How to Pray Always

    How to Pray Always is a small book with a great soul. Father Raoul Plus leads the reader away from the common error of thinking that prayer is confined to certain moments, certain words, or certain places. He shows instead that prayer is meant to become the very atmosphere of the Christian life — as constant and as necessary as breathing. With gentle firmness, he reminds us that Our Lord did not command us to pray sometimes, but always.

    The strength of this work lies in its simplicity and its depth. It does not burden the reader with complicated methods, but calls him inward — to recollection, to fidelity in duty, and to the loving offering of every action. Here we learn that work, suffering, contradictions, and even weakness can become prayer when united to God’s will. In this way, the ordinary life, so often wasted, becomes transformed into a continual conversation with Heaven.

    This is a book for souls who desire to belong entirely to God, but who must live and labor in the world. It is especially suited to our distracted age, which has forgotten silence and interior life. Those who read it with humility will find themselves drawn not merely to say prayers more often, but to live in prayer — and this, as Father Plus shows, is the secret of peace, perseverance, and sanctity.

112 pages.

Author: Raoul Plus, S.J.

Year: 1926