{"title":"Mental Prayer","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-love-of-jesus-crucified","title":"The Love of Jesus Crucified","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThere is no more efficient way to arrive at the perfect love of Jesus Christ than to meditate constantly on his Passion. The wounds of Jesus are darts and flames which wound the hardest hearts. If we think on the sufferings of our Saviour, it is impossible not to be inflamed with divine love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eT\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ehe charity of Christ presseth us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e —2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eCor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e. v. 14.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eNothing forces and presses\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"ql-cursor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e the soul of man so much as love. If a man knows that he is loved by any one, he feels himself forced to love him. Know, then, that Jesus has loved us so far as to suffer the death of the cross for us. Is not this to have our hearts put under a press, and to feel them squeezed and crushed so as to force out our love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe Love of Jesus Crucified\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e is taken from the meditations and colloquies contained in St. Alphonsus’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eMeditations on the Passion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e and his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eDarts of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e. In allowing the Doctor of the Church to guide your meditations, you will find it impossible to refrain from loving a God who has suffered so much to make us love him.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThis volume makes a great companion to mental prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/mqno\/\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"St. Alphonsus Liguori","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47876948099371,"sku":"9798989166183","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/Comingsoonshopify_6.png?v=1707797197"},{"product_id":"daily-practice-of-mental-prayer-and-of-divine-contemplation-volume-4","title":"Daily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation Volume 4 (June and July)","description":"\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eVolume 4 (June + July)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eDaily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eprovides the Christian soul with six volumes of daily meditations spanning the entirety of the calendar year according to the Church’s traditional liturgical cycle. Drawing almost exclusively from St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows equips the soul who embarks upon this practice of prayer with meditations concise in length but beaming with the truest spirituality, inflaming the soul with devotion and guiding it towards that unitive dwelling with God, both interior and silent, solitary and life-giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eIn using and utilizing this book, pray valiantly, without ceasing. May you think only of Christ, bearing the Cross and all sufferings for His sake. May you abound in the unceasing joy of His love whereby you may attain true purity of heart, and likewise, heavenly beatitude, for “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eMatt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003ev, 8).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,324px); width: 100%; height: 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/decq\/\" style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; top: 0;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48688759505195,"sku":"9781963696066","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/signal-2024-05-06-181925_012.jpg?v=1715097368"},{"product_id":"daily-practice-of-mental-prayer-and-of-divine-contemplation-volume-5-aug-sept","title":"Daily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation Volume 5 (Aug + Sept)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume 5 (August + September)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprovides the Christian soul with six volumes of daily meditations spanning the entirety of the calendar year according to the Church’s traditional liturgical cycle. Drawing almost exclusively from St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows equips the soul who embarks upon this practice of prayer with meditations concise in length but beaming with the truest spirituality, inflaming the soul with devotion and guiding it towards that unitive dwelling with God, both interior and silent, solitary and life-giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn using and utilizing this book, pray valiantly, without ceasing. May you think only of Christ, bearing the Cross and all sufferings for His sake. May you abound in the unceasing joy of His love whereby you may attain true purity of heart, and likewise, heavenly beatitude, for “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ev, 8).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/vjmx\/\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49338445791531,"sku":"9781963696141","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/image1.png?v=1721069808"},{"product_id":"golden-treatise-on-mental-prayer","title":"A Golden Treatise of Mental Prayer","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe Golden Treatise of Mental Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e provides a practical overview of the life of prayer. Written by St. Peter of Alcantara (1499 – 1562), a Franciscan of the Stricter Observance who was a spiritual director to St. Teresa of Avila, the treatise was once widely read and acclaimed by great saints, including St. Francis de Sales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eSt. Peter not only presents a concise method of mental prayer but also offers practical advice on when to deviate from the method. He further provides clear counsel on spiritual reading, strategies to overcome distractions, ways to persevere during spiritual dryness, and how to avoid an excessive inclination towards study during prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eHe helps the reader apply the teaching by providing guided meditations for each day of the week. The saint also offers a series of beautiful meditations on the Passion of Christ, inviting you to reflect deeply on His great sacrifice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eA biography of the saint, detailing his profound sanctity and rigorous ascetic observances, is also included. His life is a testament to the power of prayer and the transformative effects of a life dedicated to prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"St. Peter of