on the will and the understanding, 57; on true grief, 65; prayer defined, 69; why we should pray, 75; on the prayers of the Church, 76; when we pray we are God's beggars, 79, 110; of those who say "He knows already; why then pray?" 80; of the knowledge the dead have of our affairs, 82; on shrinking from death, 83; on avoidance of Hell, 86; of the Beatific Vision, 87, 229; a prayer for continence, 87; and for the knowledge of Holy Scripture, 88; it is lawful to pray for what it is lawful to desire, 89; on prayer for "sufficiency of life," 89; on "seeking first the Kingdom of God," 90; on prayer "without ceasing," 91; of the prayer of desire, 92, 134; his prayer for deliverance from toothache, 92; why temporal favours are sometimes not granted, 94, 95; on prayer for others, 96; that we cannot here distinguish between the predestinate and the reprobate, 97; on the imprecations in Holy Scripture, 100, 101; on prayer for the wicked, 101; on the Lord's Prayer, that it is the most perfect form of prayer, 102; on "our Daily Bread," 103, 109; "hallowed be Thy Name," 104; "Thy kingdom come," 105; "Thy will be done," 105; "forgive us our trespasses," 110, 111; of the Lord's Prayer and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, 106; of the two versions of the Lord's Prayer in St. Matthew and St. Luke, 107; on true righteousness, 111; on exterior religion, 119; on the chanting of the Psalter, 123; on the prayer of the heart, 124; on distractions, 129-131; on prayer at definite times, 134; on the brief prayers of the hermits of old, 134; on "much speaking" in prayer, 135; that God urges us to pray, 138, 139; that prayer is a gift of God, 139; on unheard prayers, 140, 142; on prayers heard in anger, 142, 143; in what sense the prayers of sinners are heard, 143, 144; on the attitudes to be adopted in and of the time and place for of the knowledge of the Saints in Limbo, 154-156; why the prayers of the Saints are heard, 167; the Contemplative contrasted with the Active Life, 172-174, 186; the three "lives," 175, 185; the "mixed" life, 226; of the final possession and vision of God, 176, 177, 191, 203; on the use of leisure, 186; the claims of the two lives, the Active and the Contemplative, 186, 248; of the Active Life, 236; of the Active Life as opposed to the Contemplative, 238; that every operation of the intellect may be termed "thought," 188; of the derivation of the term "speculation," 189; of our present perfection, 190, 191; on the pleasures of sense, 185; that the contemplation of God is the goal of all our acts, 193; that we must use created things as stepping-stones to the things that abide for ever, 193; on Mary's "better part," 196, 197; on Martha and Mary, 234, 235, 248; that in contemplation we do not see God Himself, 199; the greater the danger in the battle, the greater the joy in the triumph, 212; on the transitory nature of our present contemplation, 218; on the beauty of the teaching life, 227; how the moral virtues remain after death, 230; of the repose of Contemplation, 230, 241; of his desire for solitude, yet he feels that he must work for others, 239; he dare hope for the Contemplative Life, 240; of the higher reason, 249 Basil, St.: on distractions, 127, 128; on unheard prayers, 141 217 229 Beatitude, a prayer for, 192 Beauty, definition of, 185 Benedict, St., the vision of, 202 Bernard, St.: on the meaning of contemplation, 188, 189; of the steps in contemplation, 194 Bestial Life, the, 175 Birds, the movements of, 209 Blood of Christ, the, 163 Boëthius, on the liberty needful for contemplation, 237 on the meaning of Religion, 50; on the meaning of devotion, 53, 54; on its causes, 60; on devotion as opposed to gloom, 64; of the "devout female sex," 62; of the need of meditation, 61; of prayer as the cause of union with God, 71; of prayer as a real cause, 74; on three points to be considered in prayer, 78; on prayer as a sacrifice, 79; of the divisions of the Lord's Prayer, 107, 108; how those in Limbo can hear prayers, 118; on vocal prayer, 121, 123; on the tone to be employed in saying Mass, 122; the function of ecclesiastical chant, 122, 124; on attention in recitation of Divine Office, 128; on attention to the words of Consecration, 149, 150; of the need of the moral virtues in the Contemplative Life, 239; the Parable of the Ten Virgins, 247; on the real object of prayer, 129 Canticle of Canticles, the, 14 Cassian, the Conferences of: on St. Antony and discretion, 254, 257; on different kinds of prayer, 148 Cassiodorus on Ps. xxxviii. 13, 68 Cato on respect for parents, 30 Ceremonial, the value of, 35 Chant of the Church, the Public, 122, 123 Charity as the principle of religion, 56.
