Catholic Prayer Books

The Handbook of Indulgences. Norms and Grants. This is the revised edition of the ENCHIRIDION OF INDULGENCES and the official English translation of the Churchs book on indulgences and includes a list of the works and prayers to which indulgences are attached. Size 5 1/2 X 8 1/4. Brown hardcover.

Contains over 100 traditional Catholic prayers. Part I contains 25 common prayers and short invocations. Part II contains 25 especially powerful prayers: to Our lady, St. Joseph, St. Anne, St. Jude, St. Philomena, St. Anthony, etc. Part III contains favorite prayers: Morning Offering, Prayers to Our Lady, to St. Joseph for Purity, to overcome a bad habit, for grace, the Te Deum, Consecration to the Holy Ghost, etc. Part IV contains prayers for a happy death, the choice of a state of life, for priests, Fatima Prayers, for safe delivery of a baby, for the dying, for the dead, for the Poor Souls, etc. This extraordinary prayerbook should be carried by all Catholics!

• Share short daily prayers and the ritual of morning and evening family prayer;
• Gather for seasonal blessings that correspond to the Churchs liturgical calendar; and
• Offer prayers on the occasion of special life events such as graduations, birthdays, engagements, pregnancy and childbirth, as well as prayers for times of sickness and difficulty.

The Catholic deposit of faith and tradition is wide and deep! There are so many different ways to pray that it's impossible for anyone to use them all, let alone someone in a busy family. One hardly knows where to begin. Fortunately, the liturgical calendar and this book are here to help!

In this companion to her bestselling book The Catholic All Year Compendium, Kendra Tierney provides hundreds of prayers for celebrating the important seasons and feast days of the Church calendar. The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion includes the devotions, blessings, litanies, and novenas mentioned in her Compendium, along with ordinary daily prayers, down-to-earth suggestions, and occasional bits of humor.

With busy families in mind, Tierney has put hundreds of jewels from the Church into one easy-to-use resource. The book can be used in tandem with her Compendium or on its own.

Author: Kendra Tierney

Paperback - 400 pages

Size: 9x6x1

Publication Date: May 20, 2021

ISBN: 9781621644255

Leading Intercessions is a resource for individuals and groups involved in the important task of leading prayers in public worship. This user-friendly handbook covers a rich and broad spectrumfrom traditional services, to worship with children and young people, to group prayer, to personal devotions. Each section begins with practical principles and is filled with easy-to-use ideas for ways to improve presentation and creative suggestions for enlivening the prayers. Sample prayers are included, as well as material for seasons, major festivals, and special events. Leading Intercessions is a how-to book on preparing intercessions for many communal situationshow to write them, and then how to present them in church. With a variety of activities for getting children and adults to pray, it includes material for preparing intercessions for the full year. This handbook will stimulate the reader into his or her own explorations of intercession. Leading Intercessions is divided into five sections with sample prayers in each section. Sections are Intercessions in Mainstream Worship, Intercessions at Festivals and Special Occasions, Intercessions in Informal Worship and Small Groups, Intercessions with Children and Young People, and Personal Intercessions.

Subtitle: Creative Ideas for Public and Private Prayer
Author: John Pritchard

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9780814618271
Details: 176 pgs , 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 
Publication Date: 08/01/2005

Just Prayer is a four-week prayer cycle for morning and evening readings to support Christians who "hunger and thirst for justice." Patterned on the ancient monastic Hours, it offers psalms, intercessions, and reflections fashioned to strengthen a personal commitment to justice. The weekly themes are: recognizing God's command that we act justly; lamenting suffering and injustice in our world; repenting our failures and renewing our commitment to justice; and, finally, celebrating God's promise of justice lived as a new heaven and new earth. Weekly reflections encourage personal transformation by emphasizing the connection between justice action and peaceful communities.

Created with parishes, youth groups, mission trip participants, and social justice organizations in mind, Just Prayer supports hands-on service work in local communities. By repeating and building upon the prayer sequences in Just Prayer, we can conform our hearts more fully to Christ's living message of compassion and justice for the least among us.

The print edition features a soft, leather-like cover and a durable ribbon for convenient daily prayer.

Author: Alison M. Benders

Details: 224 pgs, 5 X 7 Leatherflex with Ribbon

Publication Date: 06/02/2015

Open up your everyday experiences by considering them through a Benedictine lens with this accessible collection of reflections. Meaningful and insightful at any time of the year, this companion offers Benedictine and scriptural wisdom to the timeless themes of our lives. Each reflection is coupled with thoughtful contemplative questions and meaningful and integrative actions for daily life.

The reflections are organized by themes from the Rule of Saint Benedict and include: Awareness of God, Listening, Hospitality, Humility, Moderation, Community for Ordinary People, Community Living, Obedience, Authority, Peace, Prayer, Stability, and Stewardship.

Author: Kate Ritger

Details: 96 pgs, 5 X 7 Paperback

Publication Date: 11/06/2014

The Lord's Prayer accompanies the lives of Christians. When we are happy or sad, when we eagerly wait for a child to be born or silently keep watch as an elder dies, alone in the woods or together in liturgy, filled with gratitude or emptied by grief, driven to praise or dragged to repent, the Our Father finds its way to our lips.

To Dare the Our Father recognizes and respects these experiences but it envisions praying the prayer as a more sustained and challenging undertaking. How does praying the Our Father inform our thinking, feeling, willing, and acting? How does it become for us a transformative spiritual practice? John Shea explores these questions and more to discover what it looks like to become people of prayer.

Author: John Shea

184 pages , 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 Paperback

Publication Date: 01/22/2018

Prayerbook for Engaged Couples, Third Edition is the perfect gift for those who have recently become engaged. This resource helps couples to discuss, pray over, and choose the scripture that will be proclaimed at their wedding. It also invites them to pray with the words of the rite and the Mass, and gives a brief reflection and questions for discussion on each. It also contains additional prayers and blessings pertinent to the lives of engaged couples. Use of this book will allow couples to develop a practice of prayer and reflection that will sustain them throughout their married life.

ISBN: 9781616710408