A Treasure of Prayer by: James W. Albrecht

A Treasure of Prayers
James W. Albrecht
Scepter Press
ISBN 1889334340

This is a great little prayer book that has been in print continuously since it’s release in 1975. It is small and compact, easily carried around in your pocket or knapsack. It is an awesome collection of 33 Prayers. Gleaned from the Church’s history and fast treasury of prayers. Unlike Socia’s Handbook Of Prayers this book focus mush more on personal prayers, and less on corporate prayers, though it does contain Some of the standard one’s.

The first half of the book is side-by-side English and Latin Versions of prayers and the second half is more for personal devotion. In between the two sections is a great Prayer for use before the Blessed Sacrament, which is seldom found in other collections.

The Prayers are as follows:

Section I (Latin & English)
Sign of The Cross
Lord’s Prayer
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Blessing before Meals
Grace after Meals
The Confiteor
To the Holy Spirit
Adore Te Devote
Hail, Holy Queen
The Angelus
The Regina Coeli
Psalm 2
Psalm 51
Some Aspirations
To St. Michael
Athanasian Creed

Section II
Praying Before the Blessed Sacrament

Section III
Act of Faith
Act of Hope
Act of Love
Apostle’s Creed
Act of Contrition
Veni, Sancte Spiritus
Veni, Creator
Spiritual Communion
Personal Meditation
Way of the Cross
The Memorare
Mysteries of the Rosary
Litany of the Blessed Virgin
To St. Joseph
Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph
To the Guardian Angel

With all of that there is so much Spiritual punch in such a little book. Well worth picking up to add variety to your times of prayer and devotion.

Scepter Booklets:

5 Steps to a Financially Healthy Marriage - Joseph D. Salem

A New Beginning - Walter Macken

A Plan of Life - Josemaria Escriva

A Profile of St Thomas More - M. Alvarez

A Treasury of Prayers - James W Albrecht

Bright and Cheerful Homes - James Urteaga

Catholic Teachings on Sex - Daryl Glick

Celibacy, Personality and the Gift of Self - John B Torello

Censorship - Cormac Burke

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - Declaration on Certain Questions of Sexual Ethics

Devotion to St. Joseph - F Delclaux

Diary of a City Priest - George William Rutler

Dispositions for Faith - John Henry Newman

Divine Ways on Earth - Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli

Francis Luna - How to Pray

Freedom From What For What - Cormac Burke

Frequent Confession - S Feirgle

How to Pray – Rev. Francis Luna

In Gods House - Paul Nitta

Increase and Multiply - J. A. Garcia-Prieto and J. L. Pastor

Is Purity Possible - JL Soria

Legacy A Story of Generosity - James B Stenson

Life of Faith - Josemaria Escriva

Living in God’s Presence - Francis Luna

Making the Most of Confession - Francis Luna

Marriage in Crisis - Cormac Burke

Montserrat Grases - Mercedes Eguibar

Norms of Piety - JM Muntadas

Novena to St. Josemaria Escriva for Work

Novena to the Immaculate Conception - St Josemaria Escriva

On the Encyclical “The Splendor of the Truth” - Russell Shaw

Order - Joseph L Soria

Parents, Children and The Rules of Life - Cormac Burke

Popular Devotions and Theology - JJ Espinosa

Priests for the New Millennium - John C McCloskey

Reinventing Dad - Denis Helming

Sanctifying Ordinary Work - Andrew Byrne

Scepter Christmas Carols

Seeking Christ in Reading - Rev Eugene Boylan

Sir Thomas More The Making of a Saint - Thomas J. McGovern

Sowing Abundant Doctrine - Joseph A. Vidal

The Angels - Cardinal John Wright

The Apostle Who Couldn't Believe - George Chevrot

The Ark and the Dove - Joseph W. McPherson

The Christian in the World - Russell Shaw

The Donkey at the Waterwheel - Malcolm Kennedy

The Galileo Affair - George Sim Johnston

The Gospel Truth - Michael Giesler

The Laity’s Role in Today’s Church - John Paul II's Christifideles Laici 

The Limits of Dissent - John Myers

The Priest and His Image - Alvaro del Portillo

The Reasonableness of Christianity - Peter Kreeft

To Make a Good Retreat - David Chandler

When God Calls - Rev. Federico Suarez

Why Suffer - Mary Ann Budnik

Winning Converts  - John  McCloskey

With All Your Mind - Rev. Federico Suarez

Women’s Liberation and Feminism - Jutta Burggraf

Work as Fufillment in the thought of John Paul II - John F Cloverdale

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Older Editions:

A Profile of St Thomas More - M. Alvarez

Diary of a County Priest - George William Rutler

Evangelization in the United States - Fr. C. John McCloskey

Fatherhood - James B. Stenson

How to Pray - Francis Luna

In Gods House - Paul Nitta

Learning to Love – Joe Florez

Marriage God's School of Love - Cormac Burke

Novena to the Inmaculate Conception - St Josemaria Escriva

Preparing for Peer Pressure - James B. Stenson

Qualities of Successful Parents - James B. Stenson

Teaching Maturity - James B. Stenson

The Laity’s Role in Todays Church - Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua

The Nature and Spirit of Opus Dei - Andrew Byrne

The Vocation of a Catholic Teacher - William E. May

What happened to the Glory - Henry Hardinge Menzies

What is Opus Dei - Russell Shaw

With Respect to Sex - Daryl Glick

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