Prayer and prayer books Books
Loyola University Press,U.S. A PRAYER BOOK OF CATHOLIC DEVOTIONS
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£12.84
Thomas Nelson Publishers Jesus Listens NoteTaking Edition Leathersoft Gray
Book SynopsisJesus Listens Note-Taking Edition, a 365-day devotional prayer book, has space to record your thoughts, prayers, and reflections. Sarah Young, bestselling author of Jesus Calling, takes you on a year-long journey to develop a meaningful prayer life. Devotional prayers based on Scripture will lead you into a deeper, richer relationship with God.
£18.00
Ave Maria Press Day by Day: The Notre Dame Prayer Book for
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£11.46
Marian Press 33 Dias Hacia Un Glorioso Amanecer
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£15.26
Floris Books Nature Contemplations Through the Christian Year
Book SynopsisThis little book is a treasure trove of reflections and contemplations on images from nature, each one connected to a gospel reading.Based on thirty years of sermons, Skaller explores the essence of sensory images such as flowers, shells, clouds and landscapes, going deeper to help us understand them as divine manifestations in our everyday world. They in turn enable us to come to insights, feelings and intuitions about the purpose of the world, and of ourselves.Presented in a beautiful gift hardback edition, this is a book of reverence and wonder, in which we can glimpse the reality of the divine.Trade Review'This is a wise and useful little book'-- Peter Snow, New View
£9.49
Wild Goose Publications 50 Great Prayers from the Iona Community
Book Synopsis50 of the best-loved prayers of the Iona Community in a portable edition. A book that is sure to become dog-eared through use in worship, or from being carried around on the often bumpy, sometimes tranquil ride of life.
£11.39
Sophia Institute Press The Aquinas Prayer Book: The Prayers and Hymns of
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HarperCollins Publishers BEST LOVED PRAYERS AND WORDS OF WISDOM
Book SynopsisA timeless collection of prayers, quotes, poems and speeches for every occasion. Complete with a brief introduction to each piece and its author, this book features words and prayers from 300BC to the present day. It provides a great source of inspiration when planning a speech or ceremonial occasion or can be used for personal devotions.
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Celtic Daily Prayer
Book SynopsisThe Ancient Paths of Northumbria in northeastern England have been trod by generations of men and women who loved God and followed Jesus, bringing faith, hope, and love to vast numbers of people. Today, the Northumbria Community remains a living expression of this monastic, contemplative stream of the faith, and the perennial need to make that faith relevant to the world.Celtic Daily Prayer is the fruit of the spiritual life of a remarkable community. Its liturgies, prayers, and meditations are drawn from a deep well of spiritual experience that transcends fashion, culture, and denomination. Blending prayer and praise and building upon the ancient wisdom of traditional Celtic Christianity, this prayer book is extraordinarily fresh. At the heart of the life of the Northumbria Community, as well as this book, lies the Daily Office -- morning, noon, and evening prayers and a monthly cycle of meditations for individual or communal u
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HarperCollins 365 Wwjd
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Oxford University Press The Blue Sapphire of the Mind Notes for a
Book Synopsis''There are no unsacred places,'' the poet Wendell Berry has written. ''There are only sacred places and desecrated places.''What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the work of seeing things as an utterly involving moral and spiritual act? Such questions have long occupied the center of contemplative spiritual traditions. In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E. Christie proposes a distinctively contemplative approach to ecological thought and practice that can help restore our sense of the earth as a sacred place. Drawing on the insights of the early Christian monastics as well as the ecological writings of Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, and many others, Christie argues that, at the most basic level, it is the quality of our attention to the natural world that must change if we are to learn how to live in a sustainable relationship with other living organisms and with one another. He notes that in this uniquely challenging historical moment, there is a deep and pervasive hunger for a less fragmented and more integrated way of apprehending and inhabiting the living world-and for a way of responding to the ecological crisis that expresses our deepest moral and spiritual values. Christie explores how the wisdom of ancient and modern contemplative traditions can inspire both an honest reckoning with the destructive patterns of thought and behavior that have contributed so much to our current crisis, and a greater sense of care and responsibility for all living beings. These traditions can help us cultivate the simple, spacious awareness of the enduring beauty and wholeness of the natural world that will be necessary if we are to live with greater purpose and meaning, and with less harm, to