An Index to Pierre de Bérulle's "Works of Piety"

Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1575-1629) wrote many little passages for various occasions: sermons, retreats, reflections, circular letters, etc.  After his death, these varied works were collated into a collection known as the Diverse Little Works of Piety, or Works of Piety for short (in French, Œuvres de pieté, hence the abbreviation OP).  One of my long-term goals is a publication of all of these; for now, I am translating them piecemeal as the need or inspiration arises.

Below is an index of all of my OP translations and where to find them; I will add to them as more are translated, and I may also fill in all the titles in the future. 

 

The Works of Piety of Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle 


OP I: God is the Principle and the End of the Creature

OP II: Eternal Life Is to Know God and Jesus Christ, His Son Whom He Has Sent

OP III: God and Jesus Christ Are Distinct Objects of the Devotion of Christians

OP IV: United to God and to Jesus Christ 

OP V: Our Duties Towards God and Towards Jesus Christ

OP VI: God, Jesus, and Mary Are Life and Source of Life

OP VII: On the Holy Trinity, of the Incarnation Accomplished in Honor and Imitation of the Holy Trinity, and of the Vocation of Christians to Contemplation

OP VIII: On the Fullness of God in the Mystery of the Incarnation 

OP IX: On the Feast of the Annunciation

OP X: On the Four Dwellings of the Incarnated Word Before He Appears in the World, and the Obligation of Christians to Honor This Mystery

OP XI: On the Three Sojourns of Jesus, in the Bosom of the Father, in the Womb of His Mother, in the Womb or Altar of the Church

OP XII:  On the Samaritan, and on the Three Dwellings of Jesus: in God His Father, in Our Humanity, on the Cross [Partial]

OP XIII: The Sovereignty of God and of Jesus Christ Through the Mystery of the Incarnation

OP XIV: On the Mystery of the Incarnation and of the Graces and Advantages Which It Communicates to All of Human Nature  

OP XV: On the Mystery of the Incarnation: At the Time of Advent

OP XVI: Consideration on Jesus at the Moment of the Incarnation

OP XVII: That, in the Incarnation, It Is Necessary to Distinguish the Substance of the Mystery and the Economy or Dispensation of the Same Mystery, Which Consists in Diverse States Which the Son of God Has Deigned to Take and to Honor by His Divine Subsistence During His Life on Earth

OP XVIII: Another Discourse Containing a Greater Clarification of the Same Subject

[Note: In the first collection of Bérulle's works, by François Bourgoing, OP XVIII was part of OP XVII; in Jean-Paul Migne's later, expanded collection, the two were split.  This means that, for the remainder of the OP below, the numbers would be one less in Bourgoing's original collection.]

OP XIX: The Incarnation Is a Mystery Where the Unity and Distinction Which Are Found in God Shine Forth

OP XX: On the Name “Son of Man,” Which Jesus Christ So Often Gives Himself

OP XXI: On the Gift of God, on the Manner of Receiving Him, and on Giving Oneself to Him; About These Words: Si scires donum Dei [If you knew the gift of God] 

OP XXII: Dispositions of the Soul With Regard to the Mystery of the Incarnation 

OP XXIII: The Grandeurs of the Month of March, Or the Mysteries Accomplished in This Month

OP XXIV: Operations of the Three Divine Persons in the Incarnation

OP XXV: On the Use, As Much Human as Divine, Which Belongs to Jesus Christ, As Much With Regard to His Own Humanity as With Regard to Us 

OP XXVI: On the Feast of the Annunciation

OP XXVII: On the Birth and Infancy of Jesus Within Mary and Outside of Mary 

OP XXVIII: On the Love of God and of Jesus Christ Towards Us in the Mystery of the Incarnation and on  Our Love Towards God and Jesus Christ

OP XXIX: Our Life Ought to Be by Jesus Christ and for Jesus Christ

OP XXX: On Jesus Christ As Life 

OP XXXI: Jesus Is Life in Many Ways, He Is Our Life, and We Ought to Be Occupied by His Life

OP XXXII: On Jesus As Life and Source of Life

OP XXXIII: On Jesus as Life, and as Living in Union with the Father and the Holy Spirit

OP XXXIV: Jesus Christ Is a Divine Capacity of Souls, and He is the Source of a Life by Which They Live in Him

OP XXXV: Words of Life in God and in Jesus Christ

OP XXXVI: On the Visitation

 

OP XXXVIII: On the Nativity of Jesus

 

OP LX: The Source of the Death and Passion of Jesus Is the Love He Bears Us (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXI: Beginning of the Passion of the Son of God in the Resurrection of Lazarus (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXII: The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus Are the Occasion of the Death of Jesus (also in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXIII: Beginning of the Passion of Jesus, and Explanation of These Words: Ecce ascendimus Jerosolymam, etc.(in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXIV: Progress of the Passion of Jesus (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXV: The Seizing of Jesus in the Garden (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXVI: On the Three Agonies of Jesus (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXVII: The Scourging of Jesus Christ (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXVIII: On the Inner Sufferings of Jesus — On the Feelings of the Son of God With Regard to His Most Holy Passion (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXIX: On the Cries of Jesus on the Cross, and on the Opening of His Side by the Iron of the Lance (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXX: On the Devotion of the Church to the Passion of Our Lord (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXXI: On the Devotion of the Church to the Passion of Our Lord on Friday (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

OP LXXII: On the Devotion of Friday (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

 

OP C: On Saint Magdalene, Regarding These Words: Apparuit primo Mariæ Magdalenæ [He first appeared to Mary Magdalene] (in Elevation to Jesus Christ Regarding Saint Mary Magdalene) 

OP CI: On Saint Martha and the Active Life (in Elevation to Jesus Christ Regarding Saint Mary Magdalene) 


OP CIII: Catechesis of the Son of God to the Samaritan Woman, and Explanation of These Words: Si scires donum Dei (Jn 4:4)

 

OP CXLII: On the Redemption of Man Through the Cross (in "On the Passion of Christ") 

 

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