Catechism of Mental Prayer

Best book if you want to grow in virtue. I’m sure that many saints over the last 600 years have read this book

If you want to get closer to God and understand about the power of mental prayer, this book is for you! I am always looking for ways to enhance my prayer life, so I'm grateful for a book to help me grow.

Short but sweet. I also have another book on Mental Prayer:"Ways of Mental Prayer" by Lehody, but I find it long and not direct to the point- so much so I sometimes forget what are the steps in mental prayer. Just my opinion though, this one is more straight to the point and practical. I really like the resources given towards the end. I'm thinking of purchasing the hardcopy. In conclusion, great read!

At 68 pages, this little pocket book will tell you how to pray correctly. You don't need to, but if you want to truly be heard, it is worth the look.

Good but a little outdated.

Catechism of Mental Prayer, by the Very Reverend Joseph Simler.This very small book has been in print for over 100 years. Organized like the Baltimore Catechism as Question and Answer, it takes the reader through everything necessary to practice what Catholics refer to as Mental Prayer.Simler has separate chapters on Preparation for Mental Prayer, the Body of Mental Prayer, and the Conclusion. He offers guidance and advice for each stage, reflecting on the use of the human faculties of will, affection, and imagination during Mental Prayer.Father Simler guides us, with clarity and precision, through layers of understanding regarding the practice of Mental Prayer. He cautions us on possible difficulties in this form of prayer and ways to counter those difficulties. He reassures us that anyone can master Mental Prayer, to the benefit of his spiritual life.I love this book. I love how direct Father Simler is. I love how he has taken a spiritual practice of great saints and made it accessible to anyone. I love how unapologetically Catholic he is, how completely unaffected by the New Age zeitgeist (the book is, after all, 100+ years old) his advice is. I wish I could convey just how refreshing his view of the human person is, unfettered by psychobabble and crippling and condescending false compassion.Although Father Simler makes reference to confessors, particular Catholic oral prayers, and Orders (I suspect the first audiences for this book were members of religious orders), I recommend this tiny book on mental Prayer any Christian.

The book is very organized and pithy in places.It's a very good reference on prayer, especially to understand Teresian meditation.Thank you.

The book was as advertised and on time.