On Prayer and The Contemplative Life. Saint Aquinas Thomas

the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us?

       XII

       Should Prayer be Vocal?

       XIII

       Must Prayer necessarily be Attentive?

       XIV

       Should our Prayers be Long?

       XV

       Is Prayer Meritorious?

       XVI

       Do Sinners gain Anything From God by their Prayers?

       XVII

       Can We rightly term Supplications," "Prayers," "Intercessions," and "Thanksgivings," parts of Prayer?

       FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUMMA—QUESTION LXXII

       OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS WHO ARE IN HEAVEN

       I

       Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers?

       II

       Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us?

       III

       Are the Saints' Prayers to God for us always heard?

       QUESTION CLXXIX

       OF THE DIVISION OF LIFE INTO THE ACTIVE AND THE CONTEMPLATIVE

       I

       May Life be fittingly divided into the Active and the Contemplative?

       II

       Is this division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative a sufficient one?

       QUESTION CLXXX

       OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE

       I

       Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it?

       II

       Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life?

       III

       Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts?

       IV

       Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration of other Truths as well?

       V

       Can the Contemplative Life attain, according to the State of this Present Life, to the Contemplation of the Divine Essence?

       VI

       Is the Act of Contemplation Rightly Distinguished According to the Three Kinds of Motion—Circular, Direct, and Oblique?

       VII

       Has Contemplation its Joys?

       VIII

       Is the Contemplative Life lasting?

       QUESTION CLXXXI

       OF THE ACTIVE LIFE

       I

       Do all Acts of the Moral Virtues come under the Active Life?

       II

       Does Prudence pertain to the Active Life?

       III

       Does Teaching Belong to the Active or to the Contemplative Life?

       IV

       Does the Active Life continue after this Life?

       QUESTION CLXXXII