Part 7 (1/2)

_Cajetan:_ Notice the proof here afforded that those are not devout persons who are habitually sad and gloomy, and who cannot mingle with others without getting into difficulties or dissolving into tears. For devout folk are cheerful, and are full of joy in their souls; and this not solely by reason of the princ.i.p.al cause, as is stated in the text, but also by reason of a secondary cause--the thought, namely, of their own failings. For the sadness of devout folk is _according to G.o.d_, and joy accompanies it; whence S. Augustine's remark: ”Let a man grieve, but let him rejoice at his grief.”[96] Therefore it is that we read of the Saints that they were joyful and bright; and rightly so, for they had begun upon earth their ”heavenly conversation”[97] (_on_ 2. 2. 82. 4).

_S. Augustine:_ For Thee do I yearn, Justice and Innocence, Beautiful and Fair in Thy beauteous light that satisfies and yet never sates! For with Thee is repose exceedingly and life without disquiet! He that enters into Thee enters into the joy of his Lord; he shall know no fear, and in the Best shall be best. But I have deserted Thee and have wandered away, O Lord, my G.o.d! Too far have I wandered from Thee, the Steadfast One, in my youth, and I have become to myself a very land of want! (_Confessions_, II. x.).

FOOTNOTES:

[79] VIII. 9 and X. 29.

[80] x.x.xv. 20-21.

[81] 2 Paral. xxix. 31.

[82] _Ethics_, V. i. 3.

[83] _Of the Divine Names_, chap. iv., part i., lect. 10.

[84] _Sermon VIII.: On the Pa.s.sion of Our Lord._

[85] S. John xix. 15.

[86] _Commentary on S. Luke_ ix. 55.

[87] _De Trinitate_, ix. 12; xv. 23.

[88] Ps. lxxii. 28.

[89] Ps. cxx. 1, 2.

[90] S. Luke xv. 13, 16.

[91] Ps. lxxvi. 4.

[92] Ps. xli. 3.

[93] Lam. iii. 19.

[94] Ps. i. 19.

[95] _De Homine_, xii.

[96] _De Vera et Falsa Poenitentia_, xiii.

[97] Phil. iii. 20.

QUESTION Lx.x.xIII

OF PRAYER

I. Is Prayer an Act of the Appet.i.tive Powers?

Cardinal Cajetan, On Prayer based on Friends.h.i.+p II. Is it Fitting to Pray?

Cardinal Cajetan, On Prayer as a True Cause S. Augustine, _On the Sermon on the Mount_, II. iii. 14 ” _On the Gift of Perseverance_, vii. 15 III. Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion?

Cardinal Cajetan, On the Humility of Prayer S. Augustine, _On Psalm_ cii. 10 ” _Of the Gift of Perseverance_, xvi. 39 IV. Ought We to Pray to G.o.d Alone?

S. Augustine, _Sermon_, cxxvii. 2 V. Should We in our Prayers ask for anything Definite from G.o.d?

S. Augustine, _De Catechizandis Rudibus_, xxv. 47 ” _Confessions_, X. xxix.