Monday 23 May 2022

Prayer of the Heart

 If you want to learn about the Prayer of the Heart, check this informative page, with a lot of material:

Articles, Books, Videos.

Here are the contents:


  1. The Elements of the Prayer of the Heart
  2. The Movement Of The Prayer Of The Heart
  3. The Prayer of the Heart Explained by Jesus
  4. Jesus The Groom, What Does it Mean?

  5. The Sacred Threshold Of The Kingdom
  6. The Particular Help of the Grace of God in St. Teresa of Avila
  7. St. Thomas Aquinas’ Explanation
  8. What Depends On Us

  9. Mind, Heart and God In The Prayer Of The Heart
  10. “Meditation” Or “Consideration”?
  11. Praying With A Book
  12. How To ‘Dwell In Jesus’
  13. Distractions During ‘Prayer Of The Heart’
  14. Bringing The Mind Into The Heart

  15. Two Ways To Say The Rosary
  16. Holding Your Rosary During The Prayer Of The Heart

  17. Anatomy Of The Prayer Of The Heart
  18. Prayer Of The Heart, Sleeping Patterns And Gadgets

  19. How To Enter In Your Inner Room
  20. How Can We Enter Into The Sacred Heart? (On Mary)
  21. The Act Of Oblation of St Therese of the Child Jesus  (the core of the Prayer of the Heart)
  22. Why And How Mary In The Prayer Of The Heart
  23. Mary’s Fiery Prayer (most powerful teaching)
  24. Are We Always Aware That We Contemplate?
  25. Lectio Divina and Contemplative Prayer According to Carmelite Spirituality
  26. Quarantined Mass and Lectio Divina / Prayer of the Heart (video)
  27. Spiritual Communion According to St. Teresa of Avila
  28. The Eucharist According to St. John’s Last Supper
  29. Act of Desire or Just Desire?
  30. Lectio Divina & Prayer of the Heart at Two Important Turning Points in Spiritual Life 

  31. Videos on St. Teresa of Avila’s Teaching on the Prayer of the Heart 6 Videos (Sister Donna D’Alia)
  32. Relationship, Recollection and Receptivity: Prayer of the Heart According to Saint Teresa of Avila (Sister Gabriella Yi, OP)
  33. St. John Cassian’s 10th Conference on Prayer
  34. St. John Cassian’s 10th Conference 3 Videos (Father Benedict Croell OP)
  35. St. Symeon the New Theologian: The Three Ways of Attention and Prayer

See also articles on Contemplation especially on the two types of contemplation.

New Book: A Small Catechism On The Prayer Of The Heart

A Video Playlist On The Prayer Of The Heart