our planet.Trade ReviewThose who desire to live in touch with and to participate in the restoration of this luminous and possibly numinous earth will deeply appreciate The Blue Sapphire of the Mind * Paul T. Corrigan, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment *Douglas Christie has written a book that is at once beautiful and scholarly, both lyrical in its prose and impressive in its erudition. ... This text is highly recommended for use in a graduate courses in contemporary spirituality and/or ecotheology. * Colleen Mary Carpenter, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *Douglas Christie offers us a long and scholarly book that I have found both inspiring and challenging. * Peter Reason, Resurgence & Ecologist *In this remarkable book, Douglas Christie, a theologian and academic, sets out to explore the concept of contemplative ecology ... The writing is sparse and deep, clear and beckoning. * Jules Pretty, Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsCh. 1. Immersion in the Larger Whole: Toward a Contemplative Ecology ; Ch. 2. Contact, or the Blue Sapphire of the Mind ; Ch. 3. Penthos: The Gift of Tears ; Ch. 4. Topos: The Work of Place-Making ; Ch. 5. Prosoche: The Art of Attention ; Ch. 6. Logos: The Song of the World ; Ch. 7. Eros: Exchange, Intimacy, Reciprocity ; Ch. 8. Kenosis: Empty, Emptied ; Ch. 9. Telos: The Practice of Paradise
£42.99
Oxford University Press Growing in Love and Wisdom
Book SynopsisIn Growing in Love and Wisdom, Susan Stabile draws on a unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the essential spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and the many fruitful ways Buddhist meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer.Raised as a Catholic, Stabile devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism and was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun before returning to Catholicism in 2001. She begins the book by examining the values and principles shared by the two faith traditions, focusing on the importance of prayer--particularly contemplative prayer--to both Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism. Both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers, and both stress the need for experiences that have deep emotional resonance, that go beyond the level of concepts to touch the heart. Stabile illuminates the similarities between Tibetan Buddhist meditations and Christian forms of prayer such as IgnatTrade Review"A gentle gift to the work of interreligious existence in the 21st century... Stabile faithfully and reasonably steers a course between with this lucid, welcome offering. Growing in Love and Wisdom embodies for us the insights of Nostra Aetate in action -- rejecting nothing that is true and holy, and regarding with sincere reverence those practices of Buddhist meditation that reflect the Truth which enlightens all humanity... This rich resource can be of profitable use in an undergraduate classroom considering interreligious matters, or in a broad introduction to spirituality. Highly recommended for personal, parish or academic use." --Catholic Books Review "In the growing crowd of books on Buddhist-Christian dialogue, this one is different. It's a 'hands-on' book. Susan Stabile's intent is to help Christians learn from what Buddhists do, rather than from what they believe. In practical, step-by-step instructions on how Christians can use Tibetan techniques of meditation, she opens new possibilities of clarifying and deepening Christian experience. This is a book for those who what to practice before they preach, or are preached to."--Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary, New York "Stabile's very readable book lucidly presents similarities in values between Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism. Her clearly-explained prayer suggestions for Christians, which make up most of the book, are adapted from Buddhist practice and are mainly discursive in nature. They offer a rich variety of ways in which their Christian spiritual life can be enriched by Eastern teachings."--Mary Jo Meadow, author of Christian Insight Meditation: Following in the Footsteps of John of the Cross "A new standard for the possibilities in authentic, deeply rooted inter-religious dialogue... the book is beautifully written, in a simple yet clear style, making its deft navigation of interaith ideas ring with clarity." --Carl McColman, carlmccolman.comTable of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I: How We Think about Other Faith Traditions ; Chapter 1: The Value of Interreligious Dialogue ; Chapter 2: Core Truths that Operate Across Faith Traditions ; Part II: Adapting Prayer Practices from Another Faith Tradition ; Chapter 3: The Importance of Contemplation and Affective Experience ; Chapter 4: Why Look to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation? ; Part III: Analytical Meditations and Commentary ; Chapter 5: Friend, Enemy, Stranger ; Chapter 6: Tonglen ; Chapter 7: Kindness of (M)other Sentient Beings ; Chapter 8: Exchanging Self and Others ; Chapter 9: The Four Immeasurables ; Chapter 10: Meditation on Compassion ; Chapter 11: Giving the Four Elements ; Chapter 12: Perfect Human Rebirth ; Chapter 13: Death ; Chapter 14: Impermanence ; Chapter 15: Overcoming Anger ; Chapter 16: The Eight Worldly Concerns ; Chapter 17: Taking Refuge ; Chapter 18: Emanating as the Deity ; Chapter 19: Meditating on the I ; Part IV: Other Meditations and Practices ; Chapter 20: Meditations to Develop Concentration and Mindfulness ; Chapter 21: Other Practices ; Notes ; Glossary ; Suggestions for further reading
