Reformation, spiritual, of the community, rapid when begun, [1900]389; at Antioch, [1901]455.
Relics of Timothy expelled demons, [1902]332; of the Apostles, [1903]333; of Job in great repute, [1904]371; virtue of, [1905]389, n.; of martyrs expelled demons, [1906]396.
Relief from grieving, [1907]462.
Religion, how designated in Scripture, [1908]367, n.; training in, increases obligation, [1909]373; not to left to the clergy, [1910]384.
Reminding one another of duties, [1911]399.
Remission from God, according to our excusing, [1912]477; full, by full, [1913]478.
Repairs, small, neglected, bring ruin, [1914]470.
Repentance, pardon offered to, [1915]362; time given for, [1916]363; procures the removal of evils, [1917]376; speedy, from fear of God, [1918]480; duty of bringing others to, [1919]481.
Reproach felt as a wrong, [1920]428; a spur to amendment, [1921]429.
Reproof to be administered in love, [1922]343, [1923]359; calls forth love, [1924]344; an improvement of our talent, [1925]348.
Repulse, no excuse for not being reconciled, [1926]472, [1927]478.
Resentment is a practice of malice, [1928]476; excludes from the holy Communion, [1929]476; precluded by considering our sins, [1930]472, [1931]473; continually forbidden, [1932]473; madness: punished here and hereafter, [1933]474; merits the worst punishment, [1934]474; the most inexcusable of all sins, [1935]475; gives advantage to Satan: is contempt of God, [1936]477; unjust toward our worst foes, [1937]473.
Reserve, practised by St. Paul and our Lord, [1938]349.
Responsibility from religious instruction, [1939]398, [1940]424.
Rest, must be preceded by tribulation, [1941]366.
Restraint upon vice provided by God, [1942]429; human on our freedom submitted to, [1943]447; tribulation is, [1944]452.
Resurrection, proved by afflictions of the Saints, [1945]339; hope of, removes fear of death, [1946]373.
Revelation by letters would have availed the learned and the rich only, [1947]401; by things is understood by all men, [1948]401.
Reward bestowed for pains, not natural gifts, [1949]429; temporal and spiritual contrasted, [1950]451; of grieving over the sins of others, [1951]462.
Rich, the, more miserable than the poor, [1952]460.
Riches, the true, [1953]348, [1954]351, [1955]353; earthly, vanity of, [1956]348; wherein not forbidden, [1957]348; an encumbrance, [1958]349; where to deposit, [1959]349, [1960]350; the use of, only ours, [1961]350; why not given equally, [1962]351; drive men to mean arts, [1963]353; a means of virtue, [1964]442; liability to loss of, [1965]451; not happiness, [1966]460.
Ridicule, for well-doing, how to be met, [1967]481.
Righteous, arms of, [1968]397; overthrow demons, [1969]397; never sad, [1970]461; alone happy, [1971]462.
Robes, rich, look best on ourselves, [1972]380.
Roman Catholic Church on Eucharist, [1973]444, n.
Roots, bitter, sweet fruits from, [1974]462.
Rope walking, [1975]470.
Ruin of Jerusalem by breaking oaths, [1976]469.
Rule self-imposed for the cure of faults, [1977]471.
Rulers, God arms, [1978]381; fear of, proper, [1979]381; like the supports of a building, [1980]382.
Sabbath, why enjoined in Decalogue, [1981]422; made a type of the Lord's Day, [1982]422, n.
Sacrament, more than Elisha had, [1983]353.
Sacrifice, a dictate of the natural law, [1984]422, n.; unbloody, [1985]472.
Sadness, darkens the sight, [1986]346; of the rich, [1987]459.
Saints, especially assailed, [1988]334, [1989]342; eight reasons why afflicted, [1990]336; their power from God, [1991]338; motives of, for serving Him, [1992]338; not to be worshipped, [1993]338, n.; ninth and tenth reason why afflicted, [1994]340; their countenance, [1995]355; a few save their country, [1996]356; effects of their sanctity on nature, [1997]367; daunted by nothing, [1998]368; surmount all natural ills, [1999]375; the more tried, the more glorious, [2000]386; meekness of, when magnified by men, [2001]386; departed, intercession of, [2002]389, n.; unconcern for their own safety, [2003]448; the living, proclaim the virtues of their teachers, [2004]455; joy of, under trouble wonderful, [2005]461.
