The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary Family

The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary FamilyTo learn and understand the Our Father and Hail Mary is to learn the deepest contours of the Church's interior life, for both are prayers that come from the Holy Spirit, who is the soul of the Church. At once meditative and catechetical, The Heart of Catholic Prayer dissects the two anchors of our faith line by line in a journey into the Church's deep tradition of prayer, drawing us more deeply into the heart of the mystery of God's love. It's no

intermingled with the inspiration she has received through prayer and the Bible

In his vigorous and inimitable style

The chapters on her escape from the Nazis and her encounters with the men who would become Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI provide fascinating glimpses into her strength of character and her single-minded dedication to serve God at every turn

and the great work the Jesuits did in spreading the Gospel

the chalice of the Last Supper

experience

in this dramatic presentation performed by Leonardo Defilippis

defeat the enemies of Christ and His Church

They point to deeper conversion to Jesus Christ as the key to faithful and fruitful priestly ministry and church reform

An active young man from an influential family in Turin who dedicated his short life to the care of the poor and the sick and working for social and political reforms

The hundreds of crutches and other ex-votos left at the Shrine by invalids whom Brother Andre healed

With a special preface by Fabian W