Prayer for Beginners - Kreeft, Peter (San Francisco, Calif. : Ignatius Press, 2000)
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.
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