Prayer at Night's Approaching
Jim Cotter(Author)
Cairns Publications (Publisher)
6th Edition
Published on 31. March 2001
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-870652-26-1 (ISBN)
Description
A revised gift edition of Prayer at Night, this book is based on the ancient office of Compline and uses gentle, inclusive language with sharp imagery. It provides material for prayer for each day of the week, together with variations for special days and seasons. In this convenient pocket-size edition the print is easy on the eye and there is a helpful ribbon in the hardback version. Foreword by Sister Jane, SLG. Based on the ancient office of compline, Prayer at Night's Approaching uses gentle language and offers material helpful to those wishing to pray regularly and reflectively, and looking for something that resonates clearly with their experience. This book provides material for prayer for each day of the week, together with some variations for special days and seasons. In this convenient pocket-size edition the print is easy on the eye and there is a helpful ribbon in the hardback. In the Foreword, Sister Jane of the Community of the Love of God describes Jim Cotter's version as "authentic because in it the wisdom of the centuries is filled out with contemporary Christian experience of God as 'Life-giver, Pain-bearer, Love-maker' [...] and the awareness that each of us who tries to pray is part of the human whole."
This new edition includes a practical 'How to use' section which enables those unfamiliar with this ancient form of prayer to find a way into making it their own. Above all Prayer at Night's Approaching is a well-loved classic in a beautiful edition, and to quote from Sister Jane again, it is "sharp as well as consoling in its reality and relevance".
This new edition includes a practical 'How to use' section which enables those unfamiliar with this ancient form of prayer to find a way into making it their own. Above all Prayer at Night's Approaching is a well-loved classic in a beautiful edition, and to quote from Sister Jane again, it is "sharp as well as consoling in its reality and relevance".
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Gwynedd
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 171 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-870652-26-1 (9781870652261)
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Previous edition
Jim Cotter
Prayer at Night's Approaching
Book
05/1997
5th Edition
Cairns Publications
€32.34
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Person
Jim Cotter has written books that unfold the prayers of the Christian tradition, though often on the boundaries of the Church. His writings seek to shape prayers and psalms afresh, and make connections between faith and everyday life, exploring issues of sexuality, healing and ministry.
Content
Preface Sources and Acknowledgements Foreword How to use this book Prayer at Night: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Readings and Antiphons to the Nune Dimittis Particular Prayers Additional Prayers