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Paperback Daily Prayers for Busy People Book

ISBN: 0764809911

ISBN13: 9780764809910

Daily Prayers for Busy People

Each entry begins with an invocation to God called Presence, followed by Father O'Malley's poetic rendering of a familiar psalm that speaks profoundly to our modern situation. This is followed by a hymn, excerpted from a great spiritual or literary master. A Scripture reading and closing prayer complete the section. Paperback

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Rated 5 stars
sharing a joy

This little book has been my companion off and on for over 15 years. I have given away more copies than I can count. O'Malley is not only a poet, but a playful and wise man who knows what it is to have one's pretensions shattered. Perhaps some of this comes from the years he has spent teaching youth at Fordham Prep School. He is a master of simplicity; just a few words, a few lines, make a prayer that can stay with one...

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Rated 5 stars
Very good if you don't have a lof of time!

I recommend this to anyone who wants to pray but feels there is not enough hours in the day to do so. The book title pretty much says it all. The readings are very short. I think it is an excellent book to begin out on, but if you're like me, you will begin desiring more and may need to move to a larger prayer book.

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Rated 5 stars
A volume filling a distinct need

This volume has a well-deserved sequel. Fr. O'Malley has developed a prayer book with a four week cycle which speaks to contemporary Catholics to whom the psalms and patristic readings are "dead". This is not an adaptation of the Liturgy of the Hours; rather it is a substitute. Morning and Evening prayer have a simple structure: an opening prayer, a "grace" or single sentence to carry with you outside the formal prayer...

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Daily Prayers for Busy People

I have used this book for three years. I am back to purchase an additional copy for my 18 year old daughter. I would like to buy it for all of my close family and friends-but won't until they ask! What is remarkable about O'Malley's book is the pertinence of the prayers, and the excellent selection of timeless poetry ( English majors- here's Donne, herbert, Pound, Tennyson, Dickinson, truly remarkable selections- artlessly...

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Rated 5 stars
What a great way to end your day and sleep peacefully!

Daily Prayers for Busy People has just 30 days of prayers, but you won't be bored on even the 10th time around. The combination of simple and sophisticated, stimulating and soothing, makes this the one book that I always take along with me. O'Malley has the ability to touch the soul with just a few words

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