SUNDAYS AND PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS

OF THE YEAR, Midford Castle,

ON THE

MOST IMPORTANT TRUTHS AND MAXIMS OF THE

GOSPEL.

1852,

BY THE

REV. W. GAHAN, O. S. A. EX-PROV.

Preach the Word, urge in Season and out of Season: Reprove, beseech
rebuke in all Patience and Doctrine.

2 Tim. c. iv. v. 2.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORrected.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

DUBLIN:

PRINTED BY RICHARD COYNE,
4, CAPEL-STREET,

PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE
OF ST. PATRICK, MAYNOOTH, AND PUBLISHER
TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS

OF IRELAND;

AND SOLD IN LONDON BY KEATING AND BROWN.

1825.

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

I. PENTECOST-SUNDAY. On the Descent of the Holy

Ghost,

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II. Trinity-Sunday. On the Sacrament of Baptism,

III. First Sunday after Pentecost. On the Necessity and sig-

nal Advantages of Alms and Works of Mercy,

IV. Second Sunday after Pentecost, being the Sunday within

the Octave of Corpus-Christi-Day. On the tran-

scendent Dignity and Excellency of the Sacrament of

the Eucharist,

V. Third Sunday after Pentecost. On the Holy Sacrifice of

the Mass,

VI. Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. On referring all our de-

liberate Actions to the honour and glory of God,

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VII. Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. On the difference between

true and false Virtue,

VIII. Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. On Christian Temperance

and Sobriety,

IX. Twenty-fourth Day of June. On the Nativity of St. John

the Baptist,

X. Seventh Sunday after Pentecost.

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On the Necessity of an

operative Faith, accompanied with good Works and

the Practice of Christian Virtues,

- XI. Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. On corresponding with

the Grace of God,

XII. Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Jesus weeping over Jeru-

XIII. Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. On the dangerous Sin of

Pride and Vain-glory,

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XV. Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. On the Love of God

and of our Neighbour,

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