num_pages: 192
description: Acclaimed award-winning essayist and novelist Brian Doylewhose writing in the words of Mary Oliver is a gift to us allpresents one hundred new prayers that evoke his deep Catholic belief in the mystery and miracle of the ordinary (and the whimsical) in human life. In Brian Doyles newest work A Book of Uncommon Prayer: 100 Celebrations of the Miracle &amp; Muddle of the Ordinary his readers will find a series of prayers unlike any of the beautiful formal orthodox prayers of the Catholic tradition or the warm extemporized prayers heard from pulpits and dinner tables. Doyles often-dazzling always-poignant prayers include eye-opening hymns to shoes and faith and family. In Doyles words the world is crammed with miracles so crammed and tumultuous that if we stop see savor we are agog and the pages of his newest book give voice and body to this credo. By focusing on experiences that may seem the most unprayerful (one prayer is titled Prayer on Seeing Yet Another Egregious Parade of Muddy Paw Prints on the Floor) he gives permission to discover the joys and treasures in what he often calls the muddle of everyday life.
language: English
title: A Book of Uncommon Prayer
publisher: Ave Maria Press