Kreeft, Peter  <br/><br/>
Prayer for Beginners   / 
Peter Kreeft 
 - San Francisco, Calif. :   Ignatius Press,   2000 
 - 125 p.   ;   19 cm. 
<br/><br/>Necessity : why praying is more important than eating -- Motives : ten compelling reasons to pray -- Methods : why we need none -- Words : vocal prayer as conversation with God -- Steps : stop, look, and listen -- Thoughts : where the action is -- Faith : the one prerequisite for prayer -- Themes : what should I say when I pray? -- "Jesus" : the shortest, simplest, and most powerful prayer in the world -- Work : praying always -- Distractions : mental obstacles to prayer -- Sins : moral obstacles to prayer -- Simplicity : prayer as saint-making -- Renunciation : the necessity of the negative -- Sufferings : how to transform bitterness into sweetness -- Patience : forgiving ourselves for failure -- Grace : what everything is -- Perseverance : the realistic fanaticism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97808987077550898707757 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lawrence,—of the Resurrection, Brother,—1611-1691.Catholic Church—Doctrines.Prayer—Catholic Church.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV210.2   / .K64 2000