The Little Month of the Holy Infancy, Or the First Mysteries of the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Proposed to the Imitation of Youth PDF Download

Author: Augustin Jean Letourneur
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483542730
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Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Excerpt from The Little Month of the Holy Infancy, or the First Mysteries of the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Proposed to the Imitation of Youth: Translated From the French of the Abbe Letourneur, Vicar-General of the Diocese of Soissons, and Dedicated to the Members of the Society of the Holy Childhood That age to be called to a more abundant par ticipation in the benefits and blessings of that adorable Infancy. It was doubtless these con siderations which inspired Pope Saint Leo to utter these touching words: Jesus Christ loved Childhood, the first state of man through which He would pass. Jesus Christ loved childhood, the mistress of humility, the rule of innocence, the model of gentleness. Should they not also inspire us to dedicate to that age, so dear to our Redeemer, the month of the Holy Infancy? Yes, certainly, and such was our first intention; but seeing that the form of that work did not exactly answer the desired end, we thought that a course of Lectures and Practices, composed exclusively for children, would render easier for them the study of their Divine Model, and the perfection after which they should strive, by their endeavors to imi tate Him happy if our labors should contribute to develop or to strengthen in these young souls the knowledge and love of the Infant Jesus, and aid them to become faithful copies of Him, by their innocence and simplicity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.