Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 9
1 A Beginning 13
1 A "Plan of Life" 13
2 How to Pray 16
2 Catholic Prayers 21
1 How to Pray the Sign of the Cross 21
2 How to Pray the Basic Prayers: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be 25
3 How to Make a Morning Offering 30
4 How to Pray at Mealtimes 33
5 How to Make an Act of Faith 35
6 How to Make an Act of Hope 38
7 How to Make an Act of Charity (Love) 42
8 How to Pray the Jesus Prayer 47
3 A Tradition of Prayer 51
1 How to Make a Prayer of Thanksgiving 51
2 How to Read the Bible 53
3 How to Practice "Mental Prayer" 56
4 How to Meditate 62
5 How to Pray an Aspiration 67
6 How to Pray to the Saints 71
7 How to Pray to Angels 76
8 How to Observe First Fridays and First Saturdays 80
9 How to Help the Dying 84
10 How to Pray for the Dead 87
4 Praying with Mary 91
1 How to Pray to Mary 91
2 How to Pray the Rosary 99
3 How to Pray the Angelus and Other Noonday Prayers 107
5 Penitential Devotions 111
1 How to Examine Your Conscience 111
2 How to Go to Confession (Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation 116
3 How to "Offer It Up" 123
4 How to Fast 127
5 How to Spend Your Fridays Like a Catholic 130
6 How to Live Lent 133
7 How to Make an Act of Contrition 137
6 Eucharistic Devotions 141
1 How to Pray the Mass 141
2 How to Make a Holy Hour 149
3 How to Make a Eucharistic Visit 159
4 How to Keep the Lord's Day Holy 163
7 Sacramentals and Blessings 169
1 How to Pray with Sacred Images 169
2 How to Make a Consecration 174
3 How to Make a Pilgrimage to a Holy Place 184
4 How to Pray a Novena 189
5 How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet 194
6 How to Pray the Stations of the Cross 198
7 How to Use Holy Water 204
8 How to Use a Vigil Candle 208
9 How to Wear a Scapular 209
10 How to Wear a Medal 216
8 Living the Faith 221
1 How to Keep the Presence of God 221
2 How to Witness to the Faith 225
3 How to Begin Spiritual Direction 230
4 How to Do Spiritual Reading 235
5 How to Study the Faith 239
6 How to Pray for the Pope 243
9 Where to Learn More 247
About the Authors 253
