A Short Method Of Mental Prayer: Large Print Edition - Tapa blanda

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114 pages. Large Print Edition. Imprimatur. Nicholas Ridolfi, the author of this Treatise on Mental Prayer, was born at Florence in 1578 of noble and indeed illustrious parents. When still quite young he was sent to the famous Roman College directed by Fathers of the Society of Jesus. Saint Philip Neri, the Apostle of Rome, became his spiritual director, and the holy old man was filled with delight when the boy told him that he wanted to be a Dominican. “If heaven had not reserved me for another work,” he said, “I would willingly become a friar myself along with you.” During the years which followed, the Saint did not cease to encourage Ridolfi to persevere in his holy vocation, even predicting that he would become General of the Order and have to undergo exceptionally severe trials. Saint Philip was on intimate and friendly terms with the Dominicans of the Minerva; consequently, it is hardly surprising to learn that, when at last the time came, the Prior of that convent invited him to bestow the habit himself on the youthful postulant. This touching ceremony took place about the year 1592.After passing through his studies with distinction, and himself teaching theology at the Minerva, Nicholas Ridolfi was elected Provincial of the Roman Province in 1619. Three years later he became Master of the Sacred Palace, and in 1628, on the death of the Master General, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII to be Vicar-General for the time being of the whole Order of Saint Dominic. At the Chapter in the following year he was elected in the first scrutiny to fill the vacant office of Master General, and immediately set about to do all that he could for the welfare of the Order thus entrusted to his care. His zeal for observance was truly admirable, and he strove to infuse everywhere regular life and religious fervour. He put a stop to abuses with unflinching firmness, and of special interest to us is the fact that he took practical steps to promote the restoration of the English Province.

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