Americans Warned of Jesuitism; or, The Jesuits Unveiled Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: now extremely needy, went to the convent deeply afflicted' She wept, lamented, showed her hreast, entreated him by the bowels which had carried him, and by all that she had suffered in raising him, not to cast her off in such poverty. At the first he resisted, but at length felt moved and resolved to leave the convent on the next day. Yet, after the departure of his mother, he knelt before a crucifix, his heart disturbed and full of sorrow : ' Lord,' said he, ' I will not leave you, and do not permit that it may happen. I only intend to relieve my mother in her distress. In praying so, he saw blood trickling from the crucifix, and heard a voice telling him, ' You cost me more than you have cost your mother, for I have redeemed you with my own blood. Should you leave me for her ?' " This monk being greatly moved by this vision, preferred Jesus Christ to the natural tenderness and commiseration which he felt towards his mother. Then he continued to serve God in his Order, and persevered in his resolution until his death." (Idem?vol. 2d, p. 424.) Section XVIII.?Remedies against the Disease of the Love of our Kindred, Family . . . Father, and Mother. " Remain lite a dove in your solitude without chains tying you to the world. Even forget your country, the house of your family, and the king will be ravished with your beau- ty. Ps. of David xxxiv. 12." (Idem?vol. 3d, p. 424.) " Nothing can take out of our hearts the love of our families, except not seeing them, and breaking every kind of communication with them. We must be separated from them really and in fact, if we would rid our hearts of their love. ... It is on account of it that our Constitutions expressly orbid all members of our Society .to visit their parents. Letus be careful to spare our Superiors the impor...Read More