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041 _aeng
050 _aBV210.2
_b.K64 2000
100 _aKreeft, Peter
245 0 _aPrayer for Beginners
_b /
_cPeter Kreeft
260 _aSan Francisco, Calif. :
_bIgnatius Press,
_c2000
300 _a125 p.
_b;
_c19 cm.
505 _aNecessity : 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.
650 _aLawrence,—of the Resurrection, Brother,—1611-1691.Catholic Church—Doctrines.Prayer—Catholic Church.
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