_Cf. s.v._ Theological virtues "Christ, pray for us," why we do not say, 160, 161 Christ, the Name of, on the foreheads of Christians, 219 Chrysostom, St.: the _Opus Imperfectum in Matthæum_ falsely attributed to him, 24; on prayer as a conversation with God, 74; on prayer for others, 95; in public, 121; on prayer for sinners, 143; on prayer through Jesus Christ, 145; on the zeal of S. Paul, 242 Church customs, 158, 163 Church, the prayers of the, 81 Cicero, on religion, 27; on prudence and intellectual quickness, 224 Circular movement of the soul, 172, 203-210 Cleanness, 47, 184 _Colere_, 31 Collect for Friday in September Ember Week, 147; for Trinity Sunday, 147, 148 Compline, St. Thomas's devotion at, 14 Communion of Saints, 158, 164 Conformity to the will of God, 86 Consecration, the Prayer of the, 147, 149, 150 Contemplation and the Contemplative Life: the meaning of it is something beautiful in the soul, 184; not purely an affair of the intellect, 179-182, 189; its relation to the affective powers, 211; the place which reason occupies in contemplation, 195, 210, 211, 225, 226, 249; the place occupied by the imagination, 195; in what sense contemplation involves many acts, 187-192; how far contemplation may be described according to the three species of motion--circular, direct, and oblique, 172, 203-210; contemplation is natural to man, 210; it is pleasurable, 211; it is primarily concerned with God, 180, 241, 250; it does not, in this present life, fall on the Divine Essence as such, 199-203; its ultimate goal in this life, 212, 220; how it is distinguished from meditation and thought, 188; and from speculation, 189; four integral parts of contemplation, 193, 194; four phases in it, 194; six steps in it, 195, 196; the contemplation of this present life, 193, 213, 214; not on earth as in Heaven, 176, 177, 217, 243; it is "beyond man," 218; a busy life does not exclude it, 238; it is lawful to desire it, 240; contemplation and ecstasy, 200; four subjects of contemplation, 194; the repose of contemplation, in what it consists, 204, 205, 234, 235, 246 how it is distinguished from the Active Life, 169, 173, 220, 234, 235; it is superior to the Active Life, 233-240; it is more meritorious than it, 240-244; its great merit, 242; it is prepared for in the Active Life, 239, 245-249; the Active Life precedes it, 249-252; the Contemplative Life directs the Active, 251; the relation of the Contemplative Life to the Theological virtues, 192; and to the Moral virtues, 182-186, 221, 222, 239; it demands temperance, 184, 185; and chastity, which it in turn fosters, 184, 185; it calls for the subjection of the passions, 184, 185; it results in the subjugation of the passions, 213; it involves a certain liberty of spirit, 234, 237; it is often distasteful, 215, 216; it means the sacrifice of our own soul, 244; its combats, 212, 213; it is imperfect here on earth, 243; it is not incompatible with Prelacy, 236; its relation to the office of teaching, 236-239; it is not meant for all, 235, 236, 239, 241, 251, 252; reading is sometimes necessary for it, 190; how far it refrains from all external actions, 182; it is typified by Rachel, 174, 180, 184, 234, 242; it is foreshown in Jacob's Vision, 231 Contemplative Religious Orders: in what sense they are the best, 253-257 Contemplatives, 32 Continence, a prayer for, 87 Conversation, sins of, 110 Correction, fraternal, 97 Created things must serve as stepping-stones, 193 Cross, Adoration of the, 37 _Cultus_, 31 Cyprian, St., on _Our_ Father, not _My_ Father, 96 Damascene, St. John: on Wonderment, 189; Dead, Prayers for the, 