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Do You Want to be Great?

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Preface                                   
Part I: Introduction
1. God Speaks on Humility 
2. All about Humility                           
3. God, Neighbor, Ourselves              
Part II: Five Holy Men Speak on Humility
4. St Augustine: On the Fear of God and True Humility                              
5. St Francis of Sales: Introduction to the Devout Life
6. St John M. Vianney, Priest of Ars: Homily on Humility           
7. J. Pecci (later Pope Leo XIII): The Practice of Humility            
8. Josemaria Escriva: Christ Triumphs through Humility             
9. Josemaria Escriva: Humility                           
Part III: Anthology of Texts On Humility
10. Humility: Its Nature and Necessity
11. True and False Humility                                                               
12. Basis of Humility                           
13. Degrees of Humility                      
14. Our Lord's Example of Humility   
15. Our Lady's Humility                                      
16. Humility toward God                                     
17. Humility toward Neighbor            
18. Humility toward Ourselves: Humility of Mind                          
19. Humility toward Ourselves: Humility of Heart                          
20. Humility toward Ourselves: External Humility                           


Patience: The Path to Victory

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Preface
Part One: THE THEOLOGY OF PATIENCE
1. The Place of Patience in Christian Life
2. Patience in Sacred Scripture
Part Two: THREE DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH SPEAK ON PATIENCE
3. St Cyprian of Carthage: The Good of Patience
4. St Augustine: Patience
5. Pope St Gregory the Great: The Patience of Job
Part Three: POINTERS ON PATIENCE
6. Our Lord’s Patience
7. The Patience of the Mother of God
8. Abandonment to God’s Will
9. Patience and Long-Suffering
10. Patience and Interior Struggle
11. Patience and Fortitude
12. Patience and Charity
13. Patience in the Apostolate
14. Difficulties
15. Patience in Economic Downfall
16. Serenity

Understanding the Mass

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Preface                                                                                                         

I. THIS IS THE MASS                                                                               

II. INTRODUCTORY RITES                                                                  

III. LITURGY OF THE WORD                                                               

IV. LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST                                                   

V. CONCLUDING RITES AND PERSONAL THANKSGIVING                                                       

APPENDIX

Writings of the First Christians 

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Preface                                                                                                
Part I. INTRODUCTION
            1. God's Revelation: Sacred Scriptures and Tradition
            2. Fathers of the Church                                  
Part II. THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS
            3. The Didaché                                                                        
            4. St Clement of Rome: Epistle to the Corinthians
            5. St Ignatius of Antioch: Letter to the Ephesians
            6. Letter to the Magnesians                                                                  
            7. Letter to the Trallians                                                                       
            8. Letter to the Romans                                                                                   
            9. Letter to the Philadelphians                                                  
            10. Letter to the church of Smyrna                                                       
            11. Letter to St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna                            
            12. St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna:  Letter to the Philippians                                                 
            13. Letter on the Martyrdom of St Polycarp                             
            14. Hermas: The Shepherd
            15. Epistle of Barnabas                                                                        
            16. Second Epistle of St Clement to the Corinthians     
Part III. THE AGE OF PERSECUTIONS
            17. Letter to Diognetus                                                                        
            18. Acts of the Martyrdom of St Justin                                     
            19. The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs                                        
            20. Proconsular Acts of the Martyrdom of St Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage                              
            21. Martyrdom of Sts Perpetua and Felicity                             
            22. Epitaph of Abercius

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