St. Thomas Aquinas preached the illuminating sermons in these books to the townspeople of Naples -- to lay persons, not scholars. "The Three Greatest Prayers" contains his clear explanations of the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Apostles' Creed. In "God's Greatest Gifts", St. Thomas explains the Sacraments and the Commandments. Both books draw heavily on Scripture. "Flawless spiritual direction from the church's premier theologian". Midwest Book Review "These sermons bear the mark of the Holy Spirit. They are filled with clarity and life". The Word Among Us

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything. Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life. Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and error. And in her new book, Help, Thanks, Wow, she has coalesced everything she knows about prayer to these fundamentals. It is these three prayers – asking for assistance from a higher power, appreciating what we have that is good, and feeling awe at the world around us – that can get us through the day and can show us the way forward. In Help, Thanks, Wow, Lamott recounts how she came to these insights, explains what they mean to her and how they have helped, and explores how others have embraced these same ideas. Insightful and honest as only Anne Lamott can be, Help, Thanks, Wow is the everyday faith book that new Lamott readers will love and longtime Lamott fans will treasure.

Three Prayers is a most necessary and critical tool for strengthening our relationship with the Lord. Our future is at stake. Our well-being is in jeopardy. The supernatural tools and abilities we need are in our grasp. Knowing what to pray and how to pray can make all the difference in the world. These three prayers will change your life forever. The prayer of protection. The prayer of transformation. The prayer of restoration. These prayers will help you discover a way of life empowered with the presence of God. Your life will never be the same again.

Nowhere is Jesus' brilliance more manifest than in the prayer he taught his disciples to pray, the prayer that has come to be known as the "Lord's Prayer." A mere fifty-seven words in the original Greek, the Lord's Prayer gathers up all of life and brings it before God. In eight stirring meditations, Darrell Johnson shows how the Lord's Prayer sums up the essence of Christian faith and, when prayed in faith, draws us into draws us into the Triune God's work of transforming the world. Darrell W. Johnson is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A popular conference and retreat speaker, he has also served as the preaching pastor for a number of congregations in North America and the Philippines and Adjunct Professor of Preaching for the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His other books include Experiencing the Trinity and Discipleship on the Edge: An Expository Journey through the Book of Revelation.

This beginner's guide to prayer will guide Catholics who need help learning to pray.