The original has the approbation of the Archbishop of Lyons, and the Bishops of Aix, Nancy, and Redez. LONDON: LEVEY AND CO., PRINTERS, GREAT NEW STREET, FETTER LANE, E.C. PREFACE. THIS volume is a valuable addition to our books of devotion. It is in a high degree real and solid. Not only in language, but in the train of thought, it is truthful, and gives utterance to the spiritual acts which are common to persons of a devout life. Devotional works are often far-fetched, so to speak, in two ways: some are imaginative, and remote from our ordinary and healthy experience; others are so elevated and exceptional in the supernatural life, that we cannot make them our own. The present volume is throughout both practical and proximate to our daily needs. It is within the reach of any one who faithfully uses the Holy Sacraments, and makes the presence of our Divine Lord in the tabernacle the centre and home of his heart. |