The Communion of Saints: Prayers of the Famous

by Horton Davies (Editor)

Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

The communion of saints gathers a rich and diverse selection of prayers from famous people of all walks of life from the past two thousand years. Here are the prayers of such individuals as John Donne, Soren Kierkegaard, Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michelangelo, Augustine, Martin Luther King Jr., C. S. Lewis, Anne Bradstreet, Blaise Pascal, Francis of Assisi, and many more. Diverse in intention, emphasis, style, and feeling, these prayers are grouped according to six practical classifications: "Prayers of Gratitude and Dedication," "Prayers of Confession and Penitence," "Prayers of Petition," "Prayers of Intercession," "Prayers Marking Times," and "Prayers for the Christian Year." Much more than a work of historical interest, this anthology makes an excellent tool for personal devotions, inspiring readers to deepen their own prayer lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802843036
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/13/1996
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Horton Davies is the Henry W. Putnam Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity at Princeton University. His many books inlude Bread of Life and Cup of Joy: Newer Ecumenical Perspectives on the Eucharist, A Church Historian's Odyssey: A Memoir, and Worship and Theology in England.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PRAYERS OF GRATITUDE AND DEDICATION

A. PRAYERS OF GRATITUDE
B. PRAYERS OF DEDICATION

PART 2: PRAYERS OF CONFESSION AND PENITENCE

PART 3: PRAYERS OF PETITION

A. ARROW PRAYERS
B. PETITIONS FOR THE GRACES AND VIRTUES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

1. For the Guidance and Grace of God
2. For Divine Mercy and Love
3. For Total Obedience
4. For Reverence
5. For Faith and Confidence in God
6. For Truth and Truthfulness
7. For the Illumination and Power of the Holy Spirit
8. To Know, Love, and Serve God
9. For Compassion and Service
10. For Courage
11. For Joy and Contentment
12. For Amendment and Growth in Grace
13. For the Full Use of One's Talents for God
14. For Humility
15. For Peace and Serenity
16. For Forgiveness and Generosity of Spirit
17. For Patience and Perseverance
18. For the Life Everlasting
19. For a Disciplined Life
20. To Overcome Racial and Class Prejudices
21. For Benefits from Receiving the Sacraments

PART 4: PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

1. For the Church
2. For the City and the Nation
3. For Friends, Lovers, Families, and Mentors
4. For Workers and Immigrants
5. For Those in Difficulty
6. For Animals

PART 5: PRAYERS MARKING TIMES

1. For Morning and Evening
2. For the Blessings of Marriage
3. For the Gift of Children
4. For the Dying and the Dead

PART 6: PRAYERS FOR THE CHRISTIAN YEAR

1. Advent
2. Christmas Eve
3. Christmas Day
4. For the New Year
5. Ash Wednesday
6. Palm Sunday
7. Holy Week
8. Good Friday
9. Easter
10. Pentecost
11. Trinity Sunday

SOURCES OF THE PRAYERS
INDEX
PERMISSIONS

Editorial Reviews

New Oxford Review
"A good nightstand prayer book that puts the reader in fine company."

Lutheran Partners
"These prayers are wonderfully useful. You'll use this one for decades!"

Christian Ministry
"Because of its ecumenical breadth, Protestants, Orthodox, and Roman Catholics will find this book a rich resource for personal devotional life."

The Presbyterian Outlook
"One of the most outstanding new books of prayers. . . If one were going to buy only one book on prayer this year, this is the one to buy."

From the Publisher

A good nightstand prayer book that puts the reader in fine company.

New Oxford Review

This is a wonderfully rich and diverse collection of prayers by famous people from various centuries and walks of life, as well as from different Christian affiliations. William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Blaise Pascal, Anne Bradstreet, Malcolm Muggeridge, John Calvin, Soren Kierkegaard, Abraham Lincoln, and Michelangelo are a few of those whose prayers are represented in this anthology, which is organized into six parts: prayers of gratitude and dedication, of confession and penitence, of petition, of intercession, of occasion (e.g., morning and evening, and for the Christian year.) Some prayers are a sentence, others much longer; all may deepen the reader's capacity for and the comprehensiveness of prayer. Essential for seminary libraries; highly recommended for public libraries.

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