Cajetan, O.P., Cardinal,19,20;on the meaning of Religion,50;on the meaning of devotion,53,54;on its causes,60;on devotion as opposed to gloom,64;of the "devout female sex,"62;of the need of meditation,61;of prayer as the cause of union with God,71;of prayer as a real cause,74;on three points to be considered in prayer,78;on prayer as a sacrifice,79;of the divisions of the Lord's Prayer,107,108;how those in Limbo can hear prayers,118;on vocal prayer,121,123;on the tone to be employed in saying Mass,122;the function of ecclesiastical chant,122,124;on attention in recitation of Divine Office,128;on attention to the words of Consecration,149,150;of the need of the moral virtues in the Contemplative Life,239;the Parable of the Ten Virgins,247;on the real object of prayer,129Canticle of Canticles, the,14Cassian, the Conferences of: on St. Antony and discretion,254,257;on different kinds of prayer,148Cassiodorus on Ps. xxxviii.13,68Cato on respect for parents,30Ceremonial, the value of,35Chant of the Church, the Public,122,123Charity as the principle of religion,56.Cf. s.v.Theological virtues"Christ, pray for us," why we do not say,160,161Christ, the Name of, on the foreheads of Christians,219Chrysostom, St.: theOpus Imperfectum in Matthæumfalsely attributed to him,24;on prayer as a conversation with God,74;on prayer for others,95;in public,121;on prayer for sinners,143;on prayer through Jesus Christ,145;on the zeal of S. Paul,242Church customs,158,163Church, the prayers of the,81Cicero, on religion,27;on prudence and intellectual quickness,224Circular movement of the soul,172,203-210Cleanness,47,184Colere,31Collect for Friday in September Ember Week,147;for Trinity Sunday,147,148Compline, St. Thomas's devotion at,14Communion of Saints,158,164Conformity to the will of God,86Consecration, the Prayer of the,147,149,150Contemplation and the Contemplative Life: the meaning ofcontemplation,188,189,196,201,202,211,230,234,235,237;it is something beautiful in the soul,184;not purely an affair of the intellect,179-182,189;its relation to the affective powers,211;the place which reason occupies in contemplation,195,210,211,225,226,249;the place occupied by the imagination,195;in what sense contemplation involves many acts,187-192;how far contemplation may be described according to the three species of motion—circular, direct, and oblique,172,203-210;contemplation is natural to man,210;it is pleasurable,211;it is primarily concerned with God,180,241,250;it does not, in this present life, fall on the Divine Essence as such,199-203;its ultimate goal,180,184,187,193,194,196,198,203,229;its ultimate goal in this life,212,220;how it is distinguished from meditation and thought,188;and from speculation,189;four integral parts of contemplation,193,194;four phases in it,194;six steps in it,195,196;the contemplation of this present life,193,213,214;not on earth as in Heaven,176,177,217,243;it is "beyond man,"218;a busy life does not exclude it,238;it is lawful to desire it,240;contemplation and ecstasy,200;four subjects of contemplation,194;the repose of contemplation, in what it consists,204,205,234,235,246The Contemplative Life: its meaning,184,186,237,250;how it is distinguished from the Active Life,169,173,220,234,235;it is superior to the Active Life,233-240;it is more meritorious than it,240-244;its great merit,242;it is prepared for in the Active Life,239,245-249;the Active Life precedes it,249-252;the Contemplative Life directs the Active,251;the relation of the Contemplative Life to the Theological virtues,192;and to the Moral virtues,182-186,221,222,239;it demands temperance,184,185;and chastity, which it in turn fosters,184,185;it calls for the subjection of the passions,184,185;it results in the subjugation of the passions,213;it involves a certain liberty of spirit,234,237;it is often distasteful,215,216;it means the sacrifice of our own soul,244;its joys,177,197,210-216,234,248;its combats,212,213;it is imperfect here on earth,243;it is not incompatible with Prelacy,236;its relation to the office of teaching,236-239;it is not meant for all,235,236,239,241,251,252;reading is sometimes necessary for it,190;how far it refrains from all external actions,182;it is typified by Rachel,174,180,184,234,242;also by Mary of Bethany,174,190,197,234,235,248;it is foreshown in Jacob's Vision,231Contemplative Religious Orders: in what sense they are the best,253-257Contemplatives,32Continence, a prayer for,87Conversation, sins of,110Correction, fraternal,97Created things must serve as stepping-stones,193Cross, Adoration of the,37Cultus,31Cyprian, St., onOurFather, notMyFather,96
