The How-To Book of Catholic Devotions - Softcover

Aquilina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161278965X ISBN 13: 9781612789651

Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, 2015

Synopsis

From the Angelus to First Fridays, vigil candles to novenas, Catholic practice of time-honored Church traditions can be confusing.

For years, The How-To-Book of Catholic Devotions provided clarity and inspiration for the dozens of devotions that enliven and deepen the faith of Catholics. Now, the Second Edition offers even more to love in an updated text that includes:

• The Divine Mercy Chaplet
• A section on St. Faustina
• The Luminous Mysteries
• Updated information on technology that supports Catholic devotion
• Updated prayers, examination of conscience, spiritual direction, and Marian consecration
• Many more resources

Scapulars, pilgrimages, fasting and abstinence, the Rosary, prayer, sacred images learn about these subjects and many more, along with the graces and blessings associated with them, in The How-To-Book of Catholic Devotions, Second Edition.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

Catholics could enrich their spiritual lives immeasurably by rediscovering their legacy of devotions, contend Aquilina (author of five previous books for OSV) and Flaherty (executive director of the Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Cemeteries). The authors' enthusiasm for their subject is admirable. They cover various practices--including meditation, the rosary and confession--but such ambitious scope limits the reader's full appreciation of each practice. The reader's cursory comprehension of these devotions is further hindered by the book's awkward narrative structure. Each chapter highlights several practices by describing a prayer, offering a reflection and including quotations from notable Catholics about the prayer. The authors miss chances to connect devotion to devotion. For example, the section on "How to Pray an Aspiration" (a short prayer that glorifies God) follows the section "How to Meditate" without explaining whether these practices should be independent of, or foster, each other. The final chapter focuses on the necessary ingredients of a good spiritual life: making a spiritual plan, finding direction and living one's faith. Aquilina and Flaherty are at their best here--perhaps this should have been their starting point. The book's curiously abrupt ending demonstrates its narrative problems most plainly, leaving the reader to tie up loose ends. Despite good intentions, this manual will most likely miss the opportunity to recapture Catholics' enthusiasm for their rich spiritual heritage.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 161278965X
• ISBN 13: 9781612789651
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256