In All Seasons, For All Reasons

James Martin is a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America, and author of many books, including the first volume of In All Seasons, For All Reasons: Praying Throughout the Year, as well as Jesus: A Pilgrimage, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, and Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle. He is an editorial advisor for Give Us This Day.

• Introduction   11For All ReasonsSome Basics of PrayerBegin Where You Are   15Listening in Prayer   16Cultivating Silence   17Praying with Restless Hearts   18Praying in Times of Dryness   19Prayer of Lament   20Praising God   21Understanding Petitionary Prayer   22Understanding Intercessory Prayer   23Praying in Times of Inner Darkness   24Let the Spirit Move You   25Praying Without Ceasing   26Praying for Various NeedsPraying to Understand God’s Love   27Praying for Acceptance of God’s Will   28Praying for Blessings on Our Work   29Praying that Our Eyes Be Opened   30Praying When We Are Worried  31Praying through Transitions   32Praying for Reconciliation   33Praying for Patience   34Praying for Humility   35Praying for Healing   36Praying for Freedom   37Praying for Peace   38Praying to Be Transformed   39Praying for Courage   40Praying to Respect Life   41Praying to Be Holy   42Praying with Hope   43Praying in Times of Division   44Praying (and Working) for Justice   45Praying for Strangers in Our Midst   46Praying for Those Who Are Hungry   47Praying for Migrants and Refugees   48Praying for the Dying   49Praying for the Dead   50Ways to PrayPraying the Examen   51Talking to God as a Friend   52Finding God at the Center   53Praying Before a Crucifix   54Praying the Jesus Prayer   55Learning a Bible Verse by Heart   56Praying with Difficult Gospel Passages   57Praying with New Images of God   58Music as Prayer   59Writing to God   60Praying the Psalms   61Arrow Prayers   62Traditional PrayersPraying a Morning Offering   63Praying the Sign of the Cross   64Praying Before Meals   65Praying the Act of Contrition   66Praying with the Eucharistic Prayers   67Marian PrayerSaying Yes to God   68Praying with Mary’s Magnificat   69Entering the Mysteries of the Rosary   70Praying to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots   71Ask Our Mother of Mercy 72In All SeasonsAdvent & ChristmasCome, Lord Jesus!   74Advent Silence   75Praying with Emmanuel   76Praying to Forgive Others   77Praying for Wisdom   78Praying for Light   79Praying to Share Our Gifts   80Waiting and Praying   81Lent & EasterJoyful Prayer in Lent   82Fasting as Prayer   83Almsgiving as Prayer   84Eucharistic Adoration   85