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On Prayer and the Contemplative Life

by Thomas Aquinas

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  1. 1Very Rev. Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.L.
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Question LXXXI of the Virtue of Religion
  5. 5I — Does the Virtue of Religion Direct a Man to God Alone?
  6. 6II — Is Religion a Virtue?
  7. 7III — Is Religion One Virtue?
  8. 8IV — Is Religion a Special Virtue Distinct From Others?
  9. 9V — Is Religion One of the Theological Virtues?
  10. 10VI — Is Religion to Be Preferred to the Other Moral Virtues?
  11. 11VII — Has Religion, That Is Latria, Any External Acts?
  12. 12VIII — Is Religion the Same as Sanctity?
  13. 13Question LXXXII of Devotion
  14. 14I — Is Devotion a Special Kind of Act?
  15. 15II — Is Devotion an Act of the Virtue of Religion?
  16. 16III — Is Contemplation, That Is Meditation, the Cause of Devotion?
  17. 17IV — Is Joy an Effect of Devotion?
  18. 18Question LXXXIII of Prayer
  19. 19I — Is Prayer an Act of the Appetitive Powers?
  20. 20II — Is It Fitting to Pray?
  21. 21III — Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion?
  22. 22IV — Ought We to Pray to God Alone?
  23. 23V — Should We in Our Prayers Ask for Anything Definite From God?
  24. 24VI — Ought We in Our Prayers to Ask for Temporal Things From God?
  25. 25VII — Ought We to Pray for Others?
  26. 26VIII — Ought We to Pray for Our Enemies?
  27. 27On the Seven Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer
  28. 28Rhythm in Honour of the Blessed Sacrament, Said to Have Been Compos…
  29. 29X — Is Prayer Peculiar to Rational Creatures?
  30. 30XI — Do the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us?
  31. 31XII — Should Prayer Be Vocal?
  32. 32XIII — Must Prayer Necessarily Be Attentive?
  33. 33XIV — Should Our Prayers Be Long?
  34. 34XV — Is Prayer Meritorious?
  35. 35XVI — Do Sinners Gain Anything From God by Their Prayers?
  36. 36XVII — Can We Rightly Term Supplications,” “Prayers,” “Intercession…
  37. 37From the Supplement to the Summa — Question LXXII of the Prayers of…
  38. 38I — Are the Saints Cognizant of Our Prayers?
  39. 39II — Ought We to Appeal to the Saints to Intercede for Us?
  40. 40III — Are the Saints’ Prayers to God for Us Always Heard?
  41. 41Question CLXXIX of the Division of Life Into the Active and the Con…
  42. 42I — May Life Be Fittingly Divided Into the Active and the Contempla…
  43. 43II — Is This Division of Life Into the Active and the Contemplative…
  44. 44Question CLXXX of the Contemplative Life
  45. 45I — Is the Contemplative Life Wholly Confined to the Intellect, or…
  46. 46II — Do the Moral Virtues Pertain to the Contemplative Life?
  47. 47III — Does the Contemplative Life Comprise Many Acts?
  48. 48IV — Does the Contemplative Life Consist Solely in the Contemplatio…
  49. 49V — Can the Contemplative Life Attain, According to the State of Th…
  50. 50VI — Is the Act of Contemplation Rightly Distinguished According to…
  51. 51VII — Has Contemplation Its Joys?
  52. 52VIII — Is the Contemplative Life Lasting?
  53. 53Question CLXXXI of the Active Life
  54. 54I — Do All Acts of the Moral Virtues Come Under the Active Life?
  55. 55II — Does Prudence Pertain to the Active Life?
  56. 56III — Does Teaching Belong to the Active or to the Contemplative Life?
  57. 57IV — Does the Active Life Continue After This Life?
  58. 58Question CLXXXII of the Comparison Between the Active and the Conte…
  59. 59I — Is the Active Life Preferable to the Contemplative?
  60. 60II — Is the Active Life More Meritorious Than the Contemplative?
  61. 61III — Is the Active Life a Hindrance to the Contemplative Life?
  62. 62IV — Does the Active Life Precede the Contemplative?
  63. 63Question CLXXXVI on the Religious State — Are Contemplative Orders…

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