The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ

THE COMPLETE ASCETICAL WORKS

OF

ST. ALPHONSUS DE LIGUORI.

18 vols., Price, per vol., net, $1.28.
Each book is complete in itself, and any volume will be
sold separately.

Volume I.

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PREPARATION FOR DEATH; or, Considerations on the Eter-
nal Truths. Maxims of Eternity-Rule of Life.
II. WAY OF SALVATION AND OF PERFECTION :
Pious Reflections. Spiritual Treatises.

Meditations.

III. GREAT MEANS OF SALVATION AND OF PERFECTION :
Prayer. Mental Prayer. The Exercises of a Retreat.
Choice of a State of Life, and the Vocation to the
Religious State and to the Priesthood.

IV. THE INCARNATION, BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS
CHRIST; or, The Mysteries of Faith.

V.

VI.

THE PASSION AND THE DEATH of JESUS CHRist.

THE HOLY EUCHARIST. The Sacrifice, the Sacrament, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.

Practice of Love

of Jesus Christ. Novena to the Holy Ghost.

VII., VIII. GLORIES OF MARY: 1. Explanation of the Salve
Regina, or Hail, Holy Queen. Discourses on the Feasts
of Mary. 2. Her Dolors. Her Virtues. Practices.
Examples. Answers to Critics.-Devotion to the Holy
Angels. Devotion to St. Joseph. Novena to St. Teresa.
Novena for the Repose of the Souls in Purgatory.
IX. VICTORIES OF THE MARTYRS; or, the Lives of the Most
Celebrated Martyrs of the Church.

X., XI. THE TRUE SPOUSE OF JESUS CHRIST: 1. The first
sixteen Chapters. 2. The last eight Chapters. Appendix
and various small Works. Spiritual Letters.

XII. CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER: Rule. Instructions about the Religious State. Letters and Circulars. Lives of two Fathers and of a Lay-brother. "XIII. DIGNITY AND DUTIES OF THE PRIEST; or, SELVA, a collection of Material for Ecclesiastical Retreats. Rule of Life and Spiritual Rules.

XIV. THE HOLY MASS: Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Ceremonies of the Mass. Preparation and Thanksgiving. The Mass and the Office that are hurriedly said.

66 XV. 66 XVI.

"XVII. "XVIII.

THE DIVINE OFFICE: Translation of the Psalms and Hymns.
PREACHING: The Exercises of the Missions. Various
Counsels. Instructions on the Commandments and
Sacraments.

SERMONS FOR SUNDAYS.

VARIOUS SMALLER WORKS: Discourses on Calamities. Reflections useful for Bishops. Seminaries. Ordinances. Letters. General alphabetical index.

Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, and St. Louis.

THE

PASSION AND THE DEATH

OF JESUS CHRIST.

BY

ST. ALPHONSUS DE LIGUORI,

Doctor of the Church.

EDITED BY

REV. EUGENE GRIMM,
Priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

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1887.

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APPROBATION.

By virtue of the authority granted me by the Most Rev. Nicholas Mauron, Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, I hereby sanction the publication of the work entitled "The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ," which is Vol. V. of the new and complete edition in English of the works of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, called "The Centenary Edition."

Baltimore, MD., October 15, 1886.

ELIAS FRED. SCHAUER,

Sup. Prov. Baltimorensis.

Copyright, 1886, by ELIAS FREderick Schauer,

CONTENTS.

REFLECTIONS AND AFFECTIONS ON THE PASSION

OF JESUS CHRIST.

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