Salvation, obtained by few without threats, [2006]392; precepts of, not hindered by the body, [2007]472.
Sand, the boundary of the sea, [2008]404; house built on, [2009]446.
Satan aims most at the advanced, [2010]334, [2011]342; messengers of, [2012]337; would have men reckoned gods, [2013]338; called to account by Jehovah, [2014]338; accuses Job, [2015]339; assails him, [2016]339; foiled by Job's patience, [2017]341; man has nothing in common with, [2018]343; his rage against Antioch, [2019]344; how he resisted, [2020]357; his spite at Job, [2021]366; greatest efforts abortive, [2022]367, [2023]386; most defeated by the righteous in adversity, [2024]371; arts of, to keep alive anger, [2025]398; attempts of, thwarted by God, [2026]419, [2027]439; specially flourishes amidst oaths, [2028]433; agency of, in the case of Saul and the honey, [2029]434, [2030]436; reason of, urging Jonathan to eat, [2031]434; a fowler, [2032]441; service of, often hard, [2033]469; author of swearing, [2034]470; our sole enemy, [2035]476; disappointed at the Emperor's clemency, [2036]485.
Saul, would not from hatred name David, [2037]393; his prohibition to eat defeated, [2038]433, [2039]436; rashness of, [2040]433, [2041]436; grief over Jonathan's confession, [2042]436; likely consequences of his oath, [2043]437.
Scene of remarkable events affects us, [2044]467.
School, severity of, [2045]381, [2046]449.
Sciences, application to spiritual subjects, [2047]407.
Scripture Holy, as a lyre and a trumpet, [2048]331; flowery meadow, [2049]331; a mine of wisdom, [2050]332; to be alleged in teaching, [2051]336, [2052]337; allegorical sense of, [2053]338, n.; course of reading, [2054]347, [2055]348, [2056]358, ns.; food from, [2057]348; consolation from every part of, [2058]391, [2059]394; an instance, [2060]391; not needed in the first ages, [2061]400; entirely agrees, [2062]403; slowness in explaining, [2063]446; sense of, with the clergy, [2064]447; accounts of the faithful verified in living Saints, [2065]455.
Seal, set on confiscated houses, [2066]427.
Seasons, order and harmony of, [2067]402.
Secresy, a sign of guilt, [2068]360.
Sedition, state of Antioch after, [2069]344, sqq.; raised by a few strangers, [2070]347, [2071]355, [2072]381; offenders in, punished, [2073]362; what befel messengers of, [2074]382; how punished, [2075]455; turned to the honour of the city, Bishop and Emperor, [2076]482.
Self-possession, the best defence against dangers, [2077]446.
Septuagint, followed by St. Chrysostom, [2078]340, n.
Sermons, daily during Lent, [2079]379, n.
Servants, sitting with, [2080]345; consulting with, [2081]363; dare not name their masters, [2082]394; runaway, how they break their chains, [2083]403; their spiritual good, needs attention, [2084]405; have masters to overcome sloth, [2085]429; flogging of, [2086]432; not remitting debts at their master's bidding, [2087]478.
Servility to the powerful, [2088]474, n.
Severity before indulgence, [2089]449.
Shame, of sinning before inferiors, [2090]428; of not serving God better after great mercies, [2091]438; to wait for advances to reconciliation, [2092]474.
Sheep, parable of, [2093]430.
Ship without pilot and crew, [2094]408.
Shipwreck in retrospect, [2095]426; spectators of, help by their prayers, [2096]426; of the state, [2097]452.
Sick, the, glutton a pitiable object, [2098]387.
Sickle, flying, seen by the Prophet, [2099]443.
Sickness, borne cheerfully, [2100]332; no bar to zeal, [2101]334; proves wealth vain, [2102]351; no great evil, [2103]397; past is pleasant to remember, [2104]420; an instructor, [2105]429; of St. Chrysostom, [2106]464.
Silence, from suspicion, [2107]426.
Significant, [2108]480; the only hope of offenders, [2109]484.
Simplicity of the country clergy, [2110]465; of the Apostles, [2111]466.
