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Cajetan: Notice the proof here afforded that those are not devout persons who are habitually sad and gloomy, and who cannot mingle with others without getting into difficulties or dissolving into tears. For devout folk are cheerful, and are full of joy in their souls; and this not solely by reason of the principal cause, as is stated in the text, but also by reason of a secondary cause—the[Pg 65] thought, namely, of their own failings. For the sadness of devout folk is according to God, and joy accompanies it; whence S. Augustine's remark: "Let a man grieve, but let him rejoice at his grief."[96] Therefore it is that we read of the Saints that they were joyful and bright; and rightly so, for they had begun upon earth their "heavenly conversation"[97] (on 2. 2. 82. 4).
S. Augustine: For Thee do I yearn, Justice and Innocence, Beautiful and Fair in Thy beauteous light that satisfies and yet never sates! For with Thee is repose exceedingly and life without disquiet! He that enters into Thee enters into the joy of his Lord; he shall know no fear, and in the Best shall be best. But I have deserted Thee and have wandered away, O Lord, my God! Too far have I wandered from Thee, the Steadfast One, in my youth, and I have become to myself a very land of want! (Confessions, II. x.).[Pg 66]
[79] VIII. 9 and X. 29.
[80] xxxv. 20-21.
[81] 2 Paral. xxix. 31.
[82] Ethics, V. i. 3.
[83] Of the Divine Names, chap. iv., part i., lect. 10.
[84] Sermon VIII.: On the Passion of Our Lord.
[85] S. John xix. 15.
[86] Commentary on S. Luke ix. 55.
[87] De Trinitate, ix. 12; xv. 23.
[88] Ps. lxxii. 28.
[89] Ps. cxx. 1, 2.
[90] S. Luke xv. 13, 16.
[91] Ps. lxxvi. 4.
[92] Ps. xli. 3.
[93] Lam. iii. 19.
[94] Ps. i. 19.
[95] De Homine, xii.
[96] De Vera et Falsa Poenitentia, xiii.
[97] Phil. iii. 20.
I. Is Prayer an Act of the Appetitive Powers?
Cardinal Cajetan, On Prayer based on Friendship
II. Is it Fitting to Pray?
Cardinal Cajetan, On Prayer as a True Cause
S. Augustine, On the Sermon on the Mount, II. iii. 14
On the Gift of Perseverance, vii. 15
III. Is Prayer an Act of the Virtue of Religion?
Cardinal Cajetan, On the Humility of Prayer
S. Augustine, On Psalm cii. 10
Of the Gift of Perseverance, xvi. 39
IV. Ought We to Pray to God Alone?
S. Augustine, Sermon, cxxvii. 2
V. Should We in our Prayers ask for anything Definite from God?
S. Augustine, De Catechizandis Rudibus, xxv. 47
Confessions, X. xxix.
Confessions, XI. ii. 2
VI. Ought We in our Prayers to ask for Temporal Things from God?
S. Augustine, On Psalm xxxvii. 10
Confessions, I. xx. 2
Confessions, IX. iv. 12
S. Thomas is miraculously relieved from Toothache
S. Augustine, Sermon, lxxx. 7
Sermon, cccliv. 8[Pg 67]
VII. Ought We to Pray for Others?
VIII. Ought We to Pray for our Enemies?
S. Augustine, Sermon, xv., on Psalm xxv. 8
IX. On the Seven Petitions of the Lord's Prayer
Cardinal Cajetan, On the Grouping of these Petitions
S. Augustine, Confessions, VII. x. 2
Sermon, lvii., on S. Matt. vi. 7
Sermon, lvi. 9, on S. Matt. vi.
Sermon, lvi. 8, on S. Matt. vi.
Of the City of God, xix. 27
S. Thomas's Rhythm, Adoro Te Devote
X. Is Prayer Peculiar to Rational Creatures?
XI. Do the Saints in Heaven Pray for Us?
Cardinal Cajetan, On the Saints in Limbo
XII. Should Prayer be Vocal?
Cardinal Cajetan, On the Conditions of Vocal Prayer
S. Augustine, Confessions, IX. iv. 8
Confessions, X. xxxiii. 50
On Psalm cxviii., Sermon xxix. 1
XIII. Must Prayer necessarily be Attentive?
Cardinal Cajetan, On the Varieties of Attention at Prayer
S. Augustine, On Psalm lxxxv. 7
On Psalm cxlv. 1
S. Thomas, On Distractions, Com. on 1 Cor. xiv. 14
XIV. Should our Prayers be Long?
