Wednesday 31 July 2024

My Simple Prayer Book - Pierpaolo Finaldi and David Belmonte - CTS Children’s Books

My Simple Prayer Book
Pierpaolo Finaldi
David Belmonte (Illustrations)
ISBN 9781784691141
ISBN 1784691143
CTS Booklet CH65

My Simple Prayer Book - Pierpaolo and David Belmonte - CTS Children’s Books

As of the reading of this book over the last few years I have read over 397 volumes from the Catholic Truth Society. This is one of only a few books in the CTS Children's Books I have read, but I will be tracking down more. The few I have read are all excellent volumes, both for the young and the young at heart!

The description of this book is:
 
“This simple prayer book for children brings to life well-known Catholic prayers in an attractive and child-friendly style, helping children to engage with their faith. It also encourages them to pray, and explains how to do it and why it is important.

Each prayer is accompanied by a simple commentary to help the child to understand the purpose or origin of the prayer and the ways or circumstances in which it is used.

Includes:

– Basic Catholic prayers (Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, etc.)
– Morning and evening prayers
– Prayers for before, during and after Reconciliation
– Prayers before the Blessed Sacrament
– The Rosary and other Marian Prayers
– Saintly prayers
– Pope Francis' Five Finger Prayer
– The Beatitudes.”

The sections in this book are:

Basic Prayers
     Sign of the cross
     Our Father
     Glory be to the Father
     Hail Mary
I Believe
     The Apostles’ Creed
Morning Prayers
     Morning Offering
Night Prayers
     Prayers before going to bed
Prayers At Noon
     The Angelus
     The Regina Caeli
Prayers To My Guardian Angel
     Angel of God
Grace at Meals
     Grace Before Meals
     Grace after meals
Confession: When We Are Sorry
     The Confiteor
     Examination of conscience
     Sacrament of Reconciliation
A Visit To The Blessed Sacrament
     Act of Adoration
Prayers to the Holy Spirit
     Come, Holy Spirit
     Prayer of St Augustine to the Holy Spirit
Prayers to Mary
     The Memorare
     Hail, Holy Queen
The Holy Rosary
     The Five Joyful Mysteries
     The Five Mysteries of Light
     The Five Sorrowful Mysteries
     The Five Glorious Mysteries
Psalms
     Psalm 150
     Psalm 8
     Psalm 22
Prayers for Others
     Prayer for my family
     Prayer for those who have died
Saintly Prayers
     Prayer of St Ignatius Loyola
     Prayer of St Francis of Assisi
     Prayer of St Patrick
     Prayer of St Richard of Chischester
     Prayer of St Michael
     Prayer of St Theresa of Avila
The Five Finger Prayer
The Beatitudes

This is a wonderful little prayer book. It is intended for children but I liked it so much I have ordered another copy for myself. Pierpaolo Finaldi both compiled the volume and wrote the explanatory texts. It is illustrated by David Belmonte, the illustrations are wonderful. Bright and vibrant and really engaging. 

This is a wonderful little picture prayer book. My children are well past the age of picture books but I have loved this and the other CTS Children’s Books I have picked up we donate to their school library. My youngest finished grade 8 (or year 9) this spring but I will continue to pick up CTS Children’s books to give them to the school library. The librarian and teachers have loved them. 

We enjoyed this much we are donating a copy to the School Library, the primary school our children have attended has a resource section for the teachers and we thought this would be a wonderful addition. This is an excellent resource from the Catholic Truth Society. I am very thankful I picked it. A great resource I can easily recommend for church, home, or school library or even classroom prayer corner. I am looking forward to reading other books by Pierpaolo Finaldi and from the CTS Children’s Books series.


My Simple Prayer Book - Pierpaolo and David Belmonte - CTS Children’s Books Sample 1

My Simple Prayer Book - Pierpaolo and David Belmonte - CTS Children’s Books Sample 2

My Simple Prayer Book - Pierpaolo and David Belmonte - CTS Children’s Books Sample 3

My Simple Prayer Book - Pierpaolo and David Belmonte - CTS Children’s Books Sample 4

Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2024 Catholic Reading Plan! For other reviews of books from the Catholic Truth Society click here.

For reviews of other books in the CTS Children's Books series click here.

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