• Introduction
• I. EXCELLENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION
  • A. Greatness of Your Title
  • B. The Two Companies
• II. THE PRACTICES OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION
  • [A. If anyone wants to follow me]
  • [B. Let him renounce himself]
  • [C. Let him take up his cross]
    • [1. Nothing is so necessary]
    • [2. Nothing is so useful and so agreeable]
    • [3. Nothing is so glorious]
  • [D. Let him follow me]
  • [The fourteen rules]
    • [1. Not to deliberately cause crosses, by one's own fault]
    • [2. Be aware of one's neighbour's good]
    • [3. Admire the sublime virtue of the saints without pretending to attain to it]
    • [4. Ask God for the wisdom of the cross]
    • [5. Humble oneself for one's faults, without worrying]
    • [6. God humbles us to purify us]
    • [7. Avoid the trap of pride in one's crosses]
    • [8. Profit by little sufferings rather than great ones]
    • [9. Love crosses, not with an emotional love, but with rational and supernatural love]
    • [10. Suffer all sorts of crosses, without exception and without choice]
    • [11. Four considerations for suffering well]
      • [a. The eye of God]
      • [b. The hand of God]
      • [c. The wounds and sufferings of Christ crucified]
      • [d. Heaven above; hell below]
    • [12. Never complain against creatures]
    • [13. Accept the cross only with gratitude]
    • [14. Take up some voluntary crosses]