This beautiful little work was first published in 1753. It is therefore one of the earliest works of St. Alphonsus. The Saint entitled it: 'A method of conversing continually and lovingly with God; and to the title he added a note to say that it had been translated from the French, but that he had ' augmented it with holy thoughts, affections and practices.
- CHAPTER I. GOD WISHES US TO SPEAK TO HIM WITH CONFIDENCE AND FAMILIARITY.
- CHAPTER II. IT IS EASY AND AGREEABLE TO CONVERSE WITH GOD.
- CHAPTER III. ON WHAT, AND HOW, WE SHOULD CONVERSE WITH GOD.
- 1. IN GENERAL.
- 2. PRAY IN YOUR TRIALS.
- 3. PRAY IN YOUR JOYS.
- 4. PRAY AFTER A FAULT.
- 5. PRAY IN YOUR DOUBTS.
- 6. PRAY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOUR.
- 7. SPEAK TO GOD OF HEAVEN.
- CHAPTER IV. HOW GOD ANSWERS THE SOUL.
- CHAPTER V. THE PRACTICE OF PRAYING CONSTANTLY.