This booklet clearly explains what mental prayer or "meditation" is and how to do it. Whereas larger books about this topic fail, this booklet succeeds in helping to seek a true understanding of mental prayer as a form of meditation. Takes the beginner step-by-step through the 3 basic aspects. Mental prayer is for all--so is this book.

This is a short reference book for Catholics on prayer put together by Father Joseph Simler (1833 - 1905). The work is in a question and answer format and it covers all aspects of prayer, which the author points out can take a variety of forms, liturgical or personal. In addition to cataloguing the types of prayer, he takes care to examine mental prayer in particular, looking at the general idea, how to prepare for it, and how to get the body involved. Simler also discusses various difficulties that one can encounter when praying and he offers remedies. This book is a reproduction of, "Catechism of mental prayer, Dayton, Ohio: Nazareth, 1887, 1888, by Joseph Simler," using a large font size (16-point) along with illustrations of various characters from the New and Old Testament depicted in prayer.

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