6 7 Table of contents Preface. .....................................................................................................................................................................11 1. Prayer is rising up..........................................................................................................................14 2. Prayer is entrusting....................................................................................................................16 3. Why prayer can be “penance”.....................................................................................18 4. Prayer: An enchanted space where I can hear myself NOT think.......................................................................................21 5. Here’s the proof you’re truly trusting God............................................ 23 6. This is the prayer of the child of God. ........................................................... 28 7. Prayer is being gazed upon............................................................................................. 30 8. Putting others in the Presence of God......................................................... 32 9. How to hold an unyielding, intentional “no” to chaos and frenzy.............................................................. 35 10. This is what pleases Jesus best, according to Saint Faustina..................................................................................... 38 11. Why pray to Mary?. ................................................................................................................ 40 12. Shortest but most potent prayer........................................................................42 13. Prayer is praise: The way to never have a bad day............... 45 14. What is the desire of your heart? Prayer is desire.................47 15. Prayer is fruitful: It puts us in touch with the way things actually are........................................................................49 16. Prayer is worship: To be ourselves, we need it............................51 17. How to hold more of God’s grace. ..................................................................... 53 18. God puts Mary in our lives to help us pray...................................... 54 19. When we are undone, frazzled: Prayer is re-creation..........57 20. Why perfection seemed simple to Saint Thérèse and how we get it all wrong.......................................................................................59 21. Cutting off what cuts us off from God...................................................... 63 22. A flash of prayer and forcing Jesus to aid you. ............................67 23. How to find the miracle of right now. ........................................................69 Table of contents
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