The Art of Mental Prayer

Contents Include: Part I Preliminaries: The 'Gap' in the Religious Situation of Today - What is the Christian Life? - The Object and Necessity of Mental Prayer - Part II Methods: Ignatian - Franciscan - Carmelite - Salesian - Liguria - Oratorian - Part III Explanations: Some Chief Difficulties of Mental Prayer - The Ascetic and Spiritual Preparation for Prayer - Progress in the Life of Prayer - Direction of Souls in the Life of Prayer - An Analysis of the Teaching of St. John of the Cross on the State of Beginners - Bibliography