Prayers for This Life : A Daily Telegraph Book

by Howse, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780826476425
• ISBN10: 0826476422
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

In his previous anthologies, Chrisopther Howse has included prayers at the end of each reading. These prayers have been particularly appreciated by his readers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
PART ONE: GOD
God himself
A Hebrew word: Alleluia	2	(1)
Id ipsum Augustine of Hippo	2	(6)
Creation worships God
Brother Sun Francis of Assisi	8	(1)
God loves creation Julian of Norwich	9	(1)
Mermaid and quince adore Christopher Smart	10	(2)
In the playful fire Ananias, Azarias and Misael	12	(2)
God loves me Frederick William Faber	14	(1)
God made me lovable Thomas Traherne	15	(3)
We seek your face Alcuin	18	(1)
We praise God to know him Augustine of Hippo	19	(1)
My body and soul's praise Anselm	20	(1)
Worthy the winning Gerard Manley Hopkins	20	(1)
Creator, grant the prize John Henry Newman	21	(2)
Speaking with God
Preparation for prayer Lancelot Andrewes	23	(2)
Met half way James Montgomery	25	(1)
Give ear to our prayers Book of Common Prayer (1549)	26	(1)
Want more Thomas Traherne	26	(1)
Grant our desires John Chrysostom	27	(1)
The First Commandment Thomas Ken	28	(6)
Quietness Book of Common Prayer	34	(1)
Finding God within Walter Hilton	34	(1)
Praying for things Book of Common Prayer	35	(1)
Inner healing John Keble	36	(1)
A brisk example Christopher Smart	36	(3)
God's will in me George MacDonald	39	(1)
Our Father
The Lord's Prayer	40	(1)
Seven askings William Caxton	40	(2)
In heaven and my heart Girolamo Savonarola	42	(1)
On earth as in heaven Thomas Traherne	43	(2)
Debitoribus nostris John Kettlewell	45	(3)
PART TWO: GOD WITH US
God becomes man
Come, Emmanuel J. M. Neale	48	(1)
Wake up John Henry Newman	49	(1)
Word made flesh The Angelus	50	(1)
Midnight sun Giles Fletcher	51	(1)
What the shepherds saw John Byrom	52	(1)
The Nativitie of Christ Robert Southwell	52	(1)
Wonderful exchange The Missal	53	(1)
Sharing in Divinity Columba Marmion	54	(1)
Triple epiphany Liturgy of the Hours	55	(1)
Giving to God Christina Rossetti	55	(1)
Life of Jesus Book of Common Prayer	56	(1)
To take God's side Frederick William Faber	57	(1)
Cross and resurrection
The paschal mysteries Book of Common Prayer	58	(1)
Agony in the Garden Ronald Knox	58	(1)
The world's life Alcuin	59	(1)
Our sins nailed Orthodox Liturgy of the Hours	60	(1)
The most peculiar thing Thomas Traherne	60	(2)
Tree of life Venantius Fortunatus	62	(2)
Second Adam John Henry Newman	64	(1)
The Passion Chorale Henry Baker	65	(1)
Empathy Anselm	66	(1)
Sword of sorrow Jacopone da Todi	67	(1)
Dying with Christ Book of Common Prayer	68	(1)
Love so amazing Isaac Watts	68	(1)
Hide me in thy wounds Anima Christi	69	(1)
The sign of the cross	70	(1)
Before a crucifix	71	(1)
Christ is risen The Missal	71	(1)
Easter Book of Common Prayer	72	(1)
Easter dialogue Joseph Beaumont	72	(3)
Eucharist
Let us give thanks The Missal	75	(1)
Love's welcome George Herbert	76	(1)
Bread of angels Liturgy of the Hours	77	(1)
The present Trinity The Missal	77	(1)
Act of confidence Lady Lucy Herbert	78	(1)
Be heartened John Keble	78	(1)
Jesus' presence Thomas Aquinas	79	(2)
Friend and brother Richard of Chichester	81	(1)
Unity Richard Challoner	81	(1)
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Christina Rossetti	82	(1)
Countless gifts Catherine Winkworth	83	(1)
Reconciliation
With a great cry Anon, AD 1000	84	(1)
Intolerable burden Book of Common Prayer	85	(1)
Rend my rocky heart Thomas Traherne	86	(1)
Act of contrition Traditional	87	(1)
New hearts Book of Common Prayer	87	(1)
Three fatal sisters Robert Herrick	88	(1)
Becoming whole George MacDonald	88	(1)
Deliver us Book of Common Prayer	89	(1)
Jesus lost Richard Challoner	89	(4)
