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Treatise on Prayer and Meditation by St. Peter of Alcantara Pdf
This classic is organized as follows: Prologue Part One 1. Of the Fruit that may be drawn from Prayer and Meditation. 2. Of the Subject Matter of Meditation. 3. Of the Time and Fruit of the above-mentioned Meditations. 4. Of the other Seven Meditations on the Sacred Passion and the manner in which we should meditate on them. 5. Of the six things that can intervene in the Exercise of Prayer. 6. Of the Preparation that is required before Prayer. 7. Of Reading. 8. Of Meditation. 9. Of Giving Thanks. 10. Of Offering. 11. Of Petition. 12. Of some Warnings that must be had in this holy exercise. Part Two 1. What is Devotion? 2. Of nine things that help us to attain devotion. 3. Of the things that impede devotion. 4. Of the most common Temptations that usually fatigue those who give themselves to Prayer, and their Remedies. 5. Of some Warnings necessary for those who give themselves to Prayer.
Saint Peter (of Alcantara),Juan de Bonilla (16th cent. Tratado de quan necesaria sea la paz de l'alma)
Author : Saint Peter (of Alcantara),Juan de Bonilla (16th cent. Tratado de quan necesaria sea la paz de l'alma) Publisher : Unknown Page : 211 pages File Size : 55,8 Mb Release : 1977 Category : Electronic ISBN : LCCN:28019265
A Treatise of Divine Meditation by John Ball,C. Matthew McMahon Pdf
Ball said, "No Christian can exempt himself from this duty of meditation unless he intends to live unprofitably to others, uncomfortably to himself, and disobedient against God." Hear one of his instructions on how to meditate: "O! heavenly Father, I heartily desire to follow You wherever You shall lead me, to do what You shall command, and to cleave to You as long as I live. But I find the flesh rebellious, soliciting daily, yes, and violently hailing to those things that are evil. Ah, miserable wretch that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death? You, Lord, are only able, and willing to promise help and succour. To You therefore do I fly. I pray You have mercy on me in Jesus Christ, and repair the lost image of Yourself. Your hands have made me, and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall live. You created me pure, You can restore me, though corrupt. Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me. Breathe into me the Spirit of Life, and establish me in the way of Your precepts. Heal my soul, for I am defiled, and cause me to grow up into the perfect stature of a spiritual man. I have wounded my soul, but cannot cure it, defaced Your image, but cannot fashion it anew. Look on my misery, dear Father, forgive my sin, and make me a new creature for Your infinite mercy, begin in me this good work, and perfect it to Your praise; in You do I trust, to You I seek for grace, for in You the fatherless find mercy." Ball divides this work into three areas: 1) what meditation is and its importance, 2) what occasional or extemporary meditation is, and 3) what solemn meditation is. Serious theological thinking is fundamental to all right Christian doing. Ball will show that godly meditation is a commanded, necessary and a spiritual help to the Christian being a vital component of a Christian living to God. In other words, everyone that names the name of Christ is required to meditate for God’s glory and their benefit. There is no duty more neglected among Christians than this duty of meditation. Therefore, you should not only read over this work, but live it over. If you would be blessed in all your enterprises or concernments with the blessings of God, (Joshua 1:8), if you would have your understanding enlightened with the knowledge of God, your affections inflamed with the love of God, your heart established with the promises of God, your solitariness cheered up with the company of God, your afflictions mitigated with the comforts of God, and if you would have your thoughts, words and works regulated by the command of God, pray and consider, pray and meditate. This is not a scan or facsimile, has been updated in modern English for easy reading and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.
A Golden Treatise of Mental Prayer, Meditation, and Devotion, Together with a Life of St. Peter of Alcantara by Peter of Alcantara Pdf
The Golden Treatise is an admirably concise introduction to contemplative prayer. Part One teaches reading, meditation, and prayer, while Part Two offers additional instructions on devotion. This volume is prefaced by a brief life of the Franciscan saint by the translator, drawing on the writings of St. Teresa of Avila, whose work he had encouraged and supported. After studying at the University of Salamanca, Peter of Alcantara joined the Franciscans of the Stricter Observance. He was ordained priest and began preaching to the poor with much success. After two years of solitary retreat, he journeyed barefoot to Rome and obtained permission of Pope Julius III to found poor convents in Spain. In confirmation of his virtues and mission of reformation, God worked numerous miracles through his intercession and by his very presence. He was beatified by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 and canonized by Pope Clement IX in 1669.