£18.49
James Clarke & Co. Ltd A A Companion to the Book of Common Prayer
Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the Book of Common Prayer's historical development, theological background and continued liturgical significance.Trade Review'The 1662 Book of Common Prayer has had a massive influence on corporate worship inside and outside the Anglican world ever since it was published. The principles which guided the production of this book take us beyond our contemporary superficial approaches to what we do when we gather as the church of God, allowing the great truths of the gospel to shape our response to that gospel as God's redeemed people. Gerald Bray is uniquely placed to reacquaint us with those principles. His encyclopaedic knowledge of Anglican history and theology enables us to understand why the various services of the book have the shape they do and so enable us to make better use of them. This is a richly edifying companion to the Book of Common Prayer which I highly recommend.' - Dr Mark D Thompson, Principal, Moore Theological College 'Learned, pastoral, and unafraid to show his theological cards, Gerald Bray has breathed new life into a genre that has nurtured the devotion of millions of Anglicans through the centuries: the prayer book commentary. This Companion emphasises the theological themes of the Book of Common Prayer, treating it not as a historical artifact, nor as a monument of great literature, but as a liturgical embodiment of the good news of Jesus Christ.' - Samuel L. Bray, John N. Matthews Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame and coeditor of The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition 'Gerald Bray has studied, written on, and taught the Anglican formularies for decades. Amidst rising interest in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (including the recent International Edition), this timely Companion comes as an eminently readable and informative guide, and will be profitable to prayer-book newcomers and veterans alike.' - Jake Griesel, Lecturer in Church History and Anglican Studies, George Whitefield College, Cape Town 'One of the major drivers for the theological renewal of global Anglicanism in the twenty-first century is a rediscovery of the Book of Common Prayer by a new generation. Gerald Bray's overview, building on the classic Tutorial Prayer Book, is a valuable guide for Anglicans worldwide who want to embrace their rich heritage.' - Andrew Atherstone, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. 'The formation of the Ordinariates for former Anglicans in the Catholic Church in 2011 allowed the use of liturgical texts 'proper to the Anglican tradition which have been approved by the Holy See'. The commission set up by the Vatican to oversee liturgy looked to the Prayer Book tradition in Anglicanism for suitable texts for liturgical use. The Ordinariates now have a complete set of liturgical texts using much Prayer Book Material including, Morning and Evening Prayer, the marriage and burial services and material from the Holy Communion Service including the collects. This has a profound ecumenical significance. For some of us this has meant rediscovering the beauty of the Book of Common Prayer. Dr Bray has done us an invaluable service helping us to appreciate the sources of many of the prayers which are now incorporated into liturgy in the Catholic Church.' - The Right Revd Monsignor Keith Newton, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of WalsinghamTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ix 1. History of the Book of Common Prayer 1 Before the Reformation 4 The Reformation Era 23 Since the Reformation 75 2. Introductory Material 103 The Preface 103 Concerning the Service of the Church 112 Of Ceremonies 117 The Order How the Psalter Is Appointed to Be Read 122 The Order How the Rest of Holy Scripture Is Appointed to Be Read 126 Rules Governing the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts 131 The Calendar 138 3. The Daily Offices 148 Morning and Evening Prayer 148 Appendices to the Daily Offices 182 4. Collects, Epistles and Gospels 198 Collects 199 Epistles and Gospels 244 5. The Lord's Supper 255 What's in a Name? 255 Basic Principles 257 Historical Developments 260 The Reformation 269 The Ante-Communion 274 The Communion 301 The Post-Communion 322 Excursus: From the 1637 Scottish BCP to the 1789 American BCP 326 The Appended Collects 329 The Closing Rubrics 330 6. Christian Initiation336 Introduction 336 The Forgotten History 338 The Reformation 344 The Reformed Baptismal Rites 348 English Baptismal Rites 350 Public Baptism of Infants (1552/1662) 361 Private Baptism of Infants (1552/1662) 376 Adult Baptism (1662) 378 The Catechism 382 Confirmation 388 7. Matrimony 393 Historical Introduction 393 The Reformation 398 The Preliminaries to the Marriage Service 398 The Marriage Service 403 The Post-Matrimonial Service 407 8. Other Services and Rites410 The Visitation and Communion of the Sick 410 The Burial of the Dead 416 The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth 424 A Commination 426 Forms of Prayer to Be Used at Sea 431 The State Services 434 9. The Ordinal 438 Introduction 438 Theological Questions 439 The Reformed Church of England 443 The Nomenclature 447 The Title and Preface 451 The Making of Deacons 456 The Ordering of Priests 459 The Consecration of an Archbishop or Bishop 465 10. The Articles of Religion 471 Bibliography 477 Index 485 Holy Scripture and Early Christian Writings 485 Names and Places 493 Subjects 498 Liturgies and Rites 504 Church Councils 505 Parliamentary Statutes and Measures 506
