Review: Great History; Some Prayers Lovely, Others Over the Top
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2014
I appreciated the history and explanation of prayer very much. Some of it reminded me of my catechism days being raised as a Roman Catholic. I did remember some of the prayers, too, and bookmarked others that I would like to return to. However, I found many of the prayers included to be overly emotional and unrealistic, almost in an ingratiating way rather than in a beautiful language. I know these were written by saintly people--perhaps they are just written on such old form as to be outdated today. I really don't know anyone who would pray in this manner. Prayers now are in a more day-to-day way of speaking with our Lord. Still, I did appreciate the history as well as some of the prayers.