On Prayer and The Contemplative Life


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[442] S. Luke x. 41.

[443] Of the Words of the Lord, Sermon civ., alias xxvii. 2.

[444] S. Luke x. 42.

[445] Sermon ciii., alias xxvi. 4.

[446] Topica, III., ii. 21.

[447] Ibid., III., i. 12.

[448] Of the City of God, xix. 19.

[449] ii. 1.

[450] Exod. xix. 21.

[451] Hom. III., On Ezechiel.

[452] Of Consolation, v. 2.

[453] Hom. III., On Ezechiel.

[454] 1 Cor. xii. 31.

[455] Of the City of God, xix. 19.

[456] Ps. xlvii. 9, 10, 15.

[457] 2 Cor. v. 15.

[458] Ps. xxvi. 5.

[459] Moralia in Job, vi. 18.

[460] Of the City of God, xix. 19.

[461] S. Luke x. 40.

[462] Hom. III., On Ezechiel.

[463] Rom. ix. 3.

[464] Of Compunction, i. 7.

[465] 1 Cor. iii. 8.

[466] Hom. XIV., On Ezechiel.

[467] Tractat., 124, On St. John, xxi. 22.

[468] Hom. XIV., On Ezechiel.

[469] Hom. XII., On Ezechiel.

[470] xxx. 24.

[471] Apoc. xxii. 17.

[472] Wisd. xv. 1-3.

[473] Moralia in Job, vi. 17.

[474] Ibid.

[475] Ps. xlv. 11.

[476] S. Luke x. 41.

[477] Hom. XIV., On Ezechiel.

[478] S. Matt. xxv. 3, 4.

[479] Heb. x. 20.

[480] S. Luke x. 41, 42.

[481] Ps. cii. 1-15.

[482] Hom. III., On Ezechiel.

[483] On the Trinity, xii. 12.

[484] Hom. III., On Ezechiel.

[485] Hom. XIV., On Ezechiel.

[486] ii. 1, 2.

[487] Moralia in Job, vi. 17.

[488] Moralia, vi. 17.

[489] Ibid., vi. 37.

[490] Ps. xvi. 6-9.

QUESTION CLXXXVI

ON THE RELIGIOUS STATE

Are Contemplative Orders superior to Active Orders?

The Lord declared that Mary's was the best part, and she is the type of the contemplative life.[491]



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