Damascene, St. John: on Wonderment,189;definitions of prayer,69,71,85,142,148Dead, Prayers for the,167,168Death, fear of,83Decii, the,52Defects, the thought of our, causes devotion,63,64Delights, earthly, as opposed to heavenly,215,216Denis the Areopagite,24;on sanctity,49;on ecstasy,55;on beginning all with prayer,70;on being co-workers with God,154;of the knowledge of the Angels,157;of the harmony in Divine things,158;that life implies motion,171;on the three movements of the soul,172,203-210;of the difference between the Angelic and the human intellect,186;that the goal of contemplation is to attain to the uniformity of the Divine contemplation,218;that in contemplation here on earth we do not see the Divine Essence,200;on the illumination of the Angels,230;of the Divine harmony,255Desires, their function and necessity,77,91,105Devotion: defined,51,53,55,57,64;is a special act,51;is due to an act of the will,53,57;is an act of the virtue of Religion,57;is the principal act of the virtue of Religion,54;involves sacrifice of the heart,64;it gives a certain measure to human acts,52;it means promptitude,53,55,56,57;two causes of it,57,62,63;caused by meditation,57;especially by meditation on the Sacred Passion,59,63;on the goodness of God,58,60;on our own defects,58,60;obstacles to it,62;how far it may be hindered by learning,60;it is productive of sorrow,62-64;but is not therefore to be confounded with gloominess,64,65;it produces joy,62,63;devotion to the Saints,57;the devotion of women,59,62;the "devout female sex,"62Direct movement of the soul, the,172,210-213Discretion, St. Antony on,254,257Distractions,127.Cf. s.v.Prayer, distractions inDivine Office, attention in the recitation of,128Dulia,39
Ecstasy,4;Denis the Areopagite on,55;that of St. Paul,199,200Ejaculatory prayers,134,135Enemies, prayer for,99;love of our,99Eternity: the "repose" of,86,87,92;the "silence" of,87Etymologies, those of St. Thomas and St. Isidore,24Eucharist, the Holy: the Accidents of,9;St. Thomas's reception of It as Viaticum,15;the "Chief" of the Sacraments,103;our "Daily Bread,"103,109;the rhythm,Adoro Te Devote,112Eusebeia,31Example, the force of,222Exterior religion,45External actions,182,183Extraordinary ways of God, the,3
Faber, Father,2Faith,191,192Faith and Vision,87Fasting,63Fear,189;the gift of fear,34;fear of death,23;of Hell,36Female sex, the "devout,"62"Forgive us our trespasses,"110,111Fossa Nuova,14Frederic, the Emperor,8Friendship,56
Gifts of God,92;of the Holy Spirit,105,106Gloom, not a characteristic of the Saints,64,65Gloss, the, on Holy Scripture,24,25God: God alone,92,247;in what sense we "adjure" Him in our prayers,148;by prayer we become His beggars,79,110;He is not changed by our prayers,86,107;does not need our external acts of religion,43,46;His foreknowledge involves no compulsion,72;His goodness is a reason for prayer,107,149;His Holiness is a reason for prayer,147;the harmony of Divine things,158,159;He knows beforehand what we seek,80,161;He knows the heart,157;the majesty of God,189;the Patience of God,130;we do not pray to Him alone,80-84;He does not always hear our prayers,142,143;why He wishes us to pray,74,86,107,138;He does not profit by our service,43;on seeking after God,54,134,179,180,183,192;He is the First Principle,180;the Ultimate End,182;ultimate union with Him,109,191;union with Him,69,208;we can hope for it,240;hindrances to it,103,104;the Vision of God,153,155,163,172,177,180,181.Cf. s.v.Beatific Vision; the Antecedent Will of God,163Greeks, On the Errors of the, St. Thomas's treatise on,14Gregory the Great, St.: on Lia as the type of the Active Life,222,225,234,242,246;of Martha and Mary as types of the Active and the Contemplative Life respectively,174;on attention at prayer,126;on the intercession of the Angels,165;on the conformity of the Angels to God's Will,167;how the prayers of the Saints avail,167;that the Contemplative Life is occupied with God alone,180,184,192;that contemplation in this life does not attain to the Divine Essence,199,200;that contemplation excludes all images,201;of St. Benedict's vision,202;on the true sweetness of contemplation,210;contemplation springs from and leads to love of God,212;on the