Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Temple Of Our Soul Vanden Tempel Onser Sielen
- Chapter I How God has Made the Soul his Temple, and has Adorned it with Many Graces and Gifts
- Chapter II What Great Crime he Does and what Severe Penalty he Deserves who Profanes and Dishonours this Temple through Sin
- Chapter III How God Laments over this Temple and the City of the Soul, Destroyed in this Manner
- Chapter IV How God Restored the Temple of the Soul
- Chapter V How God has Freed and Sanctified the Soul for Himself
- Chapter VI How the Soul shall Purify herself and Exalt her Ways before she can Enter into this Temple
- Chapter VII How our Mind itself will be the High Priest and Offer a Sacrifice to God
- Chapter VIII How the Exterior Liturgy in the Holy Church is Carried out for the Sake of the Interior Liturgy
- Chapter IX How we shall spiritually Celebrate the Solemnity of all Saints within Ourselves [All Saints]
- Chapter X On the Interior Advent, and How the Soul should Prepare herself for the Solemnities [Advent I]
- Chapter XI On the Inner Silence of the Soul, her Harmful Running Outward, and the Unification of the Senses and the Faculties [Advent II]
- Chapter XII How the Inner Soul is Chosen by the Holy Trinity as a Spiritual Mother of God; how she is Turned Inward, Greeted, and Made Fertile for the Divine Birth [Advent III]
- Chapter XIII How God is Born in the Human Person in Three Ways according to the Three Unities [Christmas I]
- Chapter XIV How the Heavenly Spirits Lull the Divine Birth of the New Child with a Hymn [Christmas II]
- Chapter XV The Fruitful Virginity of the Soul [Christmas III]
- Chapter XVI How we may Carry Christ in our Hearts and Nourish Him [Christmas IV]
- Chapter XVII How our Soul is Circumcised spiritually [1 January]
- Chapter XVIII How we, having Entered in God with the Holy Three Kings by God’s Light, Must Sacrifice Ourselves to God and Overcome all Pride [Epiphany]
- Chapter XIX On the Growth and Increase of God’s Grace in the Soul [First Sunday after Epiphany]
- Chapter XX With which Kind of Love Christ has Chosen the Soul as his Bride [Second Sunday after Epiphany]
- Chapter XXI How we, Following the Example of Mary, will Give Birth to Jesus, Carry him in us, and Make an Offering of him at Candlemas
- Chapter XXII Of Three Kinds of People and how they Practise this Birth [Candlemas II]
- Chapter XXIII The Dignity of Mary, Mother of God and Noble Virgin [Candlemas III]
- Chapter XXIV The Vineyard of Our Soul [Septuagesima]
- Chapter XXV The Spiritual Field of the Soul [Sexagesima]
- Chapter XXVI How those Free of Mind are Taken up [Quinquagesima]
- Chapter XXVII A Loving Ascent to God [Thursday after Quinquagesima]
- Chapter XXVIII How the Soul must Detach herself in the Desert from Everything that is not God [First Sunday of Lent I]
- Chapter XXIX How we are Being Tempted in the Desert and how Angels Administer to us [First Sunday of Lent II]
- Chapter XXX On the Transformation of the Soul [Second Sunday of Lent]
- Chapter XXXI How the Soul is a Vineyard of God [Friday after Second Sunday of Lent I]
- Chapter XXXII How Christ Jesus has Toiled for that Vineyard [Friday after Second Sunday of Lent II]
- Chapter XXXIII How he Fenced the Vineyard and How we will Work it [Friday after Second Sunday of Lent III]
- Chapter XXXIV How God Loved and Sought out the Chosen Soul [Passion tide]
- Chapter XXXV How the Bridegroom Prepared a Suitable Home for his Bride through his Bitter Suffering, Hard Death, and Precious Blood [Maundy Thursday – Good Friday I]
- Chapter XXXVI A Devout Prayer to Become Equal to the Holy Life and Cross of Jesus [Good Friday II]
- Chapter XXXVII About the Spiritual Burial of Jesus Christ [Holy Saturday I]
