Catholic Prayers

About this book

When you don't have the words, the Church already does.There are moments when prayer comes easily. And there are the other moments - the diagnosis, the sleepless night, the child you can't reach, the work that won't come right - when you kneel down and find you have nothing to say.For two thousand years the Church has been writing prayers for exactly those moments. Catholic Prayers: A Prayer for Every Need gathers more than 700 of them into one book, arranged not by season or saint, but by need - so that when something happens, you can open to the page and pray.Inside you will find: Sixteen sections covering the whole of life - Essential Prayers; Strength, Courage and Endurance; Mental and Emotional Wellbeing; Healing; Guidance and Wisdom; Forgiveness and Mercy; Protection; Gratitude; Hope and Joy; Family and Relationships; Work and Finances; Faith and Spiritual Growth; The Christian Life; Times of Loss; Society and the World; and the Seasons of the Church Year. Three prayers for every need - a short one for when time is short, and fuller prayers for when you can stay a while. An "About the Prayer" note with every entry, telling you who wrote it, when, and how the faithful have used it - so you know whose voice you are praying in. Nothing invented. Every prayer in this book is authentic and traceable - drawn from Sacred Scripture, the saints and doctors of the Church, and the established devotional tradition. Scripture is given throughout in the Douay-Rheims. Whether you are returning to the faith after years away, praying with your family at the kitchen table, keeping a bedside vigil, or simply trying to build a habit that lasts, this is a book to be kept within reach and worn out with use.A lasting gift for Confirmation, RCIA and OCIA, weddings, baptisms, anniversaries, and for anyone walking through a hard season.Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to keep two thousand years of Catholic prayer at your fingertips.