Review: Prayer works
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
I have wanted to have what I was calling a meaningful prayer session with God. I asked my priest how to do that and was told not to try to make it a formal thing, to treat it like a conversation that would have occurred with any friend. I understood that teaching. It did not feel right with me. I felt that I was missing something in the conversation. I believed that I was not bringing something to the conversation. My contribution, to me, still felt lacking, as it was suggested that as I prayed more, it would become more comfortable. It had not yet. Yes, it was easier, but I wanted to give more and did not understand how.Then I began reading, “Catholic Prayer Book: An Anthology and Introduction to Prayer.” It revealed to me that by continuing these little conversations with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Mary, and the saints of my faith, I could reach the highest point of personal communication with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and his Father.  An important part is to be reverent with my conversations to communicate with our Lord.How to accomplish on a daily basis is what I learned from reading this book and that is why I have rated it five-stars. There are occasional prayers to focus a conversation. Let it accomplish for you what it has done for me. Pick it up and use it.