The Meaning of Life and Other Essays: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Meaning of Life and Other Essays, credited to Alban Goodier, S.J., is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Meaning of Life and Other Essays by Alban Goodier, S.J.. Read in English by Judith Ignacio. Even with the best intentions, we can often get caught up in the affairs of this world and forget about God. To stay on the path to Heaven we must make, from time to time, an examination of our life's heading. This collection of essays reminds us to live for God rather than for ourselves, encourages us to rise above the concerns and cares of our daily life, and places God's existence - rather than possessions or success - as the true meaning of our lives. . . . While he was the superior of the young Jesuits at Manresa House, Roehampton, Rev. Alban Goodier wrote these essays in 1913 for the newly-launched Stella Maris Magazine, a monthly Jesuit periodical published by Campion House, Osterley. The collection was published as a book the following year by Burns Oates & Washbourne, bearing a Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur. - Summary by Judith Ignacio

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Meaning of Life and Other Essays
• Author credits: Alban Goodier, S.J.
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 3:59:09

Catalogue topics

• life
• Catholic
• christian
• spirituality
• meaning
• jesuit

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 1:03
2. 01 - Spiritual Life — 10:52
3. 02 - Worldliness — 11:14
4. 03 - The Fact of God — 12:07
5. 04 - The Fact of Sin — 11:59
6. 05 - Abiding Sorrow — 5:25
7. 06 - Innocence — 10:44
8. 07 - Sanctity and Temptation — 10:35
9. 08 - The Fact of Death — 12:47
10. 09 - Death and Life — 11:50
11. 10 - The Blessed Sacrament — 5:29
12. 11 - Holy Communion — 11:43
13. 12 - Vocation — 9:31
14. 13 - Jesus Christ — 11:21
15. 14 - Taking Sides — 11:01
16. 15 - The Character of Christ — 11:05
17. 16 - The Human Side of Christ — 10:37
18. 17 - Three Types (Pt 1) — 14:58
19. 18 - Three Types (Pt 2) — 11:09
20. 19 - Prayer — 11:26
21. 20 - Example — 9:27
22. 21 - Passion and Compassion — 11:22
23. 22 - The Name of Mary — 11:24

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