Cairns Publications – förlag

A Daily Prayer resource.

'Prayer in the Morning' is one of four books in a series written by Jim Cotter, which attempts to shape afresh some of the prayers of the Christian inheritance.

Many churches have 'stations of the cross' - fourteen places to stop and pray with Jesus on his journey to the cross. The stations of this book are meant to be shared with Jesus too. You are invited to stop in familiar places for prayer, but also in new and unexpected stations. The pattern is the same for every station: first the place, then a prayer, then some words to think about, then someone to pray for.

A revised book of prayers parallel in format to Prayer at Night's Approaching, which focuses on time of day and season of year, on body and earth, creation, pilgrimage and everyday life, with questions for meditation. Prayer at Day's Dawning is a companion to Prayer at Night's Approaching and a successor to Prayer in the Morning. Both books express a concern that the language of our prayer should be both true to, and a fresh unfolding of, our inheritance. They aim to be inclusive, and to honour a variety of imagery for God. This book provides material for prayer for each day of the week, together with some variations for special days and seasons. In this convenient pocket-size edition the print is easy on the eye and there is a helpful ribbon in the hardback. The author has written an accessible 'How to use' section which demystifies the office, a form of prayer traditionally used in religious communities, by explaining clearly both the sequence and the use of psalms, prayers for special days and seasons, and the use of the scriptures. This way into praying is not overwhelming and should appeal both to the professional looking for new language and to the uncertain newcomer - inside and outside traditional church bounds.

Today, the boundary between holidays and pilgrimages is blurred. So how can we make a journey in the spirit of a pilgrimage, whether it be following an old pilgrim trail, or walking the streets where we live, or simply travelling within ourselves? This volume aims to help by providing material for a week's journey in prayer. Celtic in flavour, it offers poems, Bible readings, psalms, hymns and prayers for a seven day pilgrimage of the heart. It is bilingual, with each page provided in both English and Welsh.

A complete resource for daily prayer, this volume has helped countless people develop a simple pattern of daily prayer based on a classic monastic structure and using striking contemporary language. Each outline provides for about 15 minutes of prayer, which can be extended by silence and reflection. For each day, there is an invocation, psalm, Gospel reading, the Lord’s Prayer, followed by prayers that lead into the rest of the day. It can be said in a group or read privately and includes thematic variations for each day of the week and each season of the Christian year. It features Jim Cotter’s arresting and beautiful paraphrases of the Psalms which draw out their meaning for today’s world and its needs. Beautifully produced in two colour printing and with a ribbon marker, music for each of the 150 Psalm responses is provided by the composer Paul Payton.