Chapter III. Of affective prayer

In the second kind of prayer, which is called affectiye, we give ourselves more to affections of the will than to considerations of the understanding. We consider a mystery, a passage of Scripture ; for instance, the words, Verbum caro /actum est. On these we make acts of faith, hope, and charity, admiration, thanksgiving, &c. We take one of God*s perjectiops, as His wisdom, BKs goodness. His holiness. We consider how it was communicated to Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin, to Angels, to some Saint ; we praise God for it ; we ask for a participation of it, and dwell as much as we can on the affection with which we are most touched.