A prayer book for Catholic women filled with traditional and contemporary prayers for every season of life.

“This book is intended to be a prayer primer: an introduction to prayer and different prayer forms, and an invitation to go deeper. It is more about exploring the territory than about prescribing a concrete direction. It will offer ways to help you nourish your relationship with God and others.

The selection of prayers represents a small sampling from the bounty of traditional and liturgical prayers of the Church. I have included contemporary compositions by various authors and have identified those throughout the book, and those prayers in Part One that are not identified as traditional or by another author are my compositions.

The content of Part One is organized around seasons – seasons of nature, life, and the spiritual journey – ever mindful of the fact that in different times of our lives, we might find ourselves in different seasons. Part Two contains many traditional prayers of the Church that have helped people, through the ages, as they journeyed through their own seasons. There are some contemporary prayers; most of these include the name of the author.

May this book serve you well in finding rest in God!”

– Agnes M. Kovacs