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HarperChristian Resources When Gods People Pray Participants Guide
Book SynopsisThis participant’s guide will help you to understand, personalize, and apply the powerful, life-changing concepts described in the six video sessions of When God’s People Pray Small Group DVD. It includes questions to think about, session outlines with room for note-taking, discussion questions, Bible studies, a prayer journal, and more. Prayer can change lives and circumstances like nothing else can. What are the keys that unlock its power, that turn prayer from a mere activity into a vital link with God and all his resources? In When God’s People Pray, Jim Cymbala, pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle, shows you and your small group truths about prayer that God has used to turn his own church from a tiny, struggling inner-city congregation into a vital, thriving community of believers who pray with passion, focus, and faith. Featuring teachings by Jim Cymbala and video interviews of ordinary people who have received extraordinary answers to their prayers, these six sess
£11.48
Zondervan When God Doesnt Answer Your Prayer
Book SynopsisWhen disaster strikes, when grief shatters us---what are we to make of prayer? Many of us have experienced some amazing answers, but what about when God seems to turn a deaf ear? Drawing from his own crushing experience, Jerry Sittser affirms the greatness of God’s love in the face of unanswered prayer.
£13.29
HarperChristian Resources The Circle Maker Bible Study Participants Guide
Book SynopsisBold prayers honor God and God honors bold prayers.Do you ever sense that there''s far more to prayer than what you''re experiencing? This four-session video-based Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately) is for believers who love God with a passion, but have slipped into a spiritual rut. It''s time to enter a whole new level of extreme faith...it''s time to become a circle maker!Through the story of Honi the Circle Maker—a man bold enough to draw a circle in the sand and not budge from it until God answered his prayer for his people—bestselling author and pastor Mark Batterson will help you see that who you become is determined by how you pray. Throughout this guide, Batterson: Clearly and practically lays out what prayer looks like and how it shapes and changes us. Shows you the powerful results and modern-day miracles that come from a courageous prayer life. Helps you, your group, and your entire church
£10.44
Zondervan Windows of the Soul
Book SynopsisPraise for Windows of the Soul Every once in a while a book comes along that makes you stop and think—and then think some more—like Ken Gire’s wonderful book Windows of the Soul. —John Trent in Christian Parenting TodayKen Gire has created a book that gently pours forth, like water out of a garden bucket, cleansing our thoughts and opening the petals of our spirits, providing us with a new sense of clarity in our search for God. —Manhattan (KS) MercuryEach word, each phrase, is painstakingly wrought, loaded with thoughts and prayer, and filled with new glimpses of God’s love, grace, and strength. —The Christian AdvocateWindows of the Soul will surprise you with the many and varied windows God uses to speak to us. With the heart of an artist, Ken Gire paints word pictures in prose and poetry that will thrill your heart. —Mature Living<
£12.74
Zondervan Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life
Book SynopsisThis devotional companion contains 144 readings that help you grow closer to God through every season of life, in every condition of the heart.
£13.29
Griffin Publishing The Genesis Prayer
Book Synopsis"The Genesis Prayer" has been used for centuries by sages, prophets, and scholars to grant blessings, health, and happiness. This book aims to unlock secrets of the Bible, such as how: an infertile couple is able to conceive and have a child; a business is saved when a lost package is found; and, a child escapes injury in a dangerous situation.
£13.60
SCM Press The Prayers of Jesus
Book SynopsisThis volume, which was formerly published as one of the series Studies in Biblical Theology, is now reissued independently. It contains three essays which 'show the combination of massive learning with fresh and limpid piety that distinguishes all Jeremias's work' (Theology).
£20.54
Lulu Press Prevailing Prayer
£10.19
Lulu.com Prevailing Prayer How to Practice Prayer Praying for Forgiveness in Petition with Faith in God and in Confession Hardcover
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£21.42
Struik Christian Books 101 Most Powerful Promises in the Bible
£22.06
Time Warner Trade Publishing The Power of Prayer and Fasting 21 Days That Can Change Your Life
Book SynopsisTelevision host, widely traveled speaker, and communicator Marilyn Hickey reveals the surprising power and rich benefits of fasting in her 21-day program.
