The Cloister – Teach us to Pray, Part One

What is Prayer

Today we are starting a new series here on our podcast entitled ‘teach us  to pray’. 
 With current world events and a growing sense of helplessness in the midst of global turmoil, this series again from our friends at Glenstal Abbey is both timely and important. Today Father Christopher starts this series by considering how the act of prayer itself is a raising of the mind and heart to God. 

Further Resources on prayer

Free online Courses

• The Prayer Course, from 24-7 Prayer
• The Prayer Course 2, Unanswered Prayer, from 24-7 Prayer

Books on Prayer

• Too Deep for Words – Rediscovering Lectio Divina by Thelma Hall
• God of Surprises by Gerard Hughes
•  Sleeping With Bread – Holding What Gives you Life  by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn and Matthew Linn
• Sadhana. A Way to God: Christian Exercises in Eastern Form by Anthony De Mello
• Taste and See by Margaret Silf
• Creating a Life with God by Daniel Wolpert
• Prayer in the Catholic Tradition: A Handbook of Practical Approaches by Robert Wicks
• Learning to Pray by James Martin

Background music for your time of Prayer