Catechism of Mental Prayer, by Father Joseph Simler

• Preface
• Nature of Mental Prayer
• Necesssity and Excellence of Mental Prayer
• Facility of Mental Prayer
• Remote or Habitual Preparation
• Proximate Preparation
• Immediate Preparation
• Principal Acts of the Body of Mental Prayer
• Considerations
• Affections
• Resolutions
• The Order and Connections of These Acts
• Conclusion of Mental Prayer
• Examination of Mental Prayer
• Mixed Mental Prayer
• Distractions in Mental Prayer
• Aridity in Mental Prayer
• Illusions in Mental Prayer
• Acts of Preparation
• Acts of Conclusion
• A Choice of Subjects for Meditation
• A Choice of Spiritual Bouquets
• Questions for the Examination of Mental Prayer
• Practical Remarks
• A Final Reminder
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• The text of this ebook is taken from the 1888 book Catechism of Mental Prayer, edited by Father L Beck and based on the larger book Guide of the Man of Good Will in the Exercise of Mental Prayer by Father Joseph Simler.
• The work has the Imprimatur of Archbishop Henry Moeller, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• The cover image is the 17th century oil painting Praying Madonna by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato.