Prayer in the Catholic tradition: a handbook of practical approaches

Pt. 1. Welcoming and deepening our prayer life. Prayerfulness / Robert J. Wicks

Traditional Catholic prayer / Dennis Billy, SCsR

Grace and prayer / Brian McDermott, SJ

Distractions in prayer: nuisance and gift / Brendan Geary, FSM

Contemplation / Mary Frohlich, RSCJ

Spiritual direction and prayer / William A. Barry, SJ

Struggling in prayer / Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

Marian prayer / Mary Catherine Nolan, OP

Pt. 2. Praying with the Gospels. Praying with the Gospel of Matthew / Donald Senior, CP

Praying with the Gospel of Mark / Thomas D. Stegman, SJ

Prayer and pray-er in the Gospel of Luke / Donald R. Donahue, SJ

Prayer in the Gospel of John / Jude Winkler, OFM Conv.

Pt. 3. Praying with different Catholic spiritual traditions. Prayer in the Franciscan tradition / Daniel P. Horan, OFM

Prayer in the Carmelite tradition / John Welch, OCarm.

Prayer in the Dominican tradition / Donald J. Goergen, OP

Prayer in the Benedictine tradition / Laura Swan, OSB

Prayer in the Salesian tradition / Wendy M. Wright

Prayer in the Augustinian tradition / Joseph L. Farrell, OSA

Prayer in the Ignatian tradition / Hung Trung Pham, SJ

Prayer in the Mercy tradition / Rosemary Jeffries, RSM

Pt. 4. Praying with classic and contemporary spiritual guides. Teresa of Ávila: Prayer is an adventure in love / Keith J. Egan, TOC

John of the Cross and prayer / Constance FitzGerald, OCD

Praying with St. Thérèse of Lisieux: the nineteenth-century world and French church / Barbara Jean LaRochester, OCD

Praying with Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection: the practice of the presence of God / Leopold Glueckert, OCarm.

Thomas Merton: monk, mystic and missionary / Anthony J. Ciorra

Praying with Henri Nouwen: a journey toward home / Lisa M. Cataldo

Praying with John Main / Laurence Freeman, OSB

Pt. 5. Praying through life's challenges. Praying through difficult transitions / Joyce Rupp, OSM

Losing Thomas, finding God: praying with our sacred struggles / Mary Beth Werdel

Pt. 6. Praying with the Old Testament. Praying with the Psalms / Maribeth Howell, OP

Praying with Job / Dianne Bergant

A place for prayer: Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the Temple (1 Kings 8) / Leslie J. Hoppe, OFM

Pt. 7. Prayer among different types of groups. Prayer and marriage / Paul Giblin, PhD

Military postures in prayer: moments of spiritual intimacy / F. Richard Spencer

In search of communion with Christ: praying as a seminarian / Michael Rubeling

Pt. 8. Liturgical prayer and praying during the liturgical seasons. Liturgical prayer / Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS

Prayer in ordinary time / Peter Verity

Prayer during the Advent, Christmas, Lenten and Easter seasons / Donal Neary, SJ

Pt. 9. Going forward: creative and brief reflections on prayer. The easiest prayer ever / James Martin, SJ

How can anyone pray "always"? / Richard Rohr, OFM

Praying in the darkness / Therese J. Borchard

Consideration: the everyday prayer of the contemplative in action / Joseph Tetlow, SJ

Giving voice to my thanks: praying with the spirit of gratitude / Geraldine Fialkowski

Praying with a sacramental world / Kieran Scott

Prayer in chaos, commotion, and clutter / Kathy Coffey.