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1 Intro | bread of divine truth ~and life must be broken slowly. At
2 Intro | retain it for the rest of his life. The ~child will be confirmed
3 Intro | the tissues of a perfect ~life as in that of St. Thomas.
4 Preface, 1 | the last period of his life. He was to live less than
5 Preface, 1 | early years of his priestly ~life, and he continued to preach
6 Preface, 1 | authority on ~the spiritual life, and personally experienced
7 Preface, 1 (4) | question of exact dates in the life of St. Thomas, I have ~relied
8 Preface, 2 | Perfection of the Spiritual Life" is ~one of the classics
9 Preface, 2 | of the Christian higher life. 7 St. Thomas also wrote
10 Preface, 2 (7) | Prayer and the Contemplative Life by St ~Thomas" (Benziger
11 Preface, 3 | Liturgy and the religious ~life, and catechetical instructions.
12 ApCreed, 1 | midst of the best moral ~life is false."~ ~The second
13 ApCreed, 1 | of faith is that eternal life is already begun in us;
14 ApCreed, 1 | begun in us; for ~eternal life is nothing else than knowing
15 ApCreed, 1 | He said: "This is eternal life, that they may know thee,
16 ApCreed, 1 | is perfected the future life when we shall know God ~
17 ApCreed, 1 | it gives ~to our present life. Now, in order that one
18 ApCreed, 1 | order that one live a good life, it is ~necessary that he
19 ApCreed, 1 | necessary to live a good life. It teaches us that ~there
20 ApCreed, 1 | of evil; that ~there is a life other than this one, and
21 ApCreed, 1 | in that we believe in a life to come ~better than this
22 ApCreed, 1 | pleasures of this present life. But ~faith shows us that,
23 ApCreed, 4, 1 | good man ~who, by a good life and by doing the will of
24 ApCreed, 4, 1 | Christ who lived a good life and did the ~will of God
25 ApCreed, 4, 1 | a perfect vision in the life eternal. Hence, we shall
26 ApCreed, 5, 1 | a mere man who by a good life in doing the will of God
27 ApCreed, 6, 2 | that a man lay down his life for his friends."13 And
28 ApCreed, 6, 2 | therefore, He gave His life or us, we ought to endure ~
29 ApCreed, 6, 2 | die for His servant; the Life of the Angels suffered ~
30 ApCreed, 7, 1 | they who ~departed this life with charity and faith in
31 ApCreed, 7, 2 | those who departed this life in mortal sin. ~Hence, anyone
32 ApCreed, 7, 2 | punishment; but the just, into life everlasting."16~ ~(3) We
33 ApCreed, 7, 2 | Indeed, he who during this life frequently descends into
34 ApCreed, 8, 1 | the body: "I lay down My life, that I may take ~it again. . . .
35 ApCreed, 8, 1 | different as regards the life to which He ~arose. Christ
36 ApCreed, 8, 1 | glorious and incorruptible life: "Christ is ~risen from
37 ApCreed, 8, 1 | however, ~were raised to that life which they had before, as
38 ApCreed, 8, 2 | incur by ~our sins, to that life of justice which is had
39 ApCreed, 8, 2 | again to an incorruptible life in that we may not ~die
40 ApCreed, 8, 2 | again to a new and glorious life by avoiding all that ~which
41 ApCreed, 8, 2 | may ~walk in newness of life."23 This new life is the
42 ApCreed, 8, 2 | newness of life."23 This new life is the life of justice which ~
43 ApCreed, 8, 2 | This new life is the life of justice which ~renews
44 ApCreed, 8, 2 | soul and leads it to the life of glory.~ ~ ~
45 ApCreed, 10, 2 | faith who departed this life in ~mortal sin: "For the
46 ApCreed, 10, 2 | although they departed this life in justice, ~nevertheless
47 ApCreed, 11, 1 | there because the soul's life is to ~be united to God,