167, 168 Death, fear of, 83 Decii, the, 52 Defects, the thought of our, causes devotion, 63, 64 Delights, earthly, as opposed to heavenly, 215, 216 Denis the Areopagite, 24; on sanctity, 49; on ecstasy, 55; on beginning all with prayer, 70; on being co-workers with God, 154; of the knowledge of the Angels, 157; of the harmony in Divine things, 158; that life implies motion, 171; on the three movements of the soul, 172, 203-210; of the difference between the Angelic and the human intellect, 186; that the goal of contemplation is to attain to the uniformity of the Divine contemplation, 218; that in contemplation here on earth we do not see the Divine Essence, 200; on the illumination of the Angels, 230; of the Divine harmony, 255 Desires, their function and necessity, 77, 91, 105 is a special act, 51; is due to an act of the will, 53, 57; is an act of the virtue of Religion, 57; is the principal act of the virtue of Religion, 54; involves sacrifice of the heart, 64; it gives a certain measure to human acts, 52; two causes of it, 57, 62, 63; caused by meditation, 57; especially by meditation on the Sacred Passion, 59, 63; on the goodness of God, 58, 60; on our own defects, 58, 60; obstacles to it, 62; how far it may be hindered by learning, 60; it is productive of sorrow, 62-64; but is not therefore to be confounded with gloominess, 64, 65; it produces joy, 62, 63; devotion to the Saints, 57; the devotion of women, 59, 62; the "devout female sex," 62 Direct movement of the soul, the, 172, 210-213 Discretion, St. Antony on, 254, 257 Distractions, 127. _Cf. s.v._ Prayer, distractions in Divine Office, attention in the recitation of, 128 _Dulia_, 39 Ecstasy, 4; Denis the Areopagite on, 55; that of St. Paul, 199, 200 Ejaculatory prayers, 134, 135 Enemies, prayer for, 99; love of our, 99 Eternity: the "repose" of, 86, 87, 92; the "silence" of, 87 Etymologies, those of St. Thomas and St. Isidore, 24 Eucharist, the Holy: the Accidents of, 9; St. Thomas's reception of It as Viaticum, 15; the "Chief" of the Sacraments, 103; our "Daily Bread," 103, 109; the rhythm, _Adoro Te Devote_, 112 _Eusebeia_, 31 Example, the force of, 222 Exterior religion, 45 External actions, 182, 183 Extraordinary ways of God, the, 3 Faber, Father, 2 Faith, 191, 192 Faith and Vision, 87 Fasting, 63 Fear, 189; the gift of fear, 34; fear of death, 23; of Hell, 36 Female sex, the "devout," 62 "Forgive us our trespasses," 110, 111 Fossa Nuova, 14 Frederic, the Emperor, 8 Friendship, 56 Gifts of God, 92; of the Holy Spirit, 105, 106 Gloom, not a characteristic of the Saints, 64, 65 Gloss, the, on Holy Scripture, 24, 25 God: God alone, 92, 247; in what sense we "adjure" Him in our prayers, 148; by prayer we become His beggars, 79, 110; He is not changed by our prayers, 86, 107; does not need our external acts of religion, 43, 46; His foreknowledge involves no compulsion, 72; His goodness is a reason for prayer, 107, 149; His Holiness is a reason for prayer, 147; the harmony of Divine things, 158, 159; He knows beforehand what we seek, 80, 161; He knows the heart, 157; the majesty of God, 189; the Patience of God, 130; we do not pray to Him alone, 80-84; He does not always hear our prayers, 142, 143; why He wishes us to pray, 74, 86, 107, 138; He does not profit by our service, 43; He is the First Principle, 180; the Ultimate End, 182; ultimate union with Him, 109, 191; union with Him, 69, 208; we can hope for it, 240; hindrances to it, 103, 104; _Cf. s.v._ Beatific Vision; the Antecedent Will of God, 163 _Greeks, On the Errors of the_, St. Thomas's treatise on, 14 Gregory the Great, St.: on Lia as the