On Prayer and The Contemplative Life - Softcover

PREFACE 9 INTRODUCTION 11 QUESTION LXXXI 23 OF THE VIRTUE OF RELIGION I. Does the Virtue of Religion Direct a Man To God Alone? 23 S. Augustine, sermon, cccxxxiv. 3 on Psalm lxxvi. sermon, cccxi. 14-15 II. Is Religion a Virtue? 27 III. Is Religion One Virtue? 28 IV. Is Religion a Special Virtue Distinct From Others? 29 V. Is Religion One of the Theological Virtues? 30 VI. Is Religion To Be Preferred To the Other Moral Virtues? 31 VII. Has Religion, Or Latria, Any External Acts? 32 S. Augustine, of Care for the Dead, V. VIII. Is Religion the Same As Sanctity? 34 Cardinal Cajetan, on the Distinction Between Sanctity and Religion QUESTION LXXXII 39 OF DEVOTION I. Is Devotion a Special Kind of Act? 39 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Meaning of the Term “Devotion” S. Augustine, Confessions, XIII. viii. 2 II. Is Devotion an Act of the Virtue of Religion? 41 III. Is Contemplation, that is Meditation, the Cause of Devotion? 42 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Causes of Devotion On the Devotion of Women IV. Is Joy an Effect of Devotion? 44 Cardinal Cajetan, On Melancholy S. Augustine, Confessions, II. x QUESTION LXXXIII 48 OF PRAYER I. Is Prayer an Act of the Appetitive Powers? 49 Cardinal Cajetan, On Prayer based on Friendship II. Is it Fitting to Pray? 51 Cardinal Cajetan, On Prayer as a True Cause S. Augustine, On the Sermon on the Mount, II. iii. 14 On the Gift of Perseverance, vii. 15 III. Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion? 54 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Humility of Prayer S. Augustine, On Psalm cii. 10 Of the Gift of Perseverance, xvi. 39 IV. Ought We to Pray to God Alone? 56 S. Augustine, Sermon, cxxvii. 2 V. Should We in our Prayers ask for anything Definite from God? 57 S. Augustine, De Catechizandis Rudibus, xxv. 47 Confessions, X. xxix. Confessions, XI. ii. 2 VI. Ought We in our Prayers to ask for Temporal Things from God? 60 S. Augustine, On Psalm xxxvii. 10 Confessions, I. xx. 2 Confessions, IX. iv. 12 S. Thomas is miraculously relieved from Toothache S. Augustine, Sermon, lxxx. 7 Sermon, cccliv. 8 VII. Ought We to Pray for Others? 63 VIII. Ought We to Pray for our Enemies? 64 S. Augustine, Sermon, xv., on Psalm xxv. 8 IX. On the Seven Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer 66 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Grouping of these Petitions S. Augustine, Confessions, VII. x. 2 Sermon, lvii., on S. Matt. vi. 7 Sermon, lvi. 9, on S. Matt. vi. Sermon, lvi. 8, on S. Matt. vi. Of the City of God, xix. 27 S. Thomas’s Rhythm, Adoro Te Devote X. Is Prayer Peculiar to Rational Creatures? 71 XI. Do the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us? 72 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Saints in Limbo XII. Should Prayer be Vocal? 74 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Conditions of Vocal Prayer S. Augustine, Confessions, IX. iv. 8 Confessions, X. xxxiii. 50 On Psalm cxviii., Sermon xxix. 1 XIII. Must Prayer necessarily be Attentive? 77 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Varieties of Attention at Prayer S. Augustine, On Psalm lxxxv. 7 On Psalm cxlv. 1 S. Thomas, On Distractions, Com. on 1 Cor. xiv. 14 XIV. Should our Prayers be Long? 81 XV. Is Prayer Meritorious? 83 S. Augustine, On Psalm xxvi. Ep. cxxx. ad Probam. XVI. Do Sinners gain Anything from God by their Prayers? 86 XVII. Can We rightly term “Supplications,” “Prayers,” “Intercessions,” and “Thanksgivings,” parts of Prayer? 87 Cardinal Cajetan, On the Prayer of the Consecration S. Augustine, Of Divers Questions, iv. SUPPLEMENT—QUESTION LXXII 98 OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN HEAVEN I. Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers? 98 II. Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us? 100 III. Are the Saints’ Prayers to God for us always heard? 103 QUESTION CLXXIX 107 OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE PLUS MORE!