Keeping hope : favourite prayers for modern living by Quoist, Michel, author instant download

Keeping hope : favourite prayers for modern living by Quoist, Michel, author instant download

1 online resource, Prayers from Michel Quoist, the multi-million bestselling publishing phenomenon, available for the first time as an ebook. The prayers of Michel Quoist are not prayers in the usual sense, but meditations on life. Beginning with seemingly ordinary events, suddenly the light of faith is thrown on some part of our ordinary, everyday existence. Set against the roads, offices and high-rise buildings that frame our modern world, this collection of practical prayers and meditations penetrates the heart of human experience. Rooted in the modern world and in the thoughts and feelings that define our everyday experience, they celebrate our small victories and offer support as we struggle with universal themes among them self-acceptance, loneliness, despair, ageing, loss and grief. Quoist's prayers encourage us to celebrate and harness the tools and talents we have at our disposal to make the best of what we have, Vendor-supplied metadata, Cover; Title Page; Contents; Section 1: Finding Hope; Accepting yourself as you are; It would be so easy...; Prayer from the depths of my solitude; I need to know that I am useful; I'm growing old, Lord; At the bar of friendship; Reasons to live; My friend died last night, Lord; Often I am quiet; The longest hours; If each note said...; To struggle is to be Christian; No room for discouragement; Section 2: To Live The Gospel; Prayer is saying to God...; Lord, deliver me from myself; Lord, I would like to be sure that you are with me in the struggle, Why are you hidden, Lord? Life is before me, Lord, but you are with me on the journey; Father be praised!; Lord, pardon my error; You could have, Lord; Lord, I haven't yet made joy my own; Jesus is condemned to death; Jesus falls the third time; Too optimistic?; Section 3: To Hope Is To Be Open; Lord, why did you tell me to love?; Lord, I have contemplated the faces of men and women at length; Humans; How to help others; Like a child; The sea; If you are discouraged; Severed…