Alcantara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49345942159659,"sku":"9781963696110","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/AfterlightImage_4.jpg?v=1721225254"},{"product_id":"the-practice-of-the-presence-of-god","title":"The Practice of the Presence of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this classic spiritual work, Brother Lawrence, a humble 17th-century Discalced Carmelite, gives a simple way to pray without ceasing—constant awareness of the presence of God. The lay brother was considered too unlettered to be a priest and was assigned to work in the kitchen. It was here he would learn to recollect himself continuously while performing all of his duties for the greater glory of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe became revered for his sanctity within the monastery and eventually his conversations, letters, and spiritual maxims were collected into this short work, The Practice of the Presence of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay this volume be a guide to the practice of recollection and provide a spark to enflame many hearts to persevere in the love of God by performing the duties of our state in life while constantly meditating on the presence of the most Holy Trinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A brief remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even while one may be running with sword in hand, are prayers which, however short they are, are nevertheless very pleasing to God.\" + Br. Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/urdh\/\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49390323466539,"sku":"9781963696165","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/d4940b03-2924-4f18-936a-6312e585bfc9.jpg?v=1722013586"},{"product_id":"daily-practice-of-mental-prayer-and-of-divine-contemplation-volume-6-october-november","title":"Daily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation Volume 6 (October + November)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume 6 (October + November)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprovides the Christian soul with six volumes of daily meditations spanning the entirety of the calendar year according to the Church’s traditional liturgical cycle. Drawing almost exclusively from St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows equips the soul who embarks upon this practice of prayer with meditations concise in length but beaming with the truest spirituality, inflaming the soul with devotion and guiding it towards that unitive dwelling with God, both interior and silent, solitary and life-giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn using and utilizing this book, pray valiantly, without ceasing. May you think only of Christ, bearing the Cross and all sufferings for His sake. May you abound in the unceasing joy of His love whereby you may attain true purity of heart, and likewise, heavenly beatitude, for “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ev, 8).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/yylm\/\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49668751425835,"sku":"9781963696226","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/IMG_2234.jpg?v=1728048106"},{"product_id":"progress-through-mental-prayer","title":"Progress Through Mental Prayer","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e“The instructions on prayer given to the public in these pages are meant to be a help for the ordinary soul. They are printed at the request of very many who are kind in stating that they have found them helpful to themselves. May they prove of use to others, inspire them with an ambition to cultivate an interior life, and bring them into close friendship with Jesus Christ.”—Fr. Leen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eIn his spiritual classic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eProgress Through Mental Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e, Fr. Edward Leen maps out the narrow way by which souls can progress in perfection through mental prayer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eHe traces out the progress of the soul in the purgative, illuminative, and unitive ways and how mental prayer changes in each.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eFr. Leen outlines a method of mental prayer for beginners before concluding with practical guidance on spiritual reading, mortification, silence, and recollection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e“In a word prayer may be considered a going to Jesus for spiritual direction—a direction on the way that is to lead to God. We pray not to dispose God to give, but to prepare ourselves to receive—to receive that plenitude of Divine life which is in Christ Jesus Our Lord.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e Pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e217\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.5 x 5.5 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/uert\/\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fr. Edward Leen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49867500454187,"sku":"9781963696271","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/IMG_3830.jpg?v=1731338372"},{"product_id":"daily-practice-of-mental-prayer-and-of-divine-contemplation-volume-1-december-january","title":"Daily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation Volume 1 (December + January)","description":"\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eVolume 1 (December + January)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eDaily Practice of Mental Prayer and of Divine Contemplation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eprovides the Christian soul with six volumes of daily meditations spanning the entirety of the calendar year according to the Church’s traditional liturgical cycle. Drawing almost exclusively from St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows equips the soul who embarks upon this practice of prayer with meditations concise in length but beaming with the truest spirituality, inflaming the soul with devotion and guiding it towards that unitive dwelling with God, both interior and silent, solitary and life-giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eIn using and utilizing this book, pray valiantly, without ceasing. 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Drawing almost exclusively from St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Fr. Alphonsus of the Mother of Sorrows equips the soul who embarks upon this practice of prayer with meditations concise in length but beaming with the truest spirituality, inflaming the soul with devotion and guiding it towards that unitive dwelling with God, both interior and silent, solitary and life-giving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eIn using and utilizing this book, pray valiantly, without ceasing. May you think only of Christ, bearing the Cross and all sufferings for His sake. 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For over four centuries, this Catholic classic has fortified countless souls against the assaults of vice, guiding them to triumph through virtue and prayer. St. Francis de Sales carried it for twenty years, referring to it as his “Director” and urging all to read it, a testament to its enduring power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eScupoli’s battle-hardened manual equips you to wage daily war against sin with disciplined prayer and self-denial.