type of the Active Life, 222, 225, 234, 242, 246; of Martha and Mary as types of the Active and the Contemplative Life respectively, 174; on attention at prayer, 126; on the intercession of the Angels, 165; on the conformity of the Angels to God's Will, 167; how the prayers of the Saints avail, 167; that the Contemplative Life is occupied with God alone, 180, 184, 192; that contemplation in this life does not attain to the Divine Essence, 199, 200; that contemplation excludes all images, 201; of St. Benedict's vision, 202; on the true sweetness of contemplation, 210; contemplation springs from and leads to love of God, 212; on the combats of the Contemplative Life, 212; that knowledge of God brings about the death of all carnal desires, 213; of the joys of the spiritual life, 215, 216; on disgust for spiritual things 215, 216; of the Active Life, 221, 225; on teaching as falling under the Active Life, 226; as due to contemplation, 227; that the Active Life passes away, not so the Contemplative Life, 229; of the Contemplation of the Angels, 231; on the instability of our present contemplation, 232, 243; of the merits of the Contemplative Life, 240, 241; that those who are Superiors can still practise the Contemplative Life, 236; that the Active Life precedes the Contemplative, 224, 245, 249; of zeal for souls, 243, 244; of the necessity of the Active Life, 250; that the Blessed in Heaven know our needs, 82; not all are called to the Contemplative Life, 251, 252 Gregory of Nyssa, St., of joys and sorrows, 64 Gregory X., Pope, 14 Guidonis, Bernard, 6 Habits, 35, 251 Harmony of Divine things, 158, 159 Harmony of reason, the, 183 Heaven: there will be no books in, 111; it is our "Fatherland," 166-168, 173 Holiness, 184 Hope, 191, 192 Hugo à St. Caro, 6, 25 Hugh of St. Victor's: on attention at prayer, 126; on intensity, 126 Idolatry, 46 Images, veneration of, 37 Imagination, its function, 195, 201 Imprecations in Holy Scripture, 100 Indulgences, 168 Ingratitude, 94 "Insinuation" in prayer, 141 Intelligence, quickness of, 224 Intellect, the noblest part of man, 79, 80 Intention, 133 "Intercession" as a part of prayer, 146 Intercession of the Saints, 161 Interior Spirit, the true, 247 Interpretive prayer, 163 Isaias, St. Thomas's Commentary on, 10 Isidore of Seville, St.: his etymologies, 24; on religion, 27; on the word _sanctus_, 48; on prayer, 68 Jacob's Vision, 231 Jeremias prays for the people, though he is in Limbo, 115, 118, 162 Jerome, St.: on the error of Vigilantius, who said the prayers of the Martyrs were not heard, 115, 162; on making "a virtue of necessity," 35; on the term "super-substantial" Bread, 103 John of St. Julian, O.P., 5 John XXII., Pope, 23 Josias, King of Juda, in Limbo, 155 Joy as an effect of devotion, 62 Joys of Contemplation, the, 210-216 Justice, the chief of the Moral Virtues, 37, 55, 221 Knowledge, its relation to the Moral Virtues, 182 Leo the Great, St., on the Jews, 56 Lia, the type of the Active Life, 222, 225, 234, 242, 246 Liberty of Spirit, 237 considered as intellectual, life may be divided into the Active and the Contemplative, 171, 174; _cf. s.v._ Contemplative Life and Active Life; the Active and Contemplative Life compared, 233-257; the two Lives distinguished, 169-177; their relative order, 249-252; the "mixed" life, 175, 185; the Life of Beatitude, 191; the bestial life, 175; the busy life, 175; the civil life, 175; the leisurely life, 175, 185; the pleasurable life, 175; the life of repose, 172, 173; the life of toil, 172, 173; the voluptuous life, 176 Limbo, 118, 154-156 Litany of the Saints, 158 Living for