — God 203
Treatment of our Lord 204
The Passion 204
Loss of grace and glory 205
The world as a 'valley of tears' 206
Our Lord's mournings 207
Chapter XV.
The Consolation of the Mourners.
St. Matt. v. 5; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
Truth of the grounds of mourning 208
Our Lord's remedies and the world's 209
Happy effects of sorrow 210
Satisfaction for sin 211
Spirit of prayer 211
Desire of heaven 211
The concupiscence of the flesh 212
Special consolations 213
Chapter XVI.
The Beatitude of Hunger and Thirst after Justice.
St. Matt. v. 6; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
Truthfulness of our Lord 215
Mourning leads to activity 216
Practice of justice 216
Hunger and thirst which satisfy 217
The reward of justice 218
What is due to God 219
What is due to ourselves 219
Purity of heart 219
Custody of tongue 220
Discipline of body 221
What is due to others 222
Other classifications 223
First degree of hunger and thirst 224
Desire of pardon 225
Desire for perfection 225
Desire for the extension of justice 226
Desire for heavenly justice 227
NOTE III. — Other arrangements of the Christian virtues for the purposes of meditation 228
Chapter XVII.
The Hungry and Thirsty filled.
St. Matt. v. 6; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
Blessedness of craving for justice 231
Restlessness of nature 232
Uses of desire 232
Pursuit of justice teaches humility 233
Extinguishes tepidity 233
Man made for justice 234
Great opportunities 235
Satisfaction in justice 236
The saints 237
Effects of the desire of justice on society 237
Satisfaction hereafter 238
Chapter XVIII.
The Beatitude of the Merciful.
St. Matt. v. 7; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31
Our Lord's joy in mercy 240
Power of His words 240
His mission one of mercy 241
Place of this Beatitude 242
Mercy apparently easy 243
Natural mercifulness 244
The supernatural virtue 245
God's joy in it 245
Mercy committed to man 246
God's mercy 'over all His works' 247
Commandment concerning our neighbour 248
Mercy and not sacrifice ' 249
Our own forgiveness dependent on it 251
Mercy needs great grace 252
Fruits of mercy 252
Four other fruits 254
The last four 256
Mercy a difficult virtue 257
Mercy and the Church 258
Dangers to mercy 260
Chapter XIX.
The merciful obtaining mercy.
St. Matt. v. 7; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
Three rewards for mercy 261
The man who understandeth ' 262
Differences of glory 264
Our Lord's promise 265
Our Lord Himself the reward 267
Chapter XX.
The Beatitude of the Clean of Heart.
St. Matt. v. 8; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
The soul turned to God 269
Purity of heart after justice and mercifulness 270
Meaning of the heart 271
Its capacity for evil 272
And for good 273
God alone sees it 275
Purgation from sins 275
From lesser sins 276
Different kinds of venial sin 277
Faults of character 278
Instances 279
Study of the Sacred Heart 280
Free from love of temporal things 280
From worldly delights 281
From desire to please men 281
From imperfect intentions 282
From useless thoughts 283
From superfluous cares 284
From all bitterness 285
From all vainglory 286
From created consolation 286
From all anxiety 287
From impatience 288
From self-will 288
Purity and the means of grace 289
No vocation excluded 290
Chapter XXI.
Purity and the Vision of God.
St. Matt. v. 8; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
Blessedness of purity of heart 291
Degrees of vision of God 292
Misery of natural blindness 292
Blindness as to God 293
God seen in many ways 293
In the universe 294
In providence 294
In conscience 295
The Psalms 295
The creation of grace 295
Our Lord and His saints 296
Sacred Scripture 296
Extraordinary communications of God 297
Purity of heart the condition 298
Prayer and contemplation 299
The presence of God 300
Higher states of prayer 301
The intuitive vision 302
Chapter XXII.
The Beatitude of the Peacemakers.
St. Matt. v. 9; Vita Vita Nostra, § 31.
Our Lord might here pause 303
His Beatitudes not exhausted 304
The work of peace 305
Sonship to God 305
Natural love of peace 306
Peacemaking and mercifulness 307
Peace and purity 308
Multiplicity of the works of peace 309
The work of the Church 310
Antagonistic spirits 311
Manifold works of mercy 311
Ministers of religion peacemakers 312
Forgiveness of injuries and love of enemies 313
A certain sign of the children of God 314
All Christians are peacemakers 314
Guilt of detraction 316
Guilt of heresy and schism 316
Chapter XXIII.
The Sons of God.
St. Matt. v. 9; Vita Vita Nostra, 318
Blessedness of peacemaking 319
Special blessing of sonship 320
Three things make men sons of God 320
Faith 321
Charity 321
Concord of peace 322
The work of the Son of God 322
God's work of peace 323
Peace in the universe 323
And among rational beings 324
Peace by law 324
Glory to God in consequence 325
Peace in man 326
Peace in society 327
Defeat of God's designs 32a
Restoration of peace by our Lord 329
Peace the work of His Incarnation 329
Hence the crown of the peacemakers 330
Chapter XXIV.
The Beatitude of the Persecuted. St. Matt. v. 10; Vita Vita Nostra, 331
The seventh Beatitude seems to end the chain 331
Price of the work of peace 332
Application of the work of peace 333
Must have the same conditions as the work itself 333
The Passion and suffering 334
The crown of suffering 334
This Beatitude dependent on others 335
Hatred of God in persecution 337
The persecuted acknowledge God's supreme majesty 338
Confession of the faith 339
Great faith and virtue required 340
St Paul's doctrine 341
God's special glory 342
Fruitfulness 343
Special love of God 345
Chapter XXV.
Persecution and the Kingdom of Heaven,
St. Matt v. 10—12; Vita Vita Nostra,
Blessedness of persecution 346
Reward identical with that of poverty of spirit 347
Interior kingdom of heaven 348
Great trial in persecution 348
It requires great virtues 349
Sanctifies quickly 350
Dignity of the persecuted 350
This Beatitude connected with the preceding 351
Chapter XXVI.
Our Lord and the Beatitudes.
St. Matt. v. 1— 10 ; Vita Vita Nostra,
Beatitudes founded on our Lord 352
Direct relation to God and His rights 353
And to the actual condition of the world 354
Double order of Providence 356
Predominance of the order of Redemption 357
Our Lord's own Life 358
The Beatitudes in the Church 359
The Apostles 359
St Paul 360
Universal imitation of our Lord 361
Power of the Beatitudes 362
Appendix.
Harmony of the Gospels.
From Vita Vita Nostra, 29—36.
Sect. 29. — Beginning of the preaching in Galilee, and call of four disciples 363
Sect. 30. — The Sabbath at Capharnum 364
Sect. 31. — The Eight Beatitudes and the Light of the World 367
Sect. 32. — Evangelical Justice 368
Sect. 33. — Alms, Prayer, and Fasting 370
Sect. 34. — Confidence in God our Father 371
Sect. 35. — Against judging others, and of confidence in prayer 371
Sect. 36. — The narrow way to life 372
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