Christ, the Life of the Soul

Name: Christ, the Life of the Soul
Author: Bl. Columba Marmion

Bl. Columba Marmion

Spiritual conferences by the Abbot of Maredsous on the divine plan of adoption in Christ: Christ the model, redeemer and source of all grace, the Church and the Holy Spirit (Part I), then faith, baptism, penance, growth in grace, the Eucharist, the divine praise, prayer, charity, devotion to Our Lady and the heavenly inheritance (Part II). First of the trilogy (Le Christ, vie de l’âme, 1917), with the prefaces of Cardinals Mercier and Bourne. English only: no open French text exists.

Source: The two prefaces and the nineteen conferences. Running heads stripped; the reference notes at the foot of each page are footnotes placed at the end of the page. The Pope’s letter, front matter, contents and index are not imported. The French original (Desclée, 1917) has no open text.