The Complete Book Of Christian Prayer

This comprehensive collection encompasses a wider and more varied range of Chrisitan prayers than any other anthology of its kind, making it an essential handbook for all who want to deepen and enhance their prayer life.

The Order of Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the year taken from the Divine Office. For anyone who wants to make a daily act of devotion, Morning and Evening Prayer offers the perfect combination of a consistent structure of prayer alongside daily options and choices to take you through the church's year. Taken from the Catholic Divine Office, these daily prayers and readings offer inspiration for priests and lay people alike to give strength for each day.Now with a new look in the familiar hardwearing and practical format, and an updated table of moveable dates.

Deepen your relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist through these prayers, scripture passages, meditations, hymns, and more, that provide a guide and companion to a Eucharistic hour of adoration. Written by Sr. Marie-Paul Curley, FSP, and compiled by Sr. Mary Mark Wickenhiser, FSP, the book places adoration at the core of both Pauline and Catholic spirituality and offers a way to enter into lectio divina, praying with the scriptures. Part of Pauline Books and Media's "Catholic Treasury Series," this beautiful prayer book includes seven different hours of adoration. Also included is a beautiful collection of prayers, litanies, personal prayers for before and after Mass, and Eucharistic prayers. Readers will discover the outpouring of spiritual gifts that spending time with Jesus will bring into their lives. This is the perfect gift for anyone looking to deepen their relationship with Jesus, live the Eucharist more fully, and reconnect with the wholeness of life in Christ.

Bringing together more than 1,200 prayers, both classic and contemporary, this book will prove an inspiring and practical resource for Christians of all denominations. This comprehensive collection encompasses a wider and more varied range of Christian prayers than any other anthology of its kind, making it an essential handbook for all who want to deepen and enhance their prayer life, as well as those involved in leading others in worship - whether in church, in school, or in the home. More than half of the authors and sources come from this century. The book contains prayers from every continent and every Christian century. It is helpfully arranged under practical subject headings and contains a comprehensive index of subjects, with cross-referencing throughout.

"This series aims to help the churchgoer better understand the services he attends. In particular, it is hoped that lay-readers who study this course may be encouraged to see the biblical ideas that underlie Morning and Evening Prayer." -- Introduction.