Eternity, on, 83 Livy on the Decii, 51 Lombard, Peter, 25 Lord's Prayer, the: the seven petitions of, 105-111; the most perfect form of prayer, 105; distractions in saying it, 132; why we say _Our_ Father, and not _My_ Father, 96; this prayer is recited in the name of the whole Church, 145; in what sense we are tied to this restricted form of prayer, 136, 137; the Lord's Prayer as a subject of meditation, 192 Lyons, the Council of, St. Thomas summoned to it, 14 Lyra, Nicolas de, his Gloss, 25 Martyrs: the prayers of the, 162-164; merits of the Martyrs, 256 Marvel, what it is to, 189 Mass, the: to be said distinctly, 122; the Prayers of, 147; the Prayer of the Consecration in the Mass, 149, 150 causes devotion, 57; produces sadness as well as joy, 62-65; the need of it, 61; not to be neglected for vocal prayer, 123; fruitful subjects for, 60; meditation on the Sacred Passion, 59; on choosing subtle subjects for meditation, 58, 60, 61 Melancholy, no fruit of devotion, 64, 65 Merit: definition of, 166; source of, 240; merits and rewards, 242; none in Heaven, 166, 243; of the Active and Contemplative Life, 240-244; the merit of prayer, 141; those of the Saints, 163; how we can merit for others, 141 Military Religious Orders, 256 Monica, St., 123 Monte Cassino, 4 Moral Acts, their nature, 225 Moral Virtues, the: Justice is the chief of the moral virtues, 221; requisites for the moral virtues, 41; their place in the Contemplative Life 182-186; their part in the Active Life, 220-226; how far they remain after death, 230 Movements of the soul, the three, 172, 203-210 Mysticism, 1-3 Necessity, to make a virtue of, 35, 44 Nestorius's error concerning the Person of Christ, 161 Novelty of St. Thomas's teaching, 6, 7 "Obsecration" as a part of prayer, 147-149 Observance, strictness of, 257 Occultism, 3 Office, attention at the Divine, 128 Origen on sanctity, 47; on not swearing, 148 Passion, Meditation on the Sacred, 59, 63, 128 Perfection, 44 Peter Lombard, 25 Philosophy is better than riches, 236 _Postillæ_, 24 Prayer to St. Thomas before study, A, 16 it is an act, 161; not an act of the appetitive powers, 68, 71, 77; it is an act of the virtue of religion, 76-80, 161; after devotion, prayer is the highest act of the virtue of religion, 77; it is a conversation with God, 74; by it we become God's beggars, 110; it is peculiar to the rational creation, 112-114; in what sense the brute creatures pray, 114; prayer is a gift from God, 139; three requisites for prayer, 146; four requisites for prayer, 138; the real meaning of "petition," 78, 79; the prayer of desire, 92, 105; in what sense desire is not prayer, 77, 78; prayer is a real cause, 72, 74, 166 _Why we should pray:_ the merit of prayer, 125, 137-143; prayer causes union with God, 70, 71 in general, 72; it is not an adjuring of God, 148; it never wearies God, 79, 80; "much speaking" in prayer, 135; it does not "bend" His will, 86; God knows beforehand what we would pray for, 73, 75, 80, 86, 120 _Of prayers heard and unheard:_ the condition necessary if our prayers are to be heard, 89, 96, 141, 144; of prayers heard in anger, 142, 143; in what sense the prayers of sinners are heard, 143-146; the prayers of the poor are speedily heard, 69; how the prayers of the Saints are heard, 162, 168; the prayers of the Martyrs and Apostles, 162, 163; why prayers are not heard, 142; of unheard prayers, 140; why our prayers for others are sometimes not heard, 96; in what sense the prayers of sinners are heard, 143-146 _How we should pray:_ at regular intervals, 134; our attitude in prayer, 150, 151; beginning occupations with prayer, 