Taking, then, for granted that prayer is necessary for the attainment of eternal life, we should consequently, also, take for granted that everyone has sufficient aid from God to enable him actually to pray, without need of any further special grace; and that by prayer he may obtain all other graces necessary to enable him to persevere in keeping the Commandments, and so gain eternal life; so that no one who is lost can ever excuse himself by saying that it was through want of the aid necessary for his salvation. For as God, in the natural order, has ordained that man should be born naked,...

Chapter I Mental Prayer 5 I. Mental Prayer is Morally Necessary for Salvation It Enlightens the Mind 5 It Disposes the Heart to the Practice of Virtues 6 It Helps Us to Pray as We Should 8 II. Mental Prayer is Indispensable in Order to Attain Perfection 10 III. The Ends of Mental Prayer 14 To Unite Ourselves to God 14 To Obtain Grace from God 16 We Ought not to Seek in Mental Prayer Spiritual Consolations 17 IV. Principal Subjects of Meditation 18 V. The Place and the Time Suitable for Meditation 20 VI. Manner of Making Mental Prayer 24 Preparation 24 The Meditation 26 The Conclusion 31 VII....

THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST I. The sacrifices of the Old Law were figures of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ 4 II. Fulfilment of the prophetic figures 8 SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE PRAYERS OF MASS 13 HEARING MASS 39 PIOUS EXERCISE to acquire the proper disposition for making a good Confession 42 ACTS FOR HOLY COMMUNION. I. Preparation for Communion 48 Acts before Communion 51 II. Thanksgiving after Communion 55 Acts after Communion 56 LOVING ASPIRATIONS to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Before Communion 64 After Communion 73 HYMNS Holy Communion. 84 To Jesus after Communion 85

Another rare Catholic Classic by St Alphonsus M Liguori, CSSR brought back into print. 258 pages. CONTENTS I. Power Of The Passion Of Jesus Christ 6 II. Darts Of Fire 26 III. Meditations On The Passion For Every Day Of The Week 62 IV. The Love Of Souls 78 V. Fifteen Meditations On The Passion Of Jesus Christ To Be Made During The Fifteen Days Commencing On The Saturday Before Passion Sunday, And Ending On Holy Saturday 177 VI. Three Meditations For Easter 198 VII. Novena To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus 203 VIII. Exercise Of The Way Of The Cross 237 IX. Prayers To Jesus By The Merit Of Each...