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| PREFACE…………………………………………………………………. | 12 | |
| PART I | ||
| Excellence and Advantages of Menial Prayer. | ||
| CHAPTER | 13 | |
| 1. | Excellence of Prayer…………………………………… | |
| II. | First and Second Advantage of Prayer! It En- sures our Salvation and Enriches us with Numer- ous Merits………………………………………….. | |
| 16 | ||
| III. | Third Advantage of Prayer: It Leads to Christian Perfection | |
| 21 | ||
| IV. | Fourth Advantage of Prayer: It Causes the Soul to Taste Spiritual Joys Incomparably Superior to All the False Pleasures of the World…………….. | |
| 28 | ||
| V. | Fifth Advantage of Prayer: It Gives Apostolic Works their True Fruit……………………………. | |
| 32 | ||
| PART II | ||
| The Principal Acts of Prayer. | ||
| I. | Preparation for Prayer 37………………………………. | 37 |
| II. | The First Act: That of Placing Oneself in the Presence of God, which must never be Omitted in Beginning Meditation……………….. | |
| 43 | ||
| III. | Second Preliminary Act: Adoration…………………. | 49 |
