You Looked at Me: The Spiritual Testimony of Claudine Moine [Hardcover]

Standing comparison with the great confessions of spirituality in Christian literature, this is the autobiographical account of the spiritual development of a French seamstress who lived in the middle years of the 17th century.Preface Acknowledgements Introduction First Account: Autobiography 1. Preliminary Oblation 2. How God watched over me 3. I received in my mind a very great light 4. Three states of my soul 5. I have scarcely ever received graces except through Holy Communion 6. My exercises and occupations Second Account: Deepening 7. Preliminary Invocation 8. Spiritual combat 9. Infused lights 10. The Holy Sacrament 11. The Great Darkness 12. Conclusion Third Account: Light 13. Lights on the mysteries of Christ 14. Lights on the mysteries of God 15. Effects and value of the divine action Fourth Account: On Prayer 16. Three stages of parayer 17. Familiarity of Jesus Christ with the soul 18. How God speaks to the soul 19. What disposes to prayer 20. Effects of prayer 21. Excellence of the divine communications 22. General conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index