Downside Prayerbook

by Foster, Dom David

• ISBN13: 9780860124184
• ISBN10: 0860124185
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-17
• Publisher: Burns & Oates

Summary

This treasury of prayers for the third Christian millennium offers practical guidance for an increasingly busy world. The book's extensive range includes favorite Catholic prayers such as the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross, along with others that may be less familiar, organized under many different themes and topics. Helpful introductions and a pattern of daily prayers make this book nothing less than a course in Christian spirituality.The book is for people approaching Christian prayer for the first time as well as for those who want to begin afresh. It will be especially helpful to young people and the parents and teachers who want to help them learn to pray in the living tradition of the Church.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Cardinal Basil Hume
Preface	ix
Timothy Radcliffe
Introduction	1	(1)
With Voice and Mind and Heart	1	(2)
Acts of Prayer	3	(2)
Prayer in Faith, Hope and Love	5	(2)
Basic Prayers	7	(12)
The Sign of the Cross	7	(2)
The Lord's Prayer	9	(4)
The Hail Mary	13	(2)
The Glory Be	15	(1)
The Apostles' Creed	16	(1)
The Nicene Creed	17	(2)
Prayers for Every Day	19	(66)
In the Morning	20	(11)
During the Day	31	(4)
In the Evening	35	(12)
Prayers for Young People	47	(12)
Prayers for General Use	59	(24)
A Christian Week	83	(2)
Prayers of Blessing	85	(4)
Prayers for Mass, Holy Communion and Benediction	89	(24)
Prayers before Communion	90	(6)
Prayers after Communion	96	(9)
Prayers before the Blessed Sacrament	105	(3)
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament	108	(5)
The Sacrament of Reconciliation	113	(10)
Preparation for Confession	113	(7)
The Rite of Confession	120	(3)
Prayers in Sickness and in Death	123	(10)
Prayers for the Sick and Suffering	123	(3)
Prayers for the Dying and for the Departed	126	(6)
De Profundis	132	(1)
Prayers for the Christian Year	133	(14)
Advent	133	(2)
Christmas	135	(2)
New Year	137	(1)
Lent	138	(2)
Holy Week	140	(2)
Easter	142	(1)
Ascension	143	(1)
Pentecost	144	(1)
After Pentecost	145	(2)
Prayers to Our Lady	147	(22)
The Angelus	148	(1)
Antiphons to Our Lady	149	(5)
The Magnificat or Song of Mary	154	(2)
Prayers for the Solemnities of Mary	156	(1)
The Rosary	157	(10)
Prayer for England	167	(2)
Other Devotions	169	(28)
The Stations of the Cross	169	(8)
Prayers and Hymns to the Holy Spirit	177	(3)
Prayers to the Saints	180	(3)
Litanies	183	(14)
Index of Prayers	197	(14)
Acknowledgements	211