St. Anselm’s Book of Meditations and Prayers. Translated from the Latin by M.R. with a Preface by His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster.

Table of Contents

Prefatory Material.

Meditations of St. Anselm.

First Meditation. Of the Dignity and Woe of Man’s Estate.

Second Meditation. Of the Awful Judgment: For Awakening Fear in Oneself.

Third Meditation. A Bemoaning of Virginity Sadly Lost.

Fourth Meditation. Teaching the Sinner to Bestir Himself for the Amendment of His Sins.

Fifth Meditation. [§ 22] On the Life of Sour and of Flesh. [§ 23] And of the Glory of the Good Soul, [§ 24] And the Misery of the Wicked Soul, on Their Departure from the Body.

Sixth Meditation. Designed to Brace the Heart Against Despair, Forasmuch as We Shall Without Doubt Find True Mercy for All Our Sins if We Do True Penance.

Seventh Meditation.

Eighth Meditation. The Penitent’s Address to God His Father.

Ninth Meditation. Of the Humanity of Christ.

Tenth Meditation. [§ 50.] Of the Passion of Christ.

Eleventh Meditation. Of the Redemption of Mankind.

Twelfth Meditation. Of the Humanity of Christ.

Thirteenth Meditation. Of Christ.

Fourteenth Meditation.

Fifteenth Meditation. Of the Memory of Past Benefits from Christ, of the Experience of Present Benefits, and of the Hope of Future.

Sixteenth Meditation. Of Present Benefits from God.

Seventeenth Meditation. Of Future Benefits from God.

Eighteenth Meditation.

Nineteenth Meditation. Of the Sweetness of the Divine Majesty, and of Many Other Things.

Twentieth Meditation.

Twenty-First Meditation.

Index of Scripture References

Latin Words and Phrases

Index of Pages of the Print Edition

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