Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer

by Leah Libresco

Overview

As a Yale graduate, Leah Libresco launched her writing career by blogging about science, literature, mathematics, and morality from a distinctively secular perspective. Over time, encounters with friends and associates caused her to concede the reasonableness of belief in God in theory, though not yet in practice.

In Arriving at Amen, Libresco uniquely describes the second part of her spiritual journey, in which she encountered God through seven classic Catholic forms of prayer—Liturgy of the Hours, lectio divina, examen, intercessory prayer, the Rosary, confession, and the Mass. Examining each practice through the intellectual lens of literature, math, and art, Libresco reveals unexpected glimpses of beauty and truth in the Catholic Church that will be appreciated by the curious and convinced alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594715877
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	05/11/2015
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Mark P. Shea ix

Introduction: Chasing Truth as Javert Does xv

1 Petition 1

2 Confession 19

3 Examen 39

4 Rosary 55

5 Divine Office 77

6 Lectio Divina 93

7 Mass 113

Conclusion: Trusting Christ as Peter Does 131

Reader's Guide 147

Notes 155