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Finding Peace in the Storm<br />
to progress more surely along the path revealed by St.<br />
Alphonsus:<br />
1. St. Alphonsus assumes that his readers know the value<br />
of mental prayer and practice it daily. Frankly, what he<br />
proposes is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, when<br />
we don’t dedicate time to spend with Jesus in mental<br />
prayer every single day.<br />
Years ago, I was inspired to help people to practice<br />
mental prayer, and I searched for but could not find a<br />
book that was simple, straightforward, and easy to implement.<br />
So I wrote the book Into the Deep: Finding Peace<br />
through Prayer. Pick up this book at SpiritualDirection.com,<br />
and you will discover a foundational spiritual discipline<br />
that will help you understand how to live the wisdom<br />
offered by St. Alphonsus. (Plus, the royalty funds are committed<br />
to the poor and to spiritual works of mercy, so<br />
your purchase will help others.) While you are waiting to<br />
receive your book, you can also take a free course I provide<br />
on mental prayer at ApostoliViae.org. Even if you have<br />
some experience with prayer, I strongly recommend that<br />
you take this course.<br />
2. If you have not already done so, begin to make a daily<br />
examen, or examination of conscience, to assess your<br />
movements toward or away from God during the day<br />
with respect to the discipline of embracing His will in all<br />
things. As you answered the questions at the end of each<br />
chapter, you gained some clarity regarding how you resist<br />
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