combats of the Contemplative Life,212;that knowledge of God brings about the death of all carnal desires,213;of the joys of the spiritual life,215,216;on disgust for spiritual things215,216;of the Active Life,221,225;on teaching as falling under the Active Life,226;as due to contemplation,227;that the Active Life passes away, not so the Contemplative Life,229;of the Contemplation of the Angels,231;on the instability of our present contemplation,232,243;of the merits of the Contemplative Life,240,241;that those who are Superiors can still practise the Contemplative Life,236;that the Active Life precedes the Contemplative,224,245,249;of zeal for souls,243,244;of the necessity of the Active Life,250;contemplata aliis tradere,254;that the Blessed in Heaven know our needs,82;not all are called to the Contemplative Life,251,252Gregory of Nyssa, St., of joys and sorrows,64Gregory X., Pope,14Guidonis, Bernard,6
Habits,35,251Harmony of Divine things,158,159Harmony of reason, the,183Heaven: there will be no books in,111;it is our "Fatherland,"166-168,173Holiness,184Hope,191,192Hugo à St. Caro,6,25Hugh of St. Victor's: on attention at prayer,126;on intensity,126
Idolatry,46Images, veneration of,37Imagination, its function,195,201Imprecations in Holy Scripture,100Indulgences,168Ingratitude,94"Insinuation" in prayer,141Intelligence, quickness of,224Intellect, the noblest part of man,79,80Intention,133"Intercession" as a part of prayer,146Intercession of the Saints,161Interior Spirit, the true,247Interpretive prayer,163Isaias, St. Thomas's Commentary on,10Isidore of Seville, St.: his etymologies,24;on religion,27;on the wordsanctus,48;on prayer,68
Jacob's Vision,231Jeremias prays for the people, though he is in Limbo,115,118,162Jerome, St.: on the error of Vigilantius, who said the prayers of the Martyrs were not heard,115,162;on making "a virtue of necessity,"35;on the term "super-substantial" Bread,103John of St. Julian, O.P.,5John XXII., Pope,23Josias, King of Juda, in Limbo,155Joy as an effect of devotion,62Joys of Contemplation, the,210-216Justice, the chief of the Moral Virtues,37,55,221
Knowledge, its relation to the Moral Virtues,182
Latria,30,34,44Leo the Great, St., on the Jews,56Lia, the type of the Active Life,222,225,234,242,246Liberty of Spirit,237Life: definitions of,169,170,171,187;considered as intellectual, life may be divided into the Active and the Contemplative,171,174;cf. s.v.Contemplative LifeandActive Life;the Active and Contemplative Life compared,233-257;the two Lives distinguished,169-177;their relative order,249-252;the "mixed" life,175,185;the Life of Beatitude,191;the bestial life,175;the busy life,175;the civil life,175;the leisurely life,175,185;the pleasurable life,175;the life of repose,172,173;the life of toil,172,173;the voluptuous life,176Limbo,118,154-156Litany of the Saints,158Living for Eternity, on,83Livy on the Decii,51Lombard, Peter,25Lord's Prayer, the: the seven petitions of,105-111;the most perfect form of prayer,105;distractions in saying it,132;why we sayOurFather, and notMyFather,96;this prayer is recited in the name of the whole Church,145;in what sense we are tied to this restricted form of prayer,136,137;the Lord's Prayer as a subject of meditation,192Lyons, the Council of, St. Thomas summoned to it,14Lyra, Nicolas de, his Gloss,25
Martyrs: the prayers of the,162-164;merits of the Martyrs,256Marvel, what it is to,189Mass, the: to be said distinctly,122;the Prayers of,147;the Prayer of the Consecration in the Mass,149,150Maximus Valerius,On Socrates,84Meditation,188,190;causes devotion,57;produces sadness as well as joy,62-65;the need of it,61;not to be neglected for vocal prayer,123;fruitful subjects for,60;meditation on the Sacred Passion,59;on choosing subtle subjects for meditation,58,60,61Melancholy, no fruit of devotion,64,65Merit:definition of,166;source of,240;merits and rewards,242;none in Heaven,166,243;of the Active and Contemplative Life,240-244;the merit of prayer,141;those of the Saints,163;how we can merit for others,141Military Religious Orders,256Monica, St.,123Monte Cassino,4Moral Acts, their nature,225Moral Virtues, the:Justice is the chief of the moral virtues,221;requisites for the moral virtues,41;their place in the Contemplative Life182-186;their function,41,43,183-185;their part in the Active Life,220-226;how far they remain after death,230Movements of the soul, the three,172,203-210Mysticism,1-3