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Prayer:
The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection
St. Alphonsus Liguori
Doctor of the Church
1759
With Nihil Obstat  and Imprimatur

TO THE INCARNATE WORD
 DEDICATION TO JESUS AND MARY
A PRIEST'S THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE TO THE READER

PART I: THE NECESSITY, POWER, AND CONDITIONS OF PRAYER

PART II: THE GRACE OF PRAYER GIVEN TO ALL AND THIS GRACE'S
ORDINARY MODE OF OPERATION

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: GOD WISHES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED SECTION 1 PART 1
CHAPTER 1: GOD WISHES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED SECTION 1 PART 2
CHAPTER 1: GOD WISHES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED SECTION 1 PART 3
CHAPTER 1: GOD WISHES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED SECTION 2
CHAPTER 1: GOD WISHES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED SECTION 3
CHAPTER 2: GOD GIVES SUFFICIENT GRACE TO ALL SECTION 1
CHAPTER 2: GOD GIVES SUFFICIENT GRACE TO ALL SECTION 2 PART 1
CHAPTER 2: GOD GIVES SUFFICIENT GRACE TO ALL SECTION 2 PART 2

PART II: MENTAL PRAYER

PART III: PRAYERS BY ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

PRAYER TO OBTAIN FINAL PERSEVERANCE
PRAYER TO JESUS CHRIST TO OBTAIN HIS HOLY LOVE
PRAYER TO OBTAIN CONFIDENCE IN THE MERITS OF JESUS AND IN MARY'S INTERCESSION
PRAYER TO OBTAIN THE GRACE TO BE CONSTANT IN PRAYER
PRAYER TO BE SAID EVERY DAY TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY GRACES FOR SALVATION
ASPIRATIONS AND THOUGHTS

To the Incarnate Word

The Beloved of the Eternal Father,
The Blessed of the Lord,
The Author of Life,
The King of Glory,
The Savior of the World,
The Expected of Nations,
The Desire of the Eternal Hills,
The Bread of Heaven,
The Mediator between God and Man,
The Master of Virtues,
The Lamb without Spot,
The Man of Sorrows,
The Eternal Priest,
The Victim of Love,
The Home of Sinners,
The Fountain of Graces,
The Good Shepherd,
The Lover of Souls,

Alphonsus the Sinner
Consecrates this Book.

Dedication to Jesus and Mary

O INCARNATE WORD, Thou hast given Thy Blood and Thy Life to confer on our prayers that power by which, according to Thy promise, they obtain for us all that we ask. And we, O God, are so careless of our salvation, that we will not even ask Thee for the graces that we must have if we should be saved! In prayer Thou hast given us the key of all Thy Divine treasures; and we, rather than pray, choose to remain in our misery. Alas! O Lord, enlighten us, and make us know the value of prayers, offered in Thy name and by Thy merits, in the eyes of Thy Eternal Father. I consecrate to Thee this my book; bless it, and grant that all those into whose hands it falls may have the will to pray always, and may exert themselves to stir up others also to avail themselves of this great means of salvation.

  To thee also do I recommend my little work, O Mary, great Mother of God: patronize it, and obtain for all who read it the spirit of prayer, and of continual recourse in all their necessities to thy Son, and to thee, who art the Dispenser of graces, the Mother of mercy, and who never leavest unsatisfied him who recommends himself to thee, O mighty Virgin, but obtainest from God for thy servants whatever thou askest.
 

 

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