Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over the pages of this little work, written by Blessed Albert the Great towards the end of his life, when that great soul had ripened and matured, one feels that here indeed is the ideal of one's hopes. (From the Preface)
Chapters
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00 - Preface Read by David Barnes 4:41
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02 - How a Man May Despise All Things and Cleave to Christ Alone Read by David Barnes 4:00
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03 - The Law of Man's Perfection in this Life Read by David Barnes 3:13
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04 - That Our Labour Must Be With the Understanding and Not With the Senses Read by David Barnes 5:40
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05 - Of Purity of Heart, Which is to be Sought Above All Else Read by David Barnes 6:39
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06 - That a Man Truly Devout Must Seek God in Purity of Mind and Heart Read by David Barnes 4:50
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07 - On the Practice of Interior Recollection Read by David Barnes 6:04
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08 - That a Truly Devout Man Should Commit Himself to God in All That Befalls Him Read by David Barnes 5:02
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09 - The Contemplation of God is to be Preferred Above All Other Exercises Read by David Barnes 6:57
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10 - That We Should Not Be Too Solicitous for Actual and Sensible Devotion, but Desire Rather the Union of Our Will with God Read by David Barnes 4:34
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11 - In What Manner We Should Resist Temptation and Endure Trials Read by David Barnes 3:47
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12 - The Power of the Love of God Read by David Barnes 5:44
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13 - Of the Nature and Advantages of Prayer - of Interior Recollection Read by David Barnes 5:18
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14 - That Everything Should be Judged According to the Testimony of our Conscience Read by David Barnes 5:24
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15 - On the Contempt of Self: How it is Acquired: its Profit to the Soul Read by David Barnes 6:41
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16 - The Providence of God, Which Watches Over All Things Read by David Barnes 9:25
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