Considerations For Those That Are Called to the Religious State

Consideration: I. How the salvation of the soul is secured by entering the religious state 5 II. The happy death of the religious 9 III. The account which he will have to render to Jesus Christ on the day of judgment who does not follow his vocation 14 IV. The torments which in hell will be the lot of him who is damned for having lost his vocation 17 V. The immense glory which religious enjoy in heaven 20 VI. The interior peace that God gives good religious to enjoy 25 VII. The damage done to religious by tepidity 29 VIII. How dear to God is a soul that gives itself entirely to him 33 IX. How necessary it is, in order to become a saint, to have a great desire for such a thing 37 X. The love we owe to Jesus Christ in consideration of the love he has shown to us 41 XI. The great happiness which religious enjoy in dwelling in the same house with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament 45 XII. The life of religious resembles mostly the life of Jesus Christ 49 XIII. The zeal which religious ought to have for the salvation of souls 53 XIV. How necessary to religious are the virtues of meekness and humility 57 XV. How much religious ought to confide in the patronage of Mary 61