70; prayer "without ceasing," 91, 137; attention at prayer, 125; three kinds of attention, 120, 133; the length of our prayers, 133-137; hindrances to prayer, 75; the recitation of Psalms, 123; prayer "in spirit and in truth," 126; weariness in prayer, 134 _What we should pray for:_ the impetratory value of prayer, 138, 141; what we should pray for in general, 129, 142; for Beatitude, 85-87; prayer for definite things, 84-88; for "sufficiency of life," 89; against death, 83; for continence, 87; for knowledge of Holy Scripture, 88; for deliverance from toothache, 92, 94; for the wicked, 97; for the good, 98; for our inferiors, 98; for temporal blessings, 89-95; for the predestinate, 167; for our enemies, 99-102; the Saints in Heaven pray for the resurrection of their bodies, 116 _To whom we should pray:_ not to God alone, 80-84; to the Angels, 81; to the Saints, 157-161; to the lesser Saints, 117 _Who pray for us, and how:_ the Angels pray for us, how, 114; in what sense the Son and the Holy Spirit are said to pray, 113, 115; how the Holy Spirit helps our prayers, 85; the Saints pray for us, 115-118; how we merit the prayers of the Saints, 162; how our prayers are known to the Saints, 152-157; those in Limbo prayed for those on earth, 118; those in Purgatory cannot pray for us, 117 _Divers forms of prayer:_ vocal prayer, 119-125; ejaculatory prayer, 134, 135; prayer in secret, 121; prayer of the heart, 124; thanksgiving as a part of prayer, 149; postulations as a part of prayer, 146-148 we say not "my Father," but "our Father," 96; the seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer, 102-111; the Lord's Prayer not said without distractions, 132; in what sense we are tied to the Lord's Prayer as a formula, 136, 137 public and private prayers, 119, 121, 122, 135; how the prayer "of many" avails, 98; the prayer of the Consecration at Mass, 149, 150 Prelates and Contemplative Life, 236 Prosper, St., the _Book of Sentences Gleaned from St. Augustine_, 140 Prudence: its relation to the other Moral Virtues, 224; it is requisite for the Active Life, 223-226 Purity of soul, 252 Purgatory: why the suffrages of the Church do not empty it at once, 167, 168; the souls in Purgatory do not know our needs, 83; neither do they pray for us, 83, 116, 118; Brother Romanus passed sixteen days in Purgatory, 12 Rabanus Maurus: his Gloss, 25; on Prayer, 69 Reading necessary for prayer, 190 Reason: its function, 206; the higher and the lower, 249; the speculative and the practical, 68 Religion: the virtue of, 27-50; that it is a virtue, 34; its principle is charity, 56; it is one virtue, 35; and a Moral Virtue, 40; and a special virtue, 37-39; not a Theological Virtue, 39; the harmony of, 42; is superior to the other Moral Virtues, 42; is not for God's profit, but for ours, 43; demands external acts, 44; how far it is identified with sanctity, 47-50 Religious Orders, the Active and Contemplative compared, 253-257 they are not always Saints, 50 Reposeful characters, 252 Romanus, Brother, appears to St. Thomas, 12 Sacrifice, the real nature of, 38, 46, 244 Saints, the: what it is to be a Saint, 50; they are not gloomy, 64, 65; their knowledge of our needs, 82, 152-157; their prayers for us, 115-118; they feel no grief for us on earth, 155; their wills are perfectly conformed to that of God, 116, 156, 163, 165, 167; the Communion of Saints, 158, 164; we ought to pray to them, 157-161; of devotion to the Saints, 57; to the lesser Saints, 117, 160; they are co-workers with God, 154; in what sense their prayers are always heard, 158, 162-168; their merits, 163, 166; how they pray