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God Behind Bars: A Prison Chaplain Reflects on the Lord's Prayer [Paperback]

Pierre Raphael (Author)


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Book Description

July 1999
This profoundly moving book examines the Our Father one line per chapter, opening up the meaning of each line to its fullest. Though the author filters the prayer through his experiences as chaplain in Riker's Island, the world's largest prison, this isn't exclusively a "prison" book. Until we know God's freedom, we are all in some way prisoners. With this prayer, the ultimate message is one of hope.

Recalling the experiences of both Therese of Lisieux and Thomas Merton, who also bore witness to a faith lived in darkness, the book offers each reader meaning and spirituality of true depth. The book looks at the Our Father from within a place of extreme isolation and despair; yet it finds in the prayer a universality that speaks to all, since we are all children who have at some time stood in darkness and cried for help. The book ends with a brief history of Abraham House, a half-way house for prisoners co-founded by the author.

Sure to make a lasting impression, this book is for prisoners, chaplains, rehabilitation ministries, halfway houses, and families and victims of prisoners. It is also an inspiring title for prayer groups, pastoral ministers, and all Christians, especially those who want new life imbued into a prayer that they may be saying by rote.


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A source of inspiration. -- Catholic Library World

An astonishing contemporary reflection on the meaning and power of the Lord's Prayer, filled with easy and accessible mystical insights. -- Crux

Here is a source of peace and solace that will perdure. -- Sisters Today

I learned much from this good and faithful servant who has long sought out the condemned and abandoned in prisons. -- Sr. Helen Prejean, Author, Dead Man Walking

What a rare gem of a book for all in the Prison Apostolate! -- Fr. Daniel Egan, S.A.,

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Paulist Press (July 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0809138689
  • ISBN-13: 978-0809138685
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,450,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The word Father appears 170 times in the Gospels. Read the first page
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Rikers Island, New York, Saint Anthony, God's Name, Department of Correction, Holy Spirit, Hubble Telescope, Mother Teresa, South Bronx
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