By Robert Lazu Kmita, Remnant Columnist, Romania - Explicitly named and warmly recommended by Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Saint Francis de Sales is one of the most important masters of Christian prayer and meditation. What surprises us is the fact that, although he lived in a (still) truly Christian world, he did not expect laypeople to be familiar with “mental prayer” or “meditation.” On the contrary, he assumed that most had not heard of meditation and did not know how to practice it. ....