1.

Only the first of the homilies ( The Golden Chain) was printed during Rosmini's lifetime. The entire collection was first published in Italian under the title La Dottrina della Carità (Teaching on Charity), then as Il Maestro d'Amore (The Teacher of Love).

2.

In the homilies, Rosmini refers to three of his works which can be found in English:
Maxims of Christian Perfection (London, 1962);
Theodicy (London, 1893);
Constitutions of the Institute of Charity (Durham,1989).
Several other works of Rosmini are used in the Appendix:
The Philosophy of Right, volumes 1 (Essence of Right) & 4 (Rights in God's Church) (Durham, 1993-4)
The Philosophy of Politics, volume 2 (Society and its Purpose) (Durham 1994)
Catechism according to the Order of Ideas (London, 1874)
Conscience (Durham, 1989)

3.

The subheadings in the homilies are the work of the Italian and English editors.

4.

A variety of translations of holy Scripture has been used. Rosmini's own translation, which normally adhered to the Vulgate, cannot always be accurately matched by any single one of our English-language translations.

5.

Rosmini's highly refined use of language is often integral to the understanding of his teaching. A glossary has been appended, therefore, to assist comprehension of words which are in normal use in English, but have a more basic significance for Rosmini than their present everyday meaning,

6.

One highly rhetorical passage has been omitted [...] from the fifth homily