| A Spiritual Consolation: And Other Treatises by the Blessed Martyr John Fisher Contributor(s): Hermenegild Tosf, Brother (Editor), Fisher, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1482622483 ISBN-13: 9781482622485 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.39 lbs) 124 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This was written to his sister, Elizabeth, to console her in the trying times of the Protestant revolt in England. Saint John Fisher begins: "SISTER Elizabeth, nothing doth more help effectually to get a good and a virtuous life than if a soul, when it is dull and unlusty without devotion, neither disposed to prayer nor to any other good work, may be stirred or quickened again by fruitful meditation. I have therefore devised unto you this meditation that fol1oweth, praying you for my sake and for the weal of your own soul, to read it at such times as you shall feel yourself most heavy and slothful to do any good work. It is a manner of lamentation and sorrowful complaining made in the person of one that was hastily prevented by death (as I assure you every creature may be): none other surety we have, living in this world here." Also included is an instruction on the ways to perfect religion, and a sermon on the prophet Ezechial, Lamentations, song and woe. |