Mental Prayer: Its Spirit and Conditions

Introduction

Mental Prayer is a Christian Meditation Book For Kindle. This is a little book on prayer and specifically mental prayer. Mental prayer is a form of prayer, which can be traced back to biblical times. “On my bed I remember you, on you I muse thru the night,” the Psalmist says. St. Teresa of Avila calls mental prayer a “conversation with God.” That statement pretty much sums up the whole method of mental prayer. Mental prayer is a traditional Catholic prayer which has been taught in retreat houses, seminaries and is the subject of study in many religious orders like the Franciscans and Carmelites. St. Ignatius of Loyola, in his Spiritual Exercises orders made it a required form of prayer during his 30 day retreat. Spiritual masters and doctors of the Church as St. John of the Cross, Alphonsus Ligouri, Teresa of Avila, St. Bonaventure and many others, have recommended mental prayer to the faithful. This book will cover some of its methods and applications in a traditional sense with the hope that it will be beneficial to those who read it and apply it to their lives.