Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone

One of America?s most beloved spiritual leaders and the bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage teaches anyone to converse with God in this comprehensive guide to prayer.

?A smart, wise, often side-splittingly funny master class in seeking God. Any spiritual seeker?from atheist to professional religious?will cherish this bravura tome from one of our great spiritual guides, in the lineage of C. S. Lewis, Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Gandhi, and Mother Teresa. Hallelujah & amen!??Mary Karr, author of Lit and The Liar?s Club

?The most common way God draws you closer is by placing within you the desire to be closer, the desire that drove you to think about prayer. Strange as it sounds, your reading of these lines at this moment is a sign of God?s call.??James Martin, SJ, from Learning to Pray

New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage, Father James Martin, SJ, explains how anyone can have an intimate relationship with God through prayer. Serving as a trusted and experienced guide, Martin provides a primer on the rich history of different styles of prayer. There is no one secret formula for prayer; rather, as in any relationship, everyone can discover the ways that work best for them. In this inviting and accessible book, we learn what happens when we pray and, moreover, that prayer is accessible to anyone?from the doubtful seeker to the devout believer. All that is required is a willingness to open one?s heart.