Prayer Notes to a Friend

What air is to the body, prayer is to the soul, which is why, as Ed Hays tells, Jesus instructed us to pray ceaselessly. The author of the bestselling Prayers for the Domestic Church and Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim now lets us look over his shoulder as he writes his "dear friends" personal notes filled with powerful insights about how to enhance and renew our daily prayer life. Drawing on over forty years of experience as a spiritual director and "soul companion," Hays offers reflections on such provocative topics as "oven prayer," "jugular prayer," "chutzpah prayer," the original rosary, and the "prayer of the eye."

Fr. Edward M. Hays is the author of more than thirty books on contemporary spirituality. He was the co-founder and moving spirit of Forest of Peace Publishing and founding director of Shantivanam, a Midwest center for contemplative prayer. He has served as a chaplain of the state penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas, parish priest, and spiritual director. Hays has spent extended periods of pilgrimage in the Near East, the Holy Land, and India and remains a prolific writer and painter.