- Chapter XXXVIII How the Interiorly Fervent Soul shall Return to the Inner Bedroom of her Spirit, to Prepare the Spiritual Resurrection [Holy Saturday II]
- Chapter XXXIX How we must Grow in Likeness to the Three Marys, to Visit and Anoint the Lord [Easter I]
- Chapter XL About the Greatest Sorrow of Jesus by whose Suffering we are Saved [Easter II]
- Chapter XLI About the Greatest Joy that was in Christ at his Joyful Resurrection [Easter III]
- Chapter XLII How the Soul Rises with Christ, and How God Displays and Consoles the Soul [Easter IV]
- Chapter XLIII How the Soul Ascends to Heaven through Jesus Christ and is Introduced into the Heaven of the Spirit by him and in him [Ascension I]
- Chapter XLIV How the Bridegroom Leads the Soul in and Provides all Graces [Ascension II]
- Chapter XLV What Excellent Gifts are Given to the Soul through the Holy Trinity and all the Heavenly Hosts [Ascension III]
- Chapter XLVI How the Bridegroom Gives his Attention to the Soul [Ascension IV]
- Chapter XLVII On the Friendship that God Shows to the Soul [Ascension V]
- Chapter XLVIII How the Soul is Delighted with Spiritual Joy [Ascension VI]
- Chapter XLIX On the Mind Being and Remaining United with God [Ascension VII]
- Chapter L How the Soul must be Separate and Secluded in Order to Receive the Mercy of the Holy Spirit in the Sincerest Manner [Pentecost]
- Chapter LI How the High Feast of the Holy Trinity and of the Holy Sacrament Achieve their Completion in Unification [Trinity and Holy Sacrament I]
- Chapter LII On the Highest Union of our Spirit with the Holy Trinity [Trinity and Holy Sacrament II]
- Chapter LIII How we should Repent and Prepare to Achieve that High Unification [Trinity and Holy Sacrament III]
- Works Cited
- Index
Chapter XXII - Of Three Kinds of People and how they Practise this Birth [Candlemas II]
from The Temple Of Our Soul Vanden Tempel Onser Sielen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 May 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Temple Of Our Soul Vanden Tempel Onser Sielen
- Chapter I How God has Made the Soul his Temple, and has Adorned it with Many Graces and Gifts
- Chapter II What Great Crime he Does and what Severe Penalty he Deserves who Profanes and Dishonours this Temple through Sin
- Chapter III How God Laments over this Temple and the City of the Soul, Destroyed in this Manner
- Chapter IV How God Restored the Temple of the Soul
- Chapter V How God has Freed and Sanctified the Soul for Himself
- Chapter VI How the Soul shall Purify herself and Exalt her Ways before she can Enter into this Temple
- Chapter VII How our Mind itself will be the High Priest and Offer a Sacrifice to God
- Chapter VIII How the Exterior Liturgy in the Holy Church is Carried out for the Sake of the Interior Liturgy
- Chapter IX How we shall spiritually Celebrate the Solemnity of all Saints within Ourselves [All Saints]
- Chapter X On the Interior Advent, and How the Soul should Prepare herself for the Solemnities [Advent I]
- Chapter XI On the Inner Silence of the Soul, her Harmful Running Outward, and the Unification of the Senses and the Faculties [Advent II]
- Chapter XII How the Inner Soul is Chosen by the Holy Trinity as a Spiritual Mother of God; how she is Turned Inward, Greeted, and Made Fertile for the Divine Birth [Advent III]
- Chapter XIII How God is Born in the Human Person in Three Ways according to the Three Unities [Christmas I]
- Chapter XIV How the Heavenly Spirits Lull the Divine Birth of the New Child with a Hymn [Christmas II]
- Chapter XV The Fruitful Virginity of the Soul [Christmas III]
- Chapter XVI How we may Carry Christ in our Hearts and Nourish Him [Christmas IV]
- Chapter XVII How our Soul is Circumcised spiritually [1 January]
- Chapter XVIII How we, having Entered in God with the Holy Three Kings by God’s Light, Must Sacrifice Ourselves to God and Overcome all Pride [Epiphany]
