Prayer Resources

Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1989) Contains prayers that have marked the joys, sorrows, and daily routines of many generations. This beautifully illustrated book includes prayers and blessings for daily use, specific days and seasons, and various times and places, as well as common prayers. The comprehensive resource also includes an overview of the Church's calendar and may be used as a teaching tool by clergy and laity.
The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK, 1995) Bringing together over 1,200 prayers, both classic and contemporary, this book will prove an inspiring and practical resource for Christians of all denominations. This prestigious collection encompasses a wider and more varied range of Christian prayers than any other anthology of its kind, making it an essential handbook for all who want to deepen and enhance their prayer life, as well as for those involved in leading others in worship - whether in church, in school or in the home.
150 Opening and Closing Prayers Koch (St Mary's Press, 1990) This abundant collection of prayers will be helpful to anyone who wants to begin or end a meeting, a school day, or a class with a prayer but does not have time to compose one. The prayers cover many themes central to Christian life, and each prayer may be adapted to varying situations. Topics include crating community, hope, peace and reconciliation, leaders, celebration and thanksgiving, creation, compassion, wisdom and understanding, and courage in hard times.
Children's Daily Prayer - Under the Southern Cross Margaret Smith SGS (SGS Publishing, 2007) A liturgical book of prayer for catholic students - Years 3 to 8 - helping them pray their way through the church's years. It contains: • daily classroom prayer for each school day plus meal and end of the day prayers • Weekly Prayer for groups that meet only once a week • prayers and blessings for special occasions • celebrations of significance for Australia and New Zealand, as well as important world celebrations and days • rich background material for each of the liturgical seasons.
Disciples in Prayer - A Resource for Faith Sharing Yr C (OCP, 2003) This book is the result of the collaborative efforts of the Secretariat for Evangelization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Oregon Catholic Press. Its purpose is to implement more fully Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization, approved by the General Assembly of Bishops in November, 1992. These two publications stress the crucial role of the Word of God in prayer, sacramental worship, in our homes, workplaces, and communities. Only when we are shaped through and through by the Word can we become more effective bearers of the transforming gift of the Good News to all nations, races, and classes.
Catholic Prayers (LTP, 2003) This book reminds us that our tradition gives us powerful and lovely words with which to give God thanks and praise, to plead when in need and cry out in lament, at morning, noon and night, in sickness and at the dinner table. And remember that prayer is more than words: It is also singing and keeping still, standing, kneeling, prostrating, bowing, stretching out your hands, lifting up your arms, raising your eyes, intending firmly, seeking sincerely, and ultimately loving deeply. Pray all ways! Pray always!
Basic Prayers for Children Werthmann (Liguori Publications, 2004) Here is a handy and inexpensive pamphlet containing traditional Catholic prayers all school-aged children need to know. The pamphlet starts with the most basic prayers like the Sign of the Cross, the Hail Mary, and the Lord's Prayer. It also includes the Apostles Creed, the twenty Mysteries of the Rosary, morning and evening prayers, mealtime prayers, prayers for receiving the sacraments, and many others.
Preparing Morning and Evening Prayer James Richards (Novalis, 1997) The church's tradition of communal praise and petition in the morning and evening is enjoying a revival today as scholars and practitioners alike discover the riches of the cathedral-style office of the parish community. Simplicity, repetition and rich use of symbol characterize this liturgy. Readers will understand how cathedral-style morning and evening prayer work, and how to help their parishes learn to celebrate and love this ancient form of common prayer.