48 ApCreed, 11, 1 | inasmuch as God is the life of the soul, and as truly
49 ApCreed, 11, 1 | truly as ~the soul is the life of the body.11 Now, the
50 ApCreed, 11, 1 | and therefore He gives ~life. "It is the spirit that
51 ApCreed, 11, 2 | in us the hope of eternal life, because He is the pledge ~
52 ApCreed, 11, 2 | the surety of ~our eternal life. The reason is that eternal
53 ApCreed, 11, 2 | The reason is that eternal life is due to man inasmuch as ~
54 ApCreed, 12, 1 | of arriving at ~eternal life. Hence, the Apostle says: "
55 ApCreed, 13, 1 | there can be no physical life unless man is first born
56 ApCreed, 13, 1 | the ~flesh, so spiritual life or grace cannot be had unless
57 ApCreed, 13, 1 | Sacrament. In the physical ~life, after man is born and acquires
58 ApCreed, 13, 1 | Likewise in the spiritual life, after being fortified,
59 ApCreed, 13, 1 | blood, you shall not have life in you ~"8 According to
60 ApCreed, 13, 1 | Penance. In the physical life, one who ~is sick and does
61 ApCreed, 13, 1 | fifth Sacrament. In this life ~there are many things which
62 ApCreed, 13, 1 | one can enter into eternal life until he is well ~cleansed,
63 ApCreed, 13, 1 | clear that ~the fullness of life is had from these five Sacraments.~ ~"
64 ApCreed, 13, 1 | dispensed. Nor need one note the life of such ~ministers, if here
65 ApCreed, 13 (14) | worthily is already living the life of grace. But the Sacraments
66 ApCreed, 13, 3 | but also the merits of His life; and, moreover, all the ~
67 ApCreed, 13 (18) | those who lead a Christian life in ~charity and are just
68 ApCreed, 14, 1 | hope in another ~and better life after death, then without
69 ApCreed, 14, 1 | because we believe in another life which will be ours after
70 ApCreed, 14, 1 | uprightly. If, however, ~this life in which we live were all,
71 ApCreed, 14, 1 | to do good: "If in this life ~only we have hope in Christ,
72 ApCreed, 14, 1 | unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done ~
73 ApCreed, 14, 2 | same body shall rise to life: "And I shall be clothed ~
74 ApCreed, 14 (8) | to each one of us during ~life shall, though corrupt, and
75 ApCreed, 14 (8) | be raised ~up again to life. . . . Man is, therefore,
76 ApCreed, 14, 2 | defects of ~the present life.13~ ~(d) The Age of the
77 ApCreed, 15 | THE TWELFTH ARTICLE: "Life everlasting. Amen."~ ~The
78 ApCreed, 15 | all our desires, eternal life, is fittingly placed last
79 ApCreed, 15 | believed; and the Creed says: "life everlasting. Amen." ~They
80 ApCreed, 15, 1 | WHAT IS EVERLASTING LIFE?~ ~We must first consider
81 ApCreed, 15, 1 | Article what is everlasting life. And in ~this we must know
82 ApCreed, 15, 1 | know that in everlasting life man is united to God. God ~
83 ApCreed, 15, 1 | Then, too, in everlasting life is the full and perfect
84 ApCreed, 15, 1 | The reason is that in this life no one can fulfill all his ~
85 ApCreed, 15 (13) | or even desired in this life, ~whether they pertain to
86 ApCreed, 15, 2 | we shall possess in the life everlasting knowledge of
87 ApCreed, 15, 2 | that we shall have, even life eternal: "Now, all good ~
88 ApCreed, 15, 2 | more one wants. But in the life ~everlasting there is no
89 ApCreed, 15, 3 | will enjoy all this in the life everlasting, and much more
90 ApCreed, 15, 3 | darkness."21 The wicked in this life have interior darkness, ~
91 ApCreed, 15, 3 | evil. Good works ~lead to life, evil drags us to death.
92 ApCreed, 15, 3 | of the ~Creed is placed "life everlasting," so that it
