Introduction
1921 complete eCatholic2000 HTML edition; original ordered catalog membership
Homily XI
That the power of the Holy Ghost in man’s heart is like fire; and what things we need, in order to distinguish the thoughts that spring up in the heart; and concerning the dead serpent fixed by Moses at the top of the pole, which was a type of Christ. The Homily contains two dialogues, one between Christ and the evil one, Satan; the other between sinners and the same
Homily XII
Concerning the state of Adam before he transgressed God’s commandment, and after he had lost both his own image and the heavenly. The Homily contains some very profitable questions
Homily XIII
What fruit God expects from Christians
Homily XIV
Those who give their thoughts and their mind to God do so in the hope that the eyes of their heart may be enlightened, and God vouchsafes to them mysteries in the greatest sanctity and purity, and imparts to them of His grace. What we who desire to attain the good things of heaven ought to do. Then the apostles and the prophets are compared to the sun’s rays coming in at a window. The Homily also teaches what is Satan’s “Earth,” and what that of the angels, and that both are intangible and invisible
Homily XV
This Homily teaches at large how the soul ought to behave herself in holiness and chastity and purity towards her Spouse Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world. It contains also certain discussions full of great instruction, viz., Whether at the resurrection all the members are raised up, and a great many more concerning Evil, and Grace, and Free Will, and the dignity of human nature
Homily XVI
That spiritual persons are subject to temptations and to the adversities which spring from the first sin
Homily XVII
Concerning the spiritual unction of Christians, and their glory, and that without Christ it is impossible to be saved or to become a partaker of eternal life
Homily XVIII
Concerning the Christian’s treasure, which is Christ and the Holy Ghost, who practises them in various ways to come to perfection
Homily XIX
Christians who desire to make progress and to grow ought to force themselves to every good thing, so as to deliver themselves from indwelling sin, and to be filled with the Holy Ghost
Homily XX
Only Christ, the true Physician of the inner man, can heal the soul, and array it in the garment of grace
Homily XXI
A Christian man has a twofold warfare set before him, an inward and an outward, the latter, in withdrawing from earthly distractions; the former, in the heart, against the suggestions of the spirits of wickedness
Homily XXII
Concerning the twofold state of those who depart out of this life
Homily XXIII
As only those born of the seed royal can wear the costly royal pearl, so only the children of God are allowed to wear the pearl of heaven
Homily XXIV
The state of Christians is like merchandise, and like leaven. As merchants amass earthly gains, so Christians gather together their thoughts that were scattered about the world. As leaven turns the whole lump into leaven, so the leaven of sin permeates the whole race of Adam; but Christ puts a heavenly leaven of goodness in faithful souls
Homily XXV
This Homily teaches that no man, without being strengthened by Christ, is capable of overcoming the stumbling-blocks of the evil one, and what those who desire the divine glory must do. It teaches also that through Adam’s disobedience we came down into bondage to carnal passions, from which we are delivered by the mystery that is in the Cross. It instructs us besides that the power of tears and of the divine fire is great
Homily XXVI
Concerning the worth and value, the power and efficiency of the immortal soul, and how it is tempted by Satan and obtains deliverance from the temptations. It contains also some questions full of very great instruction
Homily XXVII
This Homily, like the foregoing, describes at length the dignity and status of a Christian man. Then it teaches many useful things concerning freewill, intermixing some questions full of divine wisdom
Homily XXVIII
This Homily describes and bewails the calamity of the soul, that by reason of sin the Lord does not dwell in it; and concerning John the Baptist, that none among those born of women is greater than he
Homily XXIX
God works the dispensations of grace upon mankind after a twofold manner, intending to require the fruits of it by a just judgment
Homily XXX
The soul that is to enter into the kingdom of God must be born of the Holy Ghost; and how this is effected