£15.19
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Catholic Prayerbook From Downside Abbey
Trade Review'Most prayerbooks leave the reader to get on with the praying himself. Rather different is The Catholic Prayerbook from Downside Abbey. The editor, Dom David Foster, draws on the great saints of west and east as well as King Charles I and even anonymous boys at Downside School. Its great value for a pitifully inadequate praying man, such as myself, lies in his thoughtful introductions to the major prayers and discussion of the best way to go about the exercise. Sometimes one can stick to established texts, at other just use their opening words to launch into our own. If this goes badly, switch back to somebody else's prayer, he counsels.' David Twiston Davies, The Catholic Herald'I welcome the publication of this Prayerbook. It is indeed a treasury. I am sure that all those reponsible for leading prayer in our Catholic schools will benefit from it. I think it would make a wonderful present for many youngsters at the time of their Confirmation. It could become their treasured companion on the pilgrimage of life.' Bishop Vincent Nichols, Department for Catholic Education and Formation'This book should provide a treasure-trove for anyone who has to improvise services, prayer-meetings or assemblies, and above all for the ordinary Christian who needs a focus, a text, or perhaps even a point of departure for prayer.' John Sullivan, Priests and PeopleAppeared in article in Church Times, September 2009.
£55.00
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Karl Barth on Prayer TT Clark Studies in Systematic Theology
Book SynopsisAshley Cocksworth is the Tutor in Systematic Theology at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, UK. He studied theology at the University of Edinburgh, UK and received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, UK.Trade ReviewNot all theologians write about the relationship of prayer and Christian theology. In this splendid study, Cocksworth (systematic theology, Queen's Foundation, UK) offers a persuasive demonstration that prayer stands at the center of Karl Barth’s theological work. For Barth, Cocksworth writes in his conclusion, “‘prayer’ and theological ‘work’ are not imagined to be independent or sequential but one and the same.” Cocksworth describes treatments of prayer in Barth’s works before focusing on particular aspects of prayer: contemplation, petition, invocation, pneumatology, and revolt. Though Barth was uneasy with historic, contemplative prayer, Cocksworth sees his theology of the Sabbath as providing room for contemplation. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- D. K. McKim, Memphis Theological Seminary, USA * CHOICE *This is not only a deep and original study of Barth on prayer, engaging with the whole Church Dogmatics and a great many of this other writings, and showing how utterly central prayer is to his conception of Christian life, politics and theology; Cocksworth also sensitively relates Barth to other traditions of prayer, especially contemplation and meditation. His culminating original insight is into the importance of Barth's development beyond a main emphasis on petition to an embracing 'turn to invocation'. Anyone interested in Barth or prayer should appreciate this profound and perceptive book. * David F. Ford, University of Cambridge, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Contemplation 3. Petition 4. Invocation 5. Pneumatology 6. Revolt 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Joshua Free The Complete Book of Marduk by Nabu
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Allison Paynter Prayers and Meditations of the Manual of the Holy Face
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Allison Paynter Manual of the Holy Face
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iUniverse Igniting Prayers Passion and Power in Us A Book for Proclaimers
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iUniverse GRACE The Essence of Spirituality
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iUniverse Stumbling Blocks Become Stepping Stones With Jesus
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iUniverse We Ask Your Blessing 100 Prayers for Campus Occasions
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iUniverse Oremus A Prayerbook for the Old Catholic Priest
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iUniverse Decisions Decisions Decisions Seeking Gods Will
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iUniverse Biblical Principles of Prayer A user friendly guide to successful prayer
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iUniverse WakeUp Calls 101 Devotionals for Sleepy Christians
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iUniverse A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH Opening the Door to Effectual Prayer
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iUniverse Hear Us Word Prayers
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iUniverse THESE ARE MY TESTIMONIES THE CALM AFTER THE STORM
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iUniverse Simply Prayer A 31 day prayer adventure
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iUniverse Dear Father Praying with the Psalmist
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iUniverse Help From the Hills Meditations on the Spiritual Life
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iUniverse Oremus A Prayerbook for the Old Catholic Priest
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iUniverse Biblical Principles of Prayer A user friendly guide to successful prayer
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John-That-Theologian.com Akathists Services Canons and Other Prayers Volume I Volume 1
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