In peril on the sea Book of Common Prayer	93	(1)
None should perish Christina Rossetti	93	(1)
God's promises Book of Common Prayer	94	(1)
No outcast John Keble	94	(1)
Bodily suffering Book of Common Prayer	94	(1)
Coolness and balm J.G. Whittier	95	(1)
As we forgive those. . . Book of Common Prayer	96	(1)
For enemies Anselm	96	(1)
In my bosom a sun Henry Vaughan	97	(1)
The Holy Spirit
The Comforter Book of Common Prayer	98	(1)
Dwell in me Anselm	99	(1)
Light of life John Austin	100	(1)
Sent by the Trinity William Caxton	101	(2)
Steadfast repose George Hickes	103	(1)
Communion of saints
In God's eye, Christ Gerard Manley Hopkins	104	(1)
One body John Donne	105	(4)
Gifts in each member John Keble	109	(1)
A nesting place Christina Rossetti	110	(1)
Lighting us Henry Vaughan	111	(1)
All generations Book of Common Prayer	112	(1)
Sub tuum praesidium Traditional	113	(1)
Fertile tears Aldhelm	113	(1)
An angel's message Book of Common Prayer	114	(1)
Our Lord and Our Lady Hilaire Belloc	114	(1)
Star of the sea Alcuin	115	(1)
Salve Hermann Contractus	116	(1)
All seafarers John Paul II	116	(1)
Remember Traditional	117	(1)
Angels
Heaven and earth Book of Common Prayer	118	(1)
They walk with us Augustine Baker	118	(2)
Guardian angel Anonymous	120	(1)
My oldest friend John Henry Newman	120	(2)
Fellow-servants Christopher Smart	122	(1)
St Michael Leo XIII	123	(3)
PART THREE: THIS LIFE WITH GOD
The presence of God
God be in my head Anonymous	126	(1)
Dwelling in hearts Anonymous	126	(1)
In me and outside Augustine of Hippo	127	(1)
Christ's hand R.H. Benson	128	(1)
A new colour Ronald Knox	129	(1)
Living like a candle John Bunyan	130	(2)
Divine friendship Thomas Traherne	132	(1)
Knowing Jesus John Henry Newman	132	(6)
Faith, hope and love
The Apostles' Creed Traditional	138	(1)
An act of hope John Gother	139	(1)
Comfort and hope Book of Common Prayer	140	(1)
St Francis's plank Lady Lucy Herbert	141	(1)
God is where love is The Missal	141	(1)
For charity Book of Common Prayer	142	(1)
Wants and love Thomas Traherne	142	(2)
Neutrality loathsome Robert Herrick	144	(1)
Kindness Jane Austen	144	(1)
Our pattern Jeremy Taylor	145	(1)
Lovest thou me? William Cowper	146	(1)
God in the poor Christina Rossetti	147	(1)
Fruit Mother Teresa	148	(1)
Daily life
Important hours Jane Austen	149	(1)
Save us, now Book of Common Prayer	149	(1)
One step enough John Henry Newman	150	(1)
Against perils Book of Common Prayer	151	(1)
God's power Anonymous	151	(3)
The Captain Christina Rossetti	154	(1)
After a quarrel The Seafarers' Prayer Book	154	(1)
An instrument Anonymous	155	(1)
Martha, Martha Robert Herrick	156	(1)
Grace before meals Traditional	156	(1)
A visit William Walsham How	157	(2)
In loneliness The Seafarers' Prayer Book	159	(1)
No more lies Susanna Wesley	160	(1)
For self-forgetfulness Robert Louis Stevenson	161	(1)
Morning and night
This day Lancelot Andrewes	162	(5)
The morning-watch Henry Vaughan	167	(1)
Dawn Liturgy of the Hours	168	(1)
Night prayer Alcuin	169	(1)
Lighten our darkness Book of Common Prayer	169	(1)
Family prayers John Wesley	169	(2)
A continuance of mercies Jane Austen	171	(1)
In wakefulness The Seafarers' Prayer Book	172	(1)
Shadows sink Hannah More	173	(1)
Unfathomable mines William Cowper	173	(1)
The evening Lancelot Andrewes	174	(6)
This life completed
Sure and certain hope Book of Common Prayer	180	(1)
Let me see Thy face Augustine of Hippo	181	(1)
Repair me now John Donne	181	(1)
Vain terrors Samuel Johnson	182	(1)
In the hour of death Book of Common Prayer	183	(1)
No cold love Thomas More	183	(2)
The condemned man John Gother	185	(1)
Last affliction William Dodd	186	(1)
Judgement Liturgy of the Hours	187	(2)
The Book of Life Christina Rossetti	189	(1)
Heaven and hell Thomas Traherne	190	(1)
Lead me home John Newton	191	(1)
Resurrection of the body St Patrick	191	(2)
Sources and further reading	193