Fulton Sheen's Wartime Prayer Book

[Bill]

This is a very good prayer book, and not just for those in the US Armed Forces. It is always with me. Besides most of the basic prayers and devotions that you'd expect, it also contains quite a bit of good writing, reflections and meditations by Archbishop (maybe soon Saint) Fulton J. Sheen, excerpts from The Imitation of Christ, and quotes from Catholic writers down through the centuries. There are a few blank pages here and there where you can add any of your favorite prayers that are not in the book. I've added The Prayer of the Penitent (the Act of Contrition), Spiritual Communion, and a couple of prayers to St. Joseph.

I highly recommend this little prayer book. It would make a good graduation gift for a college graduate, as well as an excellent resource to give to someone entering the Service. I think every adult Catholic should keep a copy in pocket or purse, along with a rosary.

[BC_minded]

(06-03-2009 12:37 AM)Bill Wrote:  This is a very good prayer book, and not just for those in the US Armed Forces. It is always with me. Besides most of the basic prayers and devotions that you'd expect, it also contains quite a bit of good writing, reflections and meditations by Archbishop (maybe soon Saint) Fulton J. Sheen, excerpts from The Imitation of Christ, and quotes from Catholic writers down through the centuries. There are a few blank pages here and there where you can add any of your favorite prayers that are not in the book. I've added The Prayer of the Penitent (the Act of Contrition), Spiritual Communion, and a couple of prayers to St. Joseph.

I highly recommend this little prayer book. It would make a good graduation gift for a college graduate, as well as an excellent resource to give to someone entering the Service. I think every adult Catholic should keep a copy in pocket or purse, along with a rosary.

This is an amazing book. A colleague referred it to me, and I must say that it is worth reading it. Highly recommendable!