A Short Method of Mental Prayer

by Father Niccolò Ridolfi, O.P.

• Introduction
• Preface
• The Chief Parts of Mental Prayer
• The Presence of God
• The Act of Humility
• The Petition for Help
• The Consideration
• The Acts of Affection
• The Resolutions
• The Conclusion
• Exercises for the Practice of the Presence of God for Every Day of the Week, According to the Seven Petitions of the Our Father
• An Exhortation to Practice Mental Prayer taken from Saint Augustine
• The Importance for Religious Souls of the Interior Life, of Mental Prayer, and of the Practice of the Presence of God
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• The text of this ebook was taken from the book A Short Method of Mental Prayer, by Father Niccolò Ridolfi, O.P., the Master-General of the Order of Friars Preachers. It was translated into English by Father Raymund Devas, O.P., and the edition used was printed by Benziger Brothers in 1920.
• It has the Imprimatur of Canon Edmund Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, England, 3 May 1920.
• The cover image is the painting Bust of an old woman at prayer by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, c.1630. The original is in the Residenzgalerie gallery in the Alte Residenz, Salzburg, Austria. The image was swiped from Wikimedia Commons.