Talking with God contains four of St. Alphonsus Liguori’s works detailing the mysteries of the interior life: The Way to Converse with God , A Short Treatise on Prayer , Mental Prayer , and The Presence of God . Within these works, St. Alphonsus stresses the importance of the inner life; the ease with which we can converse with God; on how the eternal truths are revealed to us; the absolute necessity of prayer, and how all is eventually lost without prayer. He directs us as to how to talk with God; explains how God answers us; how God listens to the prayers of everyone, and shows us how to continually have God's Presence with us throughout our day. Scriptoria Books has transcribed this edition word for word from original sources. It was then edited, formatted, typeset, and proofread through each revision. Our procedures are not automated. Our editions are not facsimiles and do not contain OCR interpreted text. Our books are carefully created new editions of classic works. St. Alphonsus Liguori entered the priesthood in 1726, and later founded the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. He wrote his first book at age forty-nine and went on to author more than one hundred books on spirituality and theology over his lifetime. Many of these books were written during the half-hours snatched between his labors as missionary, religious superior, and Bishop. He died in 1787, at age ninety-one. St. Alphonsus was beatified in 1816, canonized in 1839, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1871.