Author Archives: SusanK

How did Lucifer blaspheme God? What did our Saviour say about our moral perfection? How is man far superior to irrational animals? What allows the light of divine glory to be reflected by the soul pure and entire? When will you see the glory within you? What are St. Paul’s words in regards to faithContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 7”

How do all things resemble God? How are our souls and all pure spirits a certain image of the Divine Nature? How are they very different? How does the rational creature become perfectly similar to God? By what means do we enjoy the participation in the Divine Nature? What is Deification? Explain the glorification ofContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 6”

When is man superior to all created things and why? What did the holy martyr Maximus write? Describe the various classes from things all the way to God. What causes us to purchase with immense trouble and large sums of money the society of the great? How does Christ transform us? How does iron inContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 5”

According to which saint, if grace is life eternal, then it must not only lead to that life, but already contain it in itself? What does the philosopher Seneca say about external treasures? What is the prerogative of grace? There is a far greater distance between grace and earthly things than between what? What doContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 4”

Does grace surpass all the miraculous works of God? Although we do not produce grace in ourselves, how can we prepare ourselves for grace and make ourselves worthy of it? How is grace more sublime and glorious than the workings of miracles? How does God communicate His grace? What is the most worthwhile work forContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 3”

Who said “‘Heaven and earth shall pass away,’ according to the the assurance of our Savior, but the salvation and justice of the elect will remain; the former contain only the works of God; the latter reflect the image of God.” Who teaches that it is a greater work to bring a sinner back toContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 2”

By what is the soul received into the bosom of the Eternal Father? What casts us into the deepest abyss, into the company of the brutes and of reprobate spirits? What does St. Thomas teach about the grace of a single soul? More inconsiderate of whom do they lose an inheritance greater than the worldContinue reading “Part I, Chapter 1”