A Topic of Moral Theology
Solitude and Recollection
The love of solitude, the avoidance of idleness, and recollection of mind in the midst of occupation.
Also asked about as…
avoiding idleness · being alone with god (ed.)
In the index as SOLITUDE: love of solitude · WORK, of the hands, its utility · IDLENESS, an evil that should be avoided · PRESENCE of God, effects produced by this holy exercise
In the manuals
The True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Ch. XVI, Solitude, and the Presence of God, nn. ¶2170, ¶2171, ¶2172, ¶2173, ¶2180, ¶2182, ¶2183, ¶2185, ¶2189, ¶2192, ¶2197, ¶2198, ¶2201, ¶2202, ¶2206, ¶2212, ¶2213, ¶2216, ¶2217, ¶2222, ¶2223, ¶2225, ¶2229, ¶2230 & ¶2231 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Modesty — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)