93 ApCreed, 15, 3 | impressed on the memory. To this life everlasting may the Lord
94 10Command, 0, 2 | hast the words of ~eternal life."34~ ~ ~ ~
95 10Command, 2, 1 | also may walk in newness of life. For if we ~have been planted
96 10Command, 2 (5) | and the gate of eternal life was thrown open to us and
97 10Command, 2, 1 | the labors of the present life, ~from the struggles of
98 10Command, 2 (54)| the new ~man is renewed to life and carefully applies himself
99 10Command, 2 (62)| God' (Eph., v. 8), is that life in which, living with Christ,
100 10Command, 2, 5 | rest in ~truth is eternal life and heavenly joy: "This
101 10Command, 3 | the support necessary for life. For a child comes ~naked
102 10Command, 3, 1 | and grieve him not in his life. And if his understanding
103 10Command, 3, 2 | is grace for the present life, and glory ~in the life
104 10Command, 3, 2 | life, and glory ~in the life to come, which surely are
105 10Command, 3, 2 | But this our natural life is as nothing compared ~
106 10Command, 3, 2 | nothing compared ~with the life of grace. And so, therefore,
107 10Command, 3, 2 | blessing of the natural life which you owe to your parents,
108 10Command, 3, 2 | you are ~unworthy of the life of grace, which is greater,
109 10Command, 3, 2 | all the more so for ~the life of glory, which is the greatest
110 10Command, 3, 2 | all blessings.~ ~A Long Life. - The second reward is
111 10Command, 3, 2 | second reward is a long life: "That thou mayest be long-~
112 10Command, 3, 2 | father shall enjoy a long ~life."22 Now, that is a long
113 10Command, 3, 2 | Now, that is a long life which is a full life, and
114 10Command, 3, 2 | long life which is a full life, and it is not ~observed
115 10Command, 3, 2 | the Philosopher observes. Life, ~however, is full inasmuch
116 10Command, 3, 2 | full inasmuch as it is a life of virtue; so a man who
117 10Command, 3, 2 | virtuous and holy enjoys a long life even if in body he dies
118 10Command, 3, 2 | sometimes ~happens that a long life may lead up to a spiritual
119 10Command, 3, 2 | this ~Commandment is a long life for the body. But the very
120 10Command, 3, 2 | parents. We receive our life ~from them; and just as
121 10Command, 4, 1 | neighbor is to take his life. This is prohibited ~in
122 10Command, 4 (10)| in a just war ~takes the life of an enemy, provided that
123 10Command, 4 (13)| lawful to take one-s own life. No man possesses such power ~
124 10Command, 4 (13)| such power ~over his own life as to be free to put himself
125 10Command, 4, 1 | No murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself."15 ~
126 10Command, 4, 1 | drawing it away from the life of grace, namely, by inducing
127 10Command, 5 (2) | that which protects human ~life against the hand of the
128 10Command, 5 | or upon ~such a walk of life that they do not succeed
129 10Command, 5, 1 | meritorious for ~eternal life. Sometimes, however, it
130 10Command, 5, 1 | Secondly, they ~deprive one of life; for one guilty of such
131 10Command, 5, 1 | punished in the future ~life. Thirdly, these sins consume
132 10Command, 6, 1 | bread of the needy is the life of the poor; he that defraudeth
133 10Command, 6, 1 | the ~ransom of a man's life are his riches."23 But it
134 10Command, 7 | pity him, but shalt require life for ~life, eye for eye,
135 10Command, 7 | shalt require life for ~life, eye for eye, tooth for
136 10Command, 9 | eyes, and the pride of ~life."1 Now, all that is desirable
137 10Command, 10 | If ~thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments" (
