Catholic Dictionary
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ACQUIRED CONTEMPLATION
The prayer of simple recollection, in which acts of the mind and will are the result of a person's own effort aided by grace, and helped by the gifts of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding coming from the Holy Spirit, so that the mind and will remain fixed on God.
