Handbook of Prayers [Paperback]

James Socias (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2006

This beautiful prayer book is compact enough to carry everywhere and comprehensive enough to give you inspiration and uplift in almost every conceivable situation! It contains the complete Latin and English texts of nearly six hundred prayers, including basic prayers, prayers for different times of day, devotions to Our Lord and Our Lady, prayers for the dead, and blessings — plus the order of Mass, an illuminating section that gives you practical guidance on how to become a better Christian, the Rosary, and much more. Delightfully illustrated with traditional line drawings.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (November 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879735791
• ISBN-13: 978-0879735791
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #844,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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128 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have, May 27, 2006

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Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handbook of Prayers (Paperback)

I was introduced to this great little book on a retreat last winter with Opus Dei. A number of the men there had it and I borrowed one for a while on the retreat. This is a little treasure that should be in every Catholic home.

A number of features make this one such a nice prayer book. It is compact and fits in a [...] pocket. Also it contains great pen and ink sketches and illustrations, especially for the Stations of the Cross. It has such a variety of prayers if you only had this prayer book it would be sufficient for a wide and varied prayer life.

The first section of the book is a series of articles on How to Be a Better Catholic. The next section is a collect of basic prayers, the Sign of the Cross, Hail Mary, Our Father ... then the sections become more specific:

Midday Prayers
Evening Prayers
Preparation for Mass
The Eucharistic Sacrifice
Prayers after Mass
Communion Outside Mass
Eucharistic Adoration
Guide for a Good Confession
Devotions to the Blessed Trinity
Devotions to Our Lord Jesus Christ
Devotions to the Holy Spirit
Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Devotions to St. Joseph
Various Prayers
Prayers at the Time of Death
Prayers for the Dead
Blessings
Sacraments When in Dander of Death

I guarantee that if you pick up this little book, you will find yourself referring to it time and time again. It will become one of your most valued books, for help in developing your spiritual lif

89 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book But Needs Updating!, June 27, 2006

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Frederick Baptist (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handbook of Prayers (Paperback)

This is a great prayerbook for Catholics and has all the essential prayers except for the Luminous Mysteries and hence this portion of it needs to be updated. The version I have has bonded leather covers and gold imprinted letters. The pages are also gilded and the fonts are also of a nice size for easy reading. I find the section on "How to be a Better Catholic" to be very useful as well as Latin versions of some of the prayers on the facing pages to the English versions. Highly recommended but they should update and include the Luminous Mysteries.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 200 of the Church's most stirring prayers, August 18, 1999

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This review is from: Handbook of Prayers (Paperback)

One of the best ways to grow in one's prayer life is to steep ourselves in the centuries-old Catholic devotions that represent to us Christian doctrine, divine love, and the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ. The latest edition of the Handbook of Prayers makes this effort effective by gathering in a single, compact volume the most practical prayers, devotions and blessings.

Originally published in a pocket-sized 336 pages, the book has sold over 50,000 copies since its first printing in 1982. Although the expanded edition is now 600 pages, the book is inimally larger in size and thickness than the original since it is printed on Bible paper. In the new edition one can find something to suit almost any taste or occasion. It contains short sections summarizing Catholic doctrine, the Order of Mass in Latin and in English on facing pages, as are many of the prayers, and devotions to the Trinity, Christ, Mary and Joseph. The section on Catholic doctrine covers ways to live a better spiritual life through prayer and habitual spiritual practices. Especially handy is a table showing the holy days of obligation for many English-speaking countries. The Order of Mass encompasses the general liturgy, rubrics, and prefaces for various seasons, feasts and memorials, as well as a large number of prayers that can be said before and after Mass.