Contents

pp v-viii

Acknowledgments

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp 1-12

The Temple Of Our Soul Vanden Tempel Onser Sielen

pp 13-13

Chapter I - How God has Made the Soul his Temple, and has Adorned it with Many Graces and Gifts

pp 14-23

Chapter II - What Great Crime he Does and what Severe Penalty he Deserves who Profanes and Dishonours this Temple through Sin

pp 24-29

Chapter III - How God Laments over this Temple and the City of the Soul, Destroyed in this Manner

pp 30-33

Chapter IV - How God Restored the Temple of the Soul

pp 34-37

Chapter V - How God has Freed and Sanctified the Soul for Himself

pp 38-41

Chapter VI - How the Soul shall Purify herself and Exalt her Ways before she can Enter into this Temple

pp 42-45

Chapter VII - How our Mind itself will be the High Priest and Offer a Sacrifice to God

pp 46-53

Chapter VIII - How the Exterior Liturgy in the Holy Church is Carried out for the Sake of the Interior Liturgy

pp 54-57

Chapter IX - How we shall spiritually Celebrate the Solemnity of all Saints within Ourselves [All Saints]

pp 58-59

Chapter X - On the Interior Advent, and How the Soul should Prepare herself for the Solemnities [Advent I]

pp 60-71

Chapter XI - On the Inner Silence of the Soul, her Harmful Running Outward, and the Unification of the Senses and the Faculties [Advent II]

pp 72-79

Chapter XII - How the Inner Soul is Chosen by the Holy Trinity as a Spiritual Mother of God; how she is Turned Inward, Greeted, and Made Fertile for the Divine Birth [Advent III]

pp 80-85

Chapter XIII - How God is Born in the Human Person in Three Ways according to the Three Unities [Christmas I]

pp 86-91

Chapter XIV - How the Heavenly Spirits Lull the Divine Birth of the New Child with a Hymn [Christmas II]

pp 92-95

Chapter XV - The Fruitful Virginity of the Soul [Christmas III]

pp 96-99

Chapter XVI - How we may Carry Christ in our Hearts and Nourish Him [Christmas IV]

pp 100-103

Chapter XVII - How our Soul is Circumcised spiritually [1 January]

pp 104-105

Chapter XVIII - How we, having Entered in God with the Holy Three Kings by God’s Light, Must Sacrifice Ourselves to God and Overcome all Pride [Epiphany]

pp 106-113

Chapter XIX - On the Growth and Increase of God’s Grace in the Soul [First Sunday after Epiphany]

pp 114-117

Chapter XX - With which Kind of Love Christ has Chosen the Soul as his Bride [Second Sunday after Epiphany]

pp 118-121

Chapter XXI - How we, Following the Example of Mary, will Give Birth to Jesus, Carry him in us, and Make an Offering of him at Candlemas

pp 122-131

Chapter XXII - Of Three Kinds of People and how they Practise this Birth [Candlemas II]

pp 132-135

Chapter XXIII - The Dignity of Mary, Mother of God and Noble Virgin [Candlemas III]

pp 136-139

Chapter XXIV - The Vineyard of Our Soul [Septuagesima]

pp 140-143

Chapter XXV - The Spiritual Field of the Soul [Sexagesima]

pp 144-147