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eHe guides you to root out pride, impurity, and sloth through practical spiritual exercises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eFor Catholics committed to the narrow path, this is your call to arms. Read, re-read, and wield \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe Spiritual Combat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e to achieve union with Christ by embracing the cross of suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApprobation from the original text\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"\u003cem\u003eThe Imitation of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e, by Thomas a-Kempis, is the most excellent book that ever came from the hand of man—the Holy Scriptures being of Divine original, and \u003cem\u003eThe Spiritual Combat\u003c\/em\u003e may be called its key or introduction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1613\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1645\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1654\"\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 197\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dom Lorenzo Scupoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666549248299,"sku":"9781963696479","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/GW1_4049.jpg?v=1763400773"},{"product_id":"the-love-of-the-sacred-heart","title":"The Love of the Sacred Heart","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/fxzd\/\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eStep into the radiant visions of St. Mechtilde, a 13th-century Benedictine whose intimate dialogues with the Sacred Heart of Jesus light a path to fervent devotion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe Love of the Sacred Heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e draws from the saint’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eBook of Special Grace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e, where Christ reveals His boundless love, guiding her through His Incarnation, Passion, Eucharistic presence, and heavenly triumph. Encounter the Heart that offers mercy to sinners, solace in suffering, and joy in Holy Communion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWith vivid insights for practicing adoration, reparation, and trust, this book beckons Catholics to deepen their love for Christ through simple, heartfelt acts. Also featuring a brief Life of St. Mechtilde, these pages draw you into the loving embrace of Jesus, inspiring a lifelong devotion to His Sacred Heart, cherished by saints and accessible to all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1613\" data-start=\"1603\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1645\" data-start=\"1642\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1654\" data-start=\"1645\"\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:  201 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Mechtilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859211555115,"sku":"9781963696486","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/Copyofst.michaelshopify_12.png?v=1751294860"},{"product_id":"the-third-spiritual-alphabet","title":"The Third Spiritual Alphabet","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,324px); width: 100%; height: 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; top: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/dlps\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThere have been a multitude of books written on ‘the art of contemplative prayer’ which are not very helpful to the beginner and tend to bewilder the novice. The merit of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe Third Spiritual Alphabet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e by Fray Francisco de Osuna is that it addresses itself to the beginner and keeps in view the special need of the beginner. Fray Osuna starts out with the principle that contemplative prayer is for the many, not for the few; and he is at pains to encourage the normal devout Catholic to practice it, warning him not to be put off by the class of writers and spiritual directors who so fence off the prayer of contemplation, as to discourage all but the most hardy and adventurous spirits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA white-space-prewrap font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eOne recommendation this book has: it was the reading of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Third Spiritual Alp\u003c\/em\u003ehabet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e which led St. Teresa of Jesus, in her early timorous days, to go forward in the way of mental prayer—a precious encouragement to one who at that early period and for many years after, received nothing but discouragement from her spiritual advisers. There are many in like circumstances who have not been so fortunate as St. Teresa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1613\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1645\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1654\"\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 489 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cor Jesu Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51114352345387,"sku":"9781963696158","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/GW1_3893_0b3b19d2-55f7-4ce7-9bcc-bc9ec08dfed0.jpg?v=1763400941"},{"product_id":"god-within-us","title":"God Within Us","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,324px);width:100%;height:0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;top:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/God-Within-Us-sample\/\" title=\"God Within Us sample\" seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe end of piety, its object and reward, is intimacy with God. 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However, the spontaneity in prayer is usually realized only if the soul applies itself to meditation for some time by its own personal effort. In other words, one must learn how to pray. It is to teach souls this devout practice that various meditation books have been published. There are many methods, each with its own merit; among them is the Teresian method, so called because it is based on the teaching of St. Teresa of Jesus, the Foundress of the Discalced Carmelites and the great mistress of the spiritual life. We outlined this method in a pamphlet called the \u003cem\u003eLittle Catechism of the Life of Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e. It is a simple exposition of the Teresian method according to the writings of many Carmelite authors: its widespread circulation shows very clearly that this method answers the needs and the desires of many prayerful souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Fr. 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