138 Sacramen, 1 | spiritual and the physical life: an analogy~ ~The spiritual
139 Sacramen, 1 | analogy~ ~The spiritual life conforms to the physical
140 Sacramen, 1 | conforms to the physical life. In the physical life man ~
141 Sacramen, 1 | physical life. In the physical life man ~is perfected in three
142 Sacramen, 1 | food which sustains man's life ~and powers. This would
143 Sacramen, 1 | holds true in the spiritual life. First, man needs regeneration ~
144 Sacramen, 1 | blood, you shall not have life in ~you."6 Fourthly, man
145 Sacramen, 1 (9) | spiritual and the physical life" ("Roman Catechism," "loc. ~
146 Sacramen, 4 (23) | give is My flesh ~for the life of the world' (John, vi.
147 Sacramen, 7 | profession of giving ~one's life to the divine ministry.
148 LordPray, 1, 2 | we are told that, if our life is to be in heaven, then
149 LordPray, 1, 2 | heavenly desire and heavenly life.~ ~ ~ ~
150 LordPray, 3, 1 | destroyed. Since Christ is life, death cannot exist in His
151 LordPray, 3, 1 | death is the opposite of life: "And the enemy, death,
152 LordPray, 4, 2 | that we may have eternal life. Whoever makes something
153 LordPray, 4, 2 | they might have eternal life. The Lord, therefore, wills
154 LordPray, 4, 2 | wills that men have eternal life. Now, when that for which
155 LordPray, 4, 2 | So when man gains eternal life, he is said to be saved,
156 LordPray, 4, 2 | believeth in Him may have life everlasting."9 This will
157 LordPray, 4, 3 | needs. We arrive at eternal life through observance of the
158 LordPray, 4, 3 | if thou wilt enter into life, keep the Commandments."10 "
159 LordPray, 4, 4 | are necessary for eternal life: the grace of God and the
160 LordPray, 4, 4 | cannot be fulfilled in this life, but it will be fulfilled
161 LordPray, 4, 4 | and knowledge and perfect life. Therefore, when we say "
162 LordPray, 4, 4 | first we desire eternal life. And in this very desire
163 LordPray, 5 | brought to fruition in the life eternal. Thus, when we pray
164 LordPray, 5 | be completely had in this life. The Holy Spirit, then,
165 LordPray, 5 | requirements of this present life which are here obtainable
166 LordPray, 5 | his state and condition of life. He is not satisfied with
167 LordPray, 5 | necessities of this present life as they are in accord with
168 LordPray, 5 | and without which man's life could not be sustained: "
169 LordPray, 5 | The chief thing for man's life is water and bread."4 And: "
170 LordPray, 5 | only the necessaries of life."8 We are taught to avoid
171 LordPray, 5 (9) | that upon Him we depend for life and salvation" ("Roman Catechism," "
172 LordPray, 5 | follows the fullness of life everlasting.~ ~ ~ ~
173 LordPray, 5 (20) | food which preserves the life of the spirit and soul not
174 LordPray, 6 (3) | and of the body. of this life and of the life to come" ("
175 LordPray, 6 (3) | of this life and of the life to come" ("Roman Catechism," "
176 LordPray, 6, 1 | necessary for us in this life. One is that we be ever
177 LordPray, 6 (10) | Lombard. . . . Later in life he altered his opinion.
178 LordPray, 7, 2 | desire for the goods of this life: "The desire of money is
179 LordPray, 7, 2 | shall receive the crown of life."21 Our Lord, therefore,
180 LordPray, 8 | namely, of this present life which is divided into six
181 LordPray, 8 | that we were weary even of life."6 "But God, who comforteth
182 LordPray, 9 | you may arrive at eternal life. And you pray for this when
183 LordPray, 9 | have the necessaries of life. And thus you pray: "Give
184 LordPray, 9 | The second good is eternal life, to which sin is contrary:
185 LordPray, 9 | contrary: because eternal life is lost by sin. And so to
186 LordPray, 9 | is all the necessaries of life, and opposed to this are
187 HailMary, 1 (3) | blessings necessary for this life ~and for life eternal" ("
188 HailMary, 1 (3) | necessary for this life ~and for life eternal" ("Roman Catechism," "
189 HailMary, 6 | truth, in me is all hope ~of life and of virtue."18 Therefore,
190 HailMary, 9 | flesh . . . hath eternal life."34~ ~The fruit which Eve
191 Question, 1, 13 | origin and growth of the life in the Mystical Body by
192 Question, 1, 13 | by its ~analogy with the life of the physical body in
193 Question, 1, 15 | EVERLASTING LIFE~ ~1. Discuss how in this
194 Question, 3, 1 | physical and the spiritual life.~ ~4. Discuss the three
195 Question, 4, 5 | us that we gain eternal life, and that we keep the ~Commandments.
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