Oratory of the Faithful Soul

Name: Oratory of the Faithful Soul
Author: Louis of Blois (Blosius)

Louis of Blois (1506–1566), known in Latin as Blosius, was a Flemish Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer. Educated as a page at the court of the future emperor Charles V, he entered Liessies Abbey at fourteen and became its abbot in 1530, declining an archbishopric to devote himself to reforming his monastery and writing. Our library holds his Mirror for Monks and other spiritual works in English translation.

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First published: 1550
Category: Devotional
Length: 24k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 31

About this book

A collection of devotional prayers by Louis of Blois, the Flemish Benedictine abbot known as Blosius. The Oratory of the Faithful Soul gathers short, fervent prayers and ejaculations for use through the day — on rising, at Mass, in temptation, and at night — in the tradition of sixteenth-century Catholic devotion. Its warmth made Blosius a favorite of praying readers.

Approbation.
Preface.
Adoration of the Most Holy Trinity.
Sunday Morning.
Sunday Evening.
Monday Morning. 🔒
Monday Evening. 🔒
Tuesday Morning. 🔒
Tuesday Evening. 🔒
Wednesday Morning. 🔒
Wednesday Evening. 🔒
Thurday Morning. 🔒
Thursday Evening. 🔒
Friday Morning. 🔒
Friday Evening. 🔒
Saturday Morning. 🔒
Saturday Evening. 🔒
This Exercise may be used daily after each of the foregoing ones with great spiritual profit and advancement. 🔒
Sunday. 🔒
Monday. 🔒
Tuesday. 🔒
Wednesday. 🔒
Thursday. 🔒
Friday. 🔒
Saturday. 🔒
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VI. 🔒