THE MESSENGER

OF

THE SACRED HEART.

ROEHAMPTON:

PRINTED BY JAMES STANLEY.

OF THE

SACRED HEART OF JESUS.

ORGAN OF

The Apostleship of Prayer.

VOL. VII.

JANUARY TO JUNE, 1880.

(FOURTH SERIES.)

CA

London:

BURNS AND OATES, PORTMAN STREET.

DUBLIN: M. H. GILL AND SON.

1880.

Per. 11132.e.22.

CONTENTS OF VOL. VII.

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January.

The Story of Christine de Saint-Vincent (in religion, Soeur Théoctiste).

(Chapter VII. Condemned to death. Chapter VIII. The Tenth

Thermidor. A Rescue. Chapter IX. "La Mère Féroce.")

Imprisonment and Liberation of Mgr. Ridel, Vicar Apostolic of Corea

To-day

Some Chapters on Charity. (Chapter XXXIX. The order according to

which we should regulate our love of our neighbour. The extent and

reasons for our love even of bad men. Chapter XL. In what degree

the good are to be more loved by us than the bad. Chapter XLI.

Other reasons why the good should be loved by us rather than the

bad. Chapter XLII. The reasons which should direct us in loving

some neighbours more than others.).

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Intention of the Apostolate of Prayer for January-The Destruction of

the Synagogue of Satan

The Holy League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

February.

The Story of Christine de Saint-Vincent (in religion, Sœur Théoctiste).

(Chapter X. A Wedding. Sœur Théoctiste at the Hotel Dieu.

Chapter XI. Théoctiste on the battlefield. Some scenes in a hero's

life. Théoctiste "décorée." Chapter XII. How Jose d'Alvaro paid

his debt.)

The Life of the World

Imprisonment and Liberation of Mgr. Ridel, Vicar Apostolic of Corea

Grandfather's Darling. (Chapter I. By the kitchen fire. Chapter II. The

first sorrow.) .

Sowing Wild Oats. By Lady Herbert of Lea

Some Chapters on Charity. (Chapter XLIII. Although some persons

ought to be loved above others, yet in all external intercourse marks

of censure and offence must be carefully avoided. Chapter XLIV.

To what extent, and for what reason, enemies should be loved, and

how excellent this duty is. Chapter XLV. Another reason which

makes the love of our enemies so excellent, and so much more

perfect than that of friends. Chapter XLVI. In what way we ought

to practise charity towards our enemies, by removing occasions of

anger, and conceding our own rights in order to please them.)

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