A Short and Easy Method of Prayer

About this book

A short guide to prayer by Madame Guyon, the French writer whose teaching shaped generations of devout readers. First published in 1685, it presents a simple way of turning inward to God in silence, intended to make deep prayer accessible to ordinary people, including those new to the life of prayer and those discouraged by more demanding methods.

Contents

1. Preface to This Edition
2. Chapter I. The Universal Call to Prayer
3. Chapter II. The Method of Prayer 🔒
4. Chapter III. The First Degree of Prayer 🔒
5. Chapter IV. The Second Degree of Prayer 🔒
6. Chapter V. Of Spiritual Aridity 🔒
7. Chapter VI. Of Self-Surrender 🔒
8. Chapter VII. Of Sufferings 🔒
9. Chapter VIII. Of Mysteries 🔒
10. Chapter IX. Of Virtue 🔒
11. Chapter X. Of Mortification 🔒
12. Chapter XI. Of Conversion 🔒
13. Chapter XII. Of the Presence of God 🔒
14. Chapter XIII. Of Rest before God 🔒
15. Chapter XIV. Of Inward Silence 🔒
16. Chapter XV. Of Confession and Self-examination 🔒
17. Chapter XVI. Of Reading and Vocal Prayer 🔒
18. Chapter XVII. Of Petitions 🔒
19. Chapter XVIII. Of Defects or Infirmities 🔒
20. Chapter XIX. Of Distractions and Temptations 🔒
21. Chapter XX. Of Self-Annihilation 🔒
22. Chapter XXI. The Noble Results of this Species of Prayer 🔒
23. Chapter XXII. Of Internal Acts 🔒
24. Chapter XXIII. To Pastors and Teachers 🔒
25. Chapter XXIV. Of the way to attain Divine Union 🔒