for us, 163, 167 "Saint of Saints, The," 160 Scripture, prayer for knowledge of Holy, 88 Seneca: on petitions, 74; on idolatry, 46 Sentences, the Book of, 6, 25 Sinners, prayer for: 97; the prayers of sinners, 143-146 Sins of conversation, 110 Socrates on prayer, 84 Solicitude, how far it is forbidden, 90 Sorrow, as an effect of devotion, 62, 64 Speculation, 189 Spirit, the Holy, how He helps us to pray, 85 "Spirit and truth," prayer in, 126, 127 Spiritualism, 3 Stability implied in the notion of sanctity, 49 Strabo, Walafrid, his Gloss, 24 Strictness of life not an end in itself, 257 "Sufficiency of life," prayer for, 89 Suffrages for the Dead, 167, 168 _Summa Theologica_: the broad divisions of, 19, 20; the method employed in, 21, 22; Superiors and Contemplation, 238 Supererogation, works of, 44 Superstition, 42 Supersubstantial Bread, 103 Supplications as a part of prayer, 146 Swearing, Origen on, 148 Teaching: in what it consists, 227, 228; due to Contemplation, 227; how far it belongs to the Active Life, 226-229; the beauty of the teaching life, 227; how the Angels teach, 231 Temperance: a necessity for the Contemplative Life, 184, 185; how far it is identical with sanctity, 50 Temporal things: the part they play in our life, 89; they are "stepping-stones" to Heaven, 91; how far they may be asked for, 89-95 Thanksgivings as part of prayer, 147 Theological Virtues, the, 39-41, 191, 192 _Theosebeia_, 31 Thomas Aquinas, St.: born at Rocca Secca, 4; his early occupation with Divine things, 5; goes to Monte Cassino, 4; to Naples University, 5; receives the habit of the Friars Preachers, 5; is sent to Santa Sabina, 5; is imprisoned, and studies the Bible, the _Sentences_, and the Philosophy of Aristotle, 6; is created Bachelor in Theology, 6; the novelty of his teaching, 7, 8; created Master in Theology, 7; says he would prefer to possess St. Chrysostom's Commentaries on the Gospel according to St. Matthew to the possession of the city of Paris, 10; hears from Our Lord's lips, _Bene scripsisti de Me, Thoma_, 10; his three petitions, 8; his prayer before study, 8-11; is visited by St. Peter and St. Paul, who explain to him a passage of Isaias, 11; Brother Romanus appears to him, 12; his approaching end is revealed to him, 12, 13; the Crucifix speaks to him, 13; he ceases to write, 14; his emotion on hearing the words, _Ne projicias nos_, sung, 14; is summoned to the Council of Lyons, 14; his faith in the Holy Eucharist, 9, 15; his dying words, 15; his rhythm, _Adoro Te Devote_, 112; the method of his teaching, 19; his teaching is regarded as miraculous, 23; his use of the works of the Fathers, 16, 18, 23; his teaching and that of St. Augustine, 16-18; Tocco, William of, biographer of St. Thomas, 5 _note_, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 Toothache: St. Thomas's deliverance from it, 93; St. Augustine's deliverance from it, 93 Trinity, the Holy: how to pray to, 81; the _Collect_ for Trinity Sunday, 147 Union with God, 3, 197, 198.
_Cf. s.v._ God Vigilantius's errors regarding prayer, 117, 162 Virginity, 50 Virgins, the five wise and the five foolish, 247 Virtue: definition of, 34; its praiseworthy character, 43; it lies in the will, 43 Walafrid Strabo, his Gloss, 24 Will: the object of the, 57; its functions, 52, 70; the part it plays in the Contemplative Life, 179-181 Women, the natural devotion of, 59 Worship: in what it consists, 41 Zeal for souls, 243, 244 INDEX OF TEXTS QUOTED OR EXPLAINED Genesis.
xxix. 17; 184 Exodus.
xxix. 31; 52 Job.
vii. 14; 97 Wisdom.
iii. 19; 63 Daniel.
xiv. 3; 120 Habacuc.
ii. 4; 190 Malachi.
iii. 5; 144 Hebrews.