TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE RETREAT

[Preface] [iii]

[Preparatory Consideration] [1]

[FIRST DAY]

[First Meditation—End of Man] [8]

[Second Meditation—End of Creatures] [12]

[Consideration—End of the Religious Life] [14]

[Third Meditation—Indifference to Creatures] [20]

[SECOND DAY]

[First Meditation—Sin] [26]

[Second Meditation—One’s Own Sins] [30]

[Consideration—Confession of the Retreat] [33]

[Third Meditation—Eternal Loss] [37]

[THIRD DAY]

[First Meditation—Preparation for Death] [42]

[Second Meditation—The Particular Judgment] [44]

[Consideration—Purity of Conscience] [48]

[Third Meditation—To Excite Perfect Contrition] [53]

[FOURTH DAY]

[First Meditation—The Kingdom of Christ] [57]

[Second Meditation—The Incarnation] [60]

[Consideration—The Imitation of Christ] [64]

[Third Meditation—The Birth of Christ] [70]

[FIFTH DAY]

[First Meditation—The Flight Into Egypt] [74]

[Second Meditation—The Private Life of Christ] [77]

[Consideration—The Imitation of Christ’s Private Life] [81]

[Third Meditation—The Public Life of Christ] [87]

[SIXTH DAY]

[First Meditation—The Two Standards] [91]

[Second Meditation—The Three Degrees of Humility] [94]

[Consideration—Temptations] [97]

[Third Meditation—Three Classes of Men] [102]

[SEVENTH DAY]

[First Meditation—The Sufferings of Christ in the Garden] [106]

[Second Meditation—Christ’s Sufferings Before His Judges] [109]

[Consideration—Generosity in the Service of God] [112]

[Third Meditation—The Death of Christ] [118]

[EIGHTH DAY]

[First Meditation—The Resurrection of Christ] [121]

[Second Meditation—Christ’s Ascension into Heaven] [124]

[Consideration—The Spirit of Love] [127]

[Third Meditation—Divine Love] [133]