St. Augustine (354AD-430AD) was the son of St. Monica.
He spent many years living an immoral life, and renouncing Christianity. By the prayers of his mother and through the influence of St. Ambrose, he converted and became a theologian, philosopher, and the Bishop of Hippo, Roman North Africa.
While St Augustine’s teaching on prayer is found across his many writings, sermons and letters, we find prayer to be the primary focus of his letter to a Christian Roman noblewoman named Anicia Faltonia Proba.
St Augustine wrote the letter in response to Lady Proba’s questions to him on how she could pray better and pray as God would want her to pray. He assured her that she must already have a profound trust in God, as she was being prompted by the Holy Spirit with this desire to pursue better prayer.
I’ve been studying St. Augustine’s Teaching on Prayer, primarily from his letter to Lady Proba and through this awesome book Augustine on Prayer
Summary Sticky-Note
To make it easier to understand and keep it straight from the teaching on Prayer of other Saints and Theologians I have been studying, I put together a little Summary Sticky-Note and compiled my notes on St. Augustine’s Writings on Prayer including ‘prayer-requisites’ and Prompts to Pray!
I will be adding over 30 PDF Note Bundles gradually to this NEW
Saints’ MasterClass on Prayer Series over at Arma Dei!
Saints Prayer Master Class:
St. Augustine PDF Note Bundle
Following a brief introduction of St. Augustine and his teaching on Prayer, I present Prayer-Requisites: important virtues, dispositions, and practices for personal prayer, based on the Key Writings of St. Augustine.
Each PDF Note Bundle includes a Summary Sticky-Note, along with insights into prayer and how St. Augustine might prompt us to pray.
St. Augustine might prompt us to pray:
Prompt me to let my heart rest in You.
Convict me of the prayer that is deep within my heart.
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