Hammer and fire : way to contemplative happiness and mental health in accordance with the Judeo-Christian tradition Raphael Simon.

Originally published: Petersham, MA : St. Bede's Publications, c1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The way to happiness -- Happiness -- Hammer : reading the scriptures -- And fire : prayer -- The obstacles to our happiness : conformity to the Father's will -- Self denial -- The angels : our first parents, the predominant fault -- Mary, the reflection of the Father's happiness and word -- The new Adam and Eve : sin, the fruit of the Tree of Life -- Life from the dead -- "I am the way, the truth, and the life" -- Fire on earth -- St. Joseph -- From the side of Christ the church -- The sacraments : channels of grace -- The liturgy and liturgical prayer -- Jesus in the Eucharist -- Forgiveness : the sacrament of reconciliation -- Vocations : marriage, the single state, the consecrated single state -- Vocations : the priesthood and the religious state -- The charismatic renewal -- Centering prayer and the centering prayer movement -- Divine adoption : the theological virtues, faith -- Faith, our foundation -- Hope, our anchor -- Charity -- Hinges of the soul : the cardinal virtues -- More about the cardinal virtues -- Progress in the virtues and gifts : the particular examen -- True devotion : the faculties, temptation, retreats -- The last things -- Psychological advice -- The role of grace in mental balance -- Two in one spirit : the degrees of the spiritual life -- The degrees concluded and illustrated by St. Therese -- Spiritual direction -- A complete program of the spiritual life.