of James, and Salome go to the sepulchre, saying: (Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre ?)

2. They see the stone rolled back, and an angel, who says: (Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth . . . He is risen; He is not here). 3. He appeared to Mary Magdalene, who remained at the sepulchre after the other women had departed.

OF THE THIRD APPEARANCE

(S. Matt. xxviii. 8-10; *S. Mark xvi. 8)

1. These Maries go out from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, desiring to announce to the disciples the Resurrection of the Lord.

2. Christ our Lord appeared to them on the way, saying: (All hail! And they came and held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him).

3. Jesus says to them: (Be not afraid : go, tell My brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see Me).

OF THE FOURTH APPEARANCE

(S. Luke xxiv. 12 and 35)

1. When S. Peter had heard from the women that Christ had risen, he went quickly to the sepulchre.

2. Entering the sepulchre, he saw nothing else but the linen clothes with which the Body of Christ our Lord had been covered. 3. While S. Peter was thinking on these things, Christ appeared to Him; whence the Apostles said: (The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon).

(S. Luke xxiv. 13-35; *S. Mark xvi. 12, 13)

1. He appears to two disciples who were on their way to Emmaus, and were talking of Christ.

2. He upbraids them, showing by the Scriptures that it was needful for Christ to die and to rise again: (0 fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?)

3. At their entreaties He remained there, and was with them until having given them Communion He disappeared; and they

returning told the disciples how they had recognized Him in Communion.

OF THE SIXTH APPEARANCE

(S. John xx. 19-23; *S. Mark xvi. 14; S. Luke xxiv. 36–43)

1. The disciples were assembled through fear of the Jews, with the exception of S. Thomas.

2. Jesus appeared to them, the doors being shut, and standing in their midst, He says: (Peace be unto you).

3. He gives them the Holy Ghost, saying to them: (Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them).

OF THE SEVENTH APPEARANCE

(S. John xx. 24-29)

1. S. Thomas, being incredulous because he had not been present at the preceding appearance, says: (Except I shall see... I will not believe).

2. Eight days after Jesus appeared again to them, the doors being shut, and says to S. Thomas: (Reach hither thy finger, and behold My hands... and be not faithless, but believing).

3. S. Thomas, believing, says: (My Lord and my God). To whom Christ says: (Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed).

OF THE EIGHTH APPEARANCE

(S. John xxi. 1–24)

1. Jesus manifests Himself to seven of His disciples who were fishing, and who during the whole night had caught nothing. And casting the net at His bidding, (they were not able to draw it for the multitude of the fishes).

2. S. John recognized Him by this miracle, and said to S. Peter : (It is the Lord). S. Peter thereupon cast himself into the sea, and came to Christ.

3. He gave them (10) bread and fish; and having thrice interrogated S. Peter on his love for Him, He commended to him His sheep, and says to him: (Feed My sheep).

(10) The Autograph has "part of a broiled fish and a honeycomb," which is plainly a mistake.

OF THE NINTH APPEARANCE

(S. Matt. xxviii. 16-20)

1. The disciples at the command of the Lord go to a mountain in Galilee.

2. Christ appears to them, and says: (All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth).

3. He sent them to preach throughout the whole world, saying: (Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost).

OF THE TENTH APPEARANCE

(1 Cor. xv. 6)

(After that, He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once) (11).

(11) This is probably the same as the last appearance recorded by S. Matthew.

OF THE ELEVENTH APPEARANCE

(1 Cor. xv. 7)

(After that, He was seen of James.)

OF THE TWELFTH APPEARANCE

He appeared to Joseph of Arimathaea, as may piously be thought, and as we read in the Lives of the Saints.

OF THE THIRTEENTH APPEARANCE

(1 Cor. xv. 8)

He appeared after His Ascension to S. Paul: (Last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time).

OF THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST OUR LORD

(Acts i. 1-12; *S. Mark xvi. 19, 20; S. Luke xxiv. 44-53)

1. After Christ our Lord had showed Himself for forty days to the Apostles, giving them many infallible proofs that He was alive, (and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God), He

commanded them to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Ghost whom He had promised them.

2. He led them forth to Mount Olivet, and in their presence (He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight). 3. While they were looking up to heaven angels say to them: (Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven) (12).

(12) S. Ignatius ends the series of contemplations on the Mysteries with the Ascension, but there is no reason why we should not go on to meditate upon the mystery of Pentecost, and other subjects taken from the Acts of the Apostles, and also the mysteries of our Lord's heavenly priesthood, and our life in union with Him through the Spirit, as it is portrayed in the Epistles of S. Paul and the other Apostles.

[RULES FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS]

I

Rules for in some manner perceiving and examining (1) the various movements excited in the soul: the good, in order that they may be · admitted; the bad, in order that they may be rejected (2). And these rules are more suitable for the First Week.

(1) For in some manner perceiving and examining. Besides helping us to examine and discern between the various spirits which move us, these rules also help us to perceive and note the movements themselves, to which many uninstructed persons pay little or no attention. But they help us only in some manner. They do not dispense with the necessity of having a director to assist us in their application, nor of constant and earnest prayer for that special gift of grace which S. Paul calls 'discerning of spirits' (1 Cor. xii. 10).

For further remarks upon these rules and their use, see Additional Note Q, p. 262.

(2) Scholastic Theology teaches that besides those thoughts and impulses which have their origin in our own minds, or which our own wills call up, there are two other kinds, which come from without. On the one hand the soul experiences certain movements both of the intellect and of the will, which are called illuminations, inspirations, and divine motions, and these are produced sometimes immediately by God Himself, sometimes by the holy angels, especially our guardian angel (Suarez, De Relig., lib. IX, cap. v. 31, 32; De Angelis, lib. VI, cap. xvi.). On the other hand the devil and his angels inspire evil thoughts and desires, or, in the case of those who have made some progress in the spiritual life, they will often try to perplex and disquiet them with scruples and false reasonings, or else to imitate the movements of God and of the good angels, in order to deceive them.

The rules which follow are designed to help us to distinguish