- Chapter XIX On the Growth and Increase of God’s Grace in the Soul [First Sunday after Epiphany]
- Chapter XX With which Kind of Love Christ has Chosen the Soul as his Bride [Second Sunday after Epiphany]
- Chapter XXI How we, Following the Example of Mary, will Give Birth to Jesus, Carry him in us, and Make an Offering of him at Candlemas
- Chapter XXII Of Three Kinds of People and how they Practise this Birth [Candlemas II]
- Chapter XXIII The Dignity of Mary, Mother of God and Noble Virgin [Candlemas III]
- Chapter XXIV The Vineyard of Our Soul [Septuagesima]
- Chapter XXV The Spiritual Field of the Soul [Sexagesima]
- Chapter XXVI How those Free of Mind are Taken up [Quinquagesima]
- Chapter XXVII A Loving Ascent to God [Thursday after Quinquagesima]
- Chapter XXVIII How the Soul must Detach herself in the Desert from Everything that is not God [First Sunday of Lent I]
- Chapter XXIX How we are Being Tempted in the Desert and how Angels Administer to us [First Sunday of Lent II]
- Chapter XXX On the Transformation of the Soul [Second Sunday of Lent]
- Chapter XXXI How the Soul is a Vineyard of God [Friday after Second Sunday of Lent I]
- Chapter XXXII How Christ Jesus has Toiled for that Vineyard [Friday after Second Sunday of Lent II]
- Chapter XXXIII How he Fenced the Vineyard and How we will Work it [Friday after Second Sunday of Lent III]
- Chapter XXXIV How God Loved and Sought out the Chosen Soul [Passion tide]
- Chapter XXXV How the Bridegroom Prepared a Suitable Home for his Bride through his Bitter Suffering, Hard Death, and Precious Blood [Maundy Thursday – Good Friday I]
- Chapter XXXVI A Devout Prayer to Become Equal to the Holy Life and Cross of Jesus [Good Friday II]
- Chapter XXXVII About the Spiritual Burial of Jesus Christ [Holy Saturday I]
- Chapter XXXVIII How the Interiorly Fervent Soul shall Return to the Inner Bedroom of her Spirit, to Prepare the Spiritual Resurrection [Holy Saturday II]
- Chapter XXXIX How we must Grow in Likeness to the Three Marys, to Visit and Anoint the Lord [Easter I]
- Chapter XL About the Greatest Sorrow of Jesus by whose Suffering we are Saved [Easter II]
- Chapter XLI About the Greatest Joy that was in Christ at his Joyful Resurrection [Easter III]
- Chapter XLII How the Soul Rises with Christ, and How God Displays and Consoles the Soul [Easter IV]
- Chapter XLIII How the Soul Ascends to Heaven through Jesus Christ and is Introduced into the Heaven of the Spirit by him and in him [Ascension I]
- Chapter XLIV How the Bridegroom Leads the Soul in and Provides all Graces [Ascension II]
- Chapter XLV What Excellent Gifts are Given to the Soul through the Holy Trinity and all the Heavenly Hosts [Ascension III]
- Chapter XLVI How the Bridegroom Gives his Attention to the Soul [Ascension IV]
- Chapter XLVII On the Friendship that God Shows to the Soul [Ascension V]
- Chapter XLVIII How the Soul is Delighted with Spiritual Joy [Ascension VI]
- Chapter XLIX On the Mind Being and Remaining United with God [Ascension VII]
- Chapter L How the Soul must be Separate and Secluded in Order to Receive the Mercy of the Holy Spirit in the Sincerest Manner [Pentecost]
- Chapter LI How the High Feast of the Holy Trinity and of the Holy Sacrament Achieve their Completion in Unification [Trinity and Holy Sacrament I]
- Chapter LII On the Highest Union of our Spirit with the Holy Trinity [Trinity and Holy Sacrament II]
- Chapter LIII How we should Repent and Prepare to Achieve that High Unification [Trinity and Holy Sacrament III]
- Works Cited
- Index
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- The Temple of Our SoulBilingual Edition with Introduction and Translation, pp. 132 - 135Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024