The Art of Praying - Paperback

by Romano Guardini (Author)

Where did you learn to pray?

At your mother's knee? From the nun or brother who taught your religion class? Has your understanding of prayer matured since then, or do you simply pray, year after year, as you were taught as a child?

No wonder most people have so many erroneous notions about prayer. No wonder our prayers are still far from what they should be!

This remarkable book offers practical ways you can improve your prayers today and grow closer to God. The topics include:

• How to pray well even when your heart is empty
• Determining the prayer schedule that's right for you
• St. Francis of Assisi - the five words that gave this holy man an entire night of contemplation
• The saints: why all Christians should pray to them - and with them!
• Spontaneous prayer - why it can be less genuine than formal prayers
• "Vague cosmic worship" - has it crept into your prayers?
• The Rosary - just how much of it should you be saying?
• The posture of prayer - should you pray sitting, standing, or kneeling? It makes a difference!
• Family prayer: practical hints to make yours even better
• The Psalms, adoration, liturgical prayer...and much more!

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You've matured, but have your prayers? Has your understanding of prayer matured since you learned to pray at your mother's knee? Or, like many of us, do you continue to pray, year after year, as you were taught as a child?

If your prayers are difficult or boring, your problem may not be so much failure of will (you do try to pray well) as lack of knowledge about how mature souls pray. Most of us have been doing it so long that we pray automatically without really thinking about it.

The good news is that such problems are easily overcome!

This remarkable book offers practical ways that you can improve your prayers today and grow closer to God.

Learn:

-How to overcome distractions

-How to pray when your heart is empty

-How to avoid monotony

-The best posture for prayer ... and more!

Author Biography

Romano Guardini (1885-1968) was ordained a priest in 1910. He was a professor at the University of Berlin until the Nazis expelled him in 1939. His sermons, books, popular classes, and his involvement in the post-war German Catholic Youth Movement won him worldwide acclaim. His works combine a keen thirst for God with a profound depth of thought and a delightful perfection of expression.