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Salvation depends on prayer. St. Alphonsus Liguori asserts this truth with terrifying clarity in this spiritual masterpiece, arguing that while God wishes all men to be saved, He has ordained prayer as the necessary means to obtain the graces required for final perseverance. Without this channel, the soul is cut off from divine aid; with it, heaven is open. Dear Reader, this is instruction meant for the serious soul: not theory, but direction; not sentiment, but guidance, distinguishing the fatal silence of the damned from the triumphant cries of the elect. Alphonsus writes for those who struggle, those who fall, and those who desire to rise again, explaining the indispensable conditions of effective prayer--humility, confidence, and perseverance--and refuting the errors that would deny the power of human petition.

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St. Alphonsus Liguori was born in 1696 to Neapolitan nobility at Marianella, Italy. He became a recognizable lawyer after going through law school at the age of sixteen, but later decided to leave law in favor of giving his salvation more attention. Alphonsus joined the Oratory of St. Philip Neri as a seminarian and was ordained in 1726, when he was thirty. The homilies he gave had the special ability of converting those who had fallen away from the faith. He also founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, and authored such works as The Glories of Mary, The True Spouse of Jesus Christ, Attaining Salvation, The Blessed Virgin Mary, Preparation for Death Abridged, What Will Hell Be Like?, The Twelve Steps to Holiness and Salvation, and The Way of the Cross. After being a bishop for over a decade, St. Alphonsus Liguori died on the first of August, 1787. He was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1871. His feast is celebrated on August 1.

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