Lord Hear Our Prayer: A Treasury of Catholic Prayers

If I were ever stranded on a deserted island, I would want to have this book with me. There are specific prayers for specific ocassions, daily prayers, an abbreviated Liturgy of the Hours, a Scriptual roasary, contemplative prayer and how to "contemplate" and more. I would like to have one in a leather cover with ribbons and guilded edges. That's how strongly I fell that this book is a treasure to be embraced.

I found this book looking for a personal way to participate in the Roman Catholic Liturgy begun with attendance of the Sunday's Eucharist. It is a condensed easily accessed Office similarily patterned to that found in "The Book of Common Praayer" though identified as being in the Catholic tradition.It's Office is organized around a seven day calendar, including both morning and evening prayer and a common night prayer, with additions for special times of the church year, ie. Advent, Easter, Lent, Pentecost. This Office is ordered in such a way that it could easily be used in a communal setting. Also it contains prayers for times of special need from authors such as Thomas Merton and Lucien Deiss.This is not a how-to-book but fills the need for those of us who are looking for a companion along the journey of private prayer.