The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ

Alphonsus Liguori

• Publisher: TAN Books
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN:
  9781505133868
• Topic: Theology & Religion

The Incarnation stands at the center of human history. We judge time based on this event. There is the time before Christ and after Christ. In The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ, Saint Alphonsus Liguori takes the mind and heart on a grace-filled journey through these three divine mysteries. Through discourses and meditations, he gives the reader rich theology to feed the mind and simple, powerful wisdom to lead the soul to a child-like faith in the God who became a child for our salvation.His discourses will guide you through the humility of God and how the Eternal Word being great became little, being Lord became a servant, being innocent became as it were guilty, being strong became weak, and much more. The incarnation, birth, and infancy of Jesus Christ are inexhaustible mysteries that deserve our meditation and prayerful attention. Our Lord becomes vulnerable to a ruthless world and is placed in the care of the Holy Family. In a similar manner, Our Lord becomes vulnerable in the Eucharist and places Himself into our care to either be loved or rejected.Saint Alphonsus takes the reader deeper into the divine mystery of who Jesus Christ is and provides meditations for everyday during Advent, the Novena of Christmas, the Octave of Christmas, Epiphany, and the Octave of Epiphany, as well. His meditations are filled with illustrative wisdom about the smallest details of Our Lords early life. He writes of the poverty of Our Lord, the goodness and love of God expressed in the Incarnation, the restoration of life through the sending of the Son, Christ as the fountain of grace, physician of souls, and so much more. These meditations are the perfect material for a fruitful Advent Season, and his insights can be visited again throughout the year for your spiritual benefit.

Table of contents

• The Incarnation, Birth, And Infancy of Jesus Christ
• Copyright
• Contents
• Publisher’s Note
• The Mysteries of the Faith the Incarnation
• Discourses for the Novena of Christmas
• Discourse for Christmas Night: The Birth of Jesus Christ
• Discourse on the Name of Jesus
• Examples of the Infant Jesus
• Meditations for Every Day of Advent
• Meditations for the Novena of Christmas656
• Bitterness of the Heart of Jesus in the Womb of His Mother.
• The Passion of Jesus Lasted During His Whole Life.
• Meditations for the Octave of Christmas, and for the Following Days Until the Epiphany
• Meditations for the Octave of the Epiphany
• Other Meditations for the First Eight Days of Advent796
• Other Meditations for the Novena of Christmas
• Another Meditation for the Feast of the Circumcision
• Another Meditation for the Feast of the Epiphany.
• Another Meditation for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus.825
• Hymns
• I. Ode on the Birth of Our Saviour Jesus Christ
• Stations of the Infant Jesus
• Indulgences Attached to the Exercises of Piety in Honor of the Infant Jesus
• Darts of Fire: Proofs That Jesus Has Given Us His Love in the Work of Redemption829
• Pious Sentiments of a Soul That Desires to Belong Entirely to Jesus Christ
• Sighs of Love Towards God.
• Aspirations of Love to Jesus Christ
• Maxims for the Direction of a Soul That Desires to Attain Perfection in the Love of Jesus Christ
• Acts That the Christian Should Perform Every Day938
• Manner of Making Mental Prayer
• Short Aspirations For the Twelve Greatest Solemnities in the Year—Seven of Our Lord and Five of the Blessed Virgin—Which May Be Used at Any Other Time and on Any Day, According to Each One’s Devotion.
• Hymn
• Novena to the Holy Name of Jesus940
• Hymn959
• Endnotes