A book of spiritual exercises, and a directory for the canonical hours, tr. by a monk of St. Augustine's monastery, Ramsgate |
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Page 8 - New Meditations for each Day in the Year, on the Life of our Lord Jesus Christ. By a Father of the Society of Jesus. With the imprimatur of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
Page 8 - The Archbishop has marked his approval of the work by writing a preface for it, and describes it as "a valuable addition to our books of devotion.
Page 6 - The book before us contains numberless traces of a thoughtful and tender devotion to the Saint. It shows a loving penetration into his spirit, and an appreciation of the secret motives of his action, which can only be the result of a deeply affectionate study of his life and character.
Page 12 - The author of this most interesting tale has hit the happy medium between a display of antiquarian knowledge and a mere reproduction in distant ages of commonplace modern habits of thought. The descriptions are excellent, the characters well drawn, and the subject itself is very attractive, besides having the advantage of not having been written threadbare.
Page 9 - Good solid reading.' — Month. * Well done and in a truly charitable spirit.' — Catholic Opinion. ' It treats the subject in so novel and forcible a light that we are fascinated in spite of ourselves, and irresistibly led on to follow its arguments and rejoice at its conclusions.
Page 12 - Westminster Gazette. * The tale is excessively interesting, the language appropriate to the time and rank of the characters, the style flowing and easy, and the narrative leads one on and on until it becomes a very difficult matter to lay the book down until it is finished. ... It is a valuable addition to Catholic fictional literature.
Page 6 - Possesses a special value and interest apart from its extraordinay natural and supernatural beauty, from the fact that to her example and to the effect of her writings is attributed in great measure the wonderful revival of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in France, and consequently throughout Western Christendom.
Page 1 - Tablet. * Well adapted to the innocent minds it is intended for. The little book would be a suitable present for a little friend.' — Catholic Opinion. ' A charming tale for young and old.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A book of spiritual exercises, and a directory for the canonical hours, tr. by a monk of St. Augustine's monastery, Ramsgate Issue 2 of Monastic gleanings |
| Author | García Jimenez de Cisneros |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 7, 2006 |
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