Sin, most hurtful in good men, [2112]334; comes not of God's work, [2113]335; pardon of, through affliction, [2114]340, [2115]387; shared by indifference, [2116]348; how focused in pride, [2117]348; pardon of, through alms, [2118]351; through forgiving others, [2119]355; by Priests, [2120]356; on repentance, [2121]362; to be reproved, [2122]360; our own to be examined, [2123]360; sure to find us out, [2124]363, [2125]378; removed through tribulation, [2126]365, [2127]385; alone to be dreaded, [2128]372, [2129]374, [2130]387; blotted out by grief, [2131]376, [2132]461; by death, [2133]376, [2134]390; here punished better, [2135]385; is misery punishment aside, [2136]387; strikes dumb, [2137]393; consciousness of makes cowards, [2138]396; makes vulnerable, [2139]397; to abstain from, no labour, [2140]398; those easily avoided most punished, [2141]411; forgiven, not to be forgotten, [2142]418; the skein of our, [2143]433; increased by frequent instruction, [2144]438; remitted in the Eucharist, [2145]444, n.; is dishonour, [2146]456; great witness against, perpetuated, [2147]466; excludes from holy Communion, [2148]472; all, exposed at the Judgment, [2149]430.
Sinner, the, like chaff, [2150]397.
Sisters dividing an inheritance in peace, [2151]402.
Slander, to be buried, [2152]360; a snare of Satan, [2153]360.
Sleep, sweet to the weary, [2154]352; a medicine, [2155]395.
Sloth, requires chastisement, [2156]431; banished by fear, [2157]439; danger of, under prosperity, [2158]452, [2159]463.
Snares, beset us on all sides, [2160]440; wife, children, etc., may become, [2161]441; same, catch men again, [2162]441.
Sobriety, needful before going to church, [2163]400; of country people, [2164]466.
Socrates, on the faculty of women for learning, [2165]470, n.; opinions on punishment, [2166]375, n.
Sodom, its greatness no defense, [2167]456; a perpetual witness, [2168]466.
Soldiers, Christians are, [2169]357; Christian, incapacitated by dread, [2170]376; employed at the trials at Antioch, [2171]426; intemperate particularly in battle, [2172]433; on guard prevent robbers, [2173]439; alert for conquest, [2174]459; reverence their officers, [2175]472.
Solomon, made trial of luxury, [2176]352; his thoughts on mirth, [2177]440; learned in Art and Science by God, [2178]456.
Sores, treatment of, [2179]387.
Sorrow, an occasion of joy to Saints, [2180]461.
Soul, the, to be adorned for Christ's dwelling, [2181]350; medicine for, [2182]358; the only proper object of concern, [2183]397; subject to infirmity to prevent pride, [2184]414; wounded by swearing, [2185]438; stedfast, is proof against danger, [2186]446; of unconverted, an old wine-skin, [2187]449; philosophy of the even, in all events, [2188]454; dignity of, in virtue, [2189]457; like the body as affected from without, [2190]462; the seat of philosophy, [2191]465; beauty of, to be admired, [2192]466; under the fear of God like a rusty tool in the furnace, [2193]480; sign of greatness of, looking to God, [2194]482.
Spark, falling on the ocean, [2195]460.
Speculations, on the Universe above us, [2196]411; folly of, [2197]421; improper on Divine commands, [2198]447.
Speech, how precious, is certain, [2199]332; how restrained, [2200]397.
Spider, not esteemed because he toils for himself, [2201]420.
Spirit Holy, gives matter for discourse, [2202]332, [2203]347; all His gifts munificent, [2204]332; His gold needs His flame, [2205]332; enters not where wrath is, [2206]479.
Stability, type of, [2207]402.
Stadium, [2208]416, n.
Stars, like flowers, [2209]408.
State, without Rulers, illustrated, [2210]381; dependence of members on each other in, [2211]417; not saved by multitude, [2212]457.
Statuary's skill on rude materials, [2213]414.
Statues, of the Emperor demolished, [2214]344; a device of Satan, [2215]439; Theodosius's mother and wife, dishonoured, [2216]484, n.; for humaneness, [2217]485; of Constantine, dishonoured, [2218]485.
Stibadium, [2219]489, n.
Storm, approaching, [2220]446.
Striving, lawful, what, [2221]357, n.
Substance, [2222]362.
Suffering, for Christ, our glory, [2223]447; fellowship in, soothes, [2224]339.
Sun, transcends nature, [2225]404; a bridegroom: not a god, [2226]410; in constant motion, [2227]419.
Superfluous, what seems, may be full of Divine wisdom, [2228]332.
Surfeit, breaks sleep, [2229]352.
Suspiciousness from guilt, [2230]396.
Swearer, ought to reflect on martyrdom of St. John B., [2231]432; house of, ruined, [2232]443.
Swearing, [2233]363, [2234]370, [2235]379, [2236]394, [2237]417, [2238]424, [2239]443; easily overcome, [2240]370, [2241]379, [2242]388, [2243]398, [2244]437; methods of overcoming, [2245]370, [2246]379; the excuse answered when imposed by another, [2247]380, [2248]398; no excuse that others swear, [2249]388; insult to God shewn by, [2250]304; substitute for, [2251]398, [2252]481; mode adopted to overcome, [2253]399; the easier the worse, [2254]411; abstaining from a Divine precept, [2255]425; of contraries common in many relations, [2256]432; Satan lies in wait for, [2257]432, [2258]433; doubling of Saul in, [2259]437; to abstain from easier than to obey the Emperor, [2260]437; forbidden by Christ, [2261]444; worse in Christians than in Jews, [2262]469; comes of negligence, [2263]470; all, from Satan, [2264]470; difficulty of curing, imaginary, [2265]479; not to be cured little by little, [2266]480.
Sympathy in the joy of others, [2267]429.
Synagogue at Daphne, [2268]457, n.
Table of spiritual food from Holy Writ, [2269]348; of the rich not relished, [2270]351.
Talents, parable of, [2271]348; ten thousand, parable of, [2272]355, [2273]478.
Tarentines, drunkenness and luxury of, [2274]400, n.
Taxes, [2275]363, [2276]398; indignation caused by, [2277]374.
Teacher, the, a title of St. Paul, [2278]332; to take fit seasons, [2279]413; number of natural, [2280]430; differs from the artificer as to consequences, shares in the merit of his scholars, [2281]487.
Temperance, naturally approves itself, [2282]428; practice of severe, [2283]429.
Temple, the, honoured by God, dishonoured by sinners, [2284]456.
Thankfulness, in trouble rewarded, [2285]341.
Thanksgiving, contrasted with blasphemy, [2286]342; [2287]343, equals cross-bearing, [2288]385; for favours procures others, [2289]412; repeated, [2290]412, [2291]425, [2292]450; in distress, [2293]452; for evils, [2294]489.
Theatres, forbidden, [2295]359; one opposite the church, [2296]439; cause many evils, [2297]442, [2298]455.
Theodosius, statues of, thrown down, [2299]344, [2300]362; embassy to, [2301]354; hopes from his piety and clemency, [2302]355, [2303]356, [2304]453, [2305]457; baptized, [2306]355; compared to Ahasuerus, [2307]356; tax levied by, [2308]361, n.; not present when insulted, [2309]362; his religious character, [2310]383, [2311]487; opposite acts from, [2312]383, n.; closing of the baths, [2313]437; stopped public amusements as a punishment, [2314]455; like a father in demeaning Antioch, [2315]455; reverence of, for Priests, [2316]483; reception of Flavian, [2317]484; his upbraiding, restitution produced, [2318]485; greater in pardoning than in succouring Antioch, [2319]486; by pardoning shews the power of Christianity, [2320]486; reasons for his expecting a reward from God, [2321]487; an example to posterity, [2322]487; bidden to consider the Judgment, [2323]488; pardons Antioch, imitating Jesus, [2324]488; proofs of his entire forgiveness, [2325]488.
Thessalonica, massacre at, [2326]383, n.
Thirst gives relish to drink, [2327]352.
Thoughts, bad, how dispelled, [2328]331; government of, [2329]357.
Three Children, delivered by prayer, [2330]367; song of, in use every where and always, [2331]367, n.; a surpassing miracle variously tried upon, [2332]367; the reverse of the idolaters, [2333]368; example of, [2334]376, [2335]385; they and their executioners like gold and hay, [2336]385; freedom and wisdom of, [2337]386; motives in disobeying the king, [2338]387.
Times, stated, proper for contending with particular bad habits, [2339]370, [2340]388; different things for different times, [2341]401.
Timothy, St., power of, with God, [2342]332; his labours, [2343]333, [2344]335; his abstinence, [2345]333; spiritual son and yokefellow to St. Paul, [2346]334; resolution in self-discipline, [2347]335.