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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer (1685)

by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

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A SHORT AND VERY EASY METHOD OF PRAYER, WHICH ALL CAN PRACTICE WITH THE GREATEST FACILITY, AND ARRIVE IN A SHORT TIME, BY ITS MEANS, AT A HIGH DEGREE OF PERFECTION. Dear reader, study this little work with a simple and sincere heart, with lowliness of mind, without wishing to criticise it, and you will find it good for you. Receive it with the same spirit as that in which it is given, which is no other than the longing that you may be led to give yourself unreservedly to God. My desire is that it may be the means of leading the simple ones and the children to their Father, who loves their humble confidence, and to whom distrust is so displeasing. Seek nothing but the love of God; have a sincere desire for your salvation, and you will assuredly find it, following this little unmethodical method.… (more)
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The question is probably not whether her method is easy or hard, but rather whether we can dispense with at least some of the levels of distraction that dominate us. ( )
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A SHORT AND VERY EASY METHOD OF PRAYER, WHICH ALL CAN PRACTICE WITH THE GREATEST FACILITY, AND ARRIVE IN A SHORT TIME, BY ITS MEANS, AT A HIGH DEGREE OF PERFECTION. Dear reader, study this little work with a simple and sincere heart, with lowliness of mind, without wishing to criticise it, and you will find it good for you. Receive it with the same spirit as that in which it is given, which is no other than the longing that you may be led to give yourself unreservedly to God. My desire is that it may be the means of leading the simple ones and the children to their Father, who loves their humble confidence, and to whom distrust is so displeasing. Seek nothing but the love of God; have a sincere desire for your salvation, and you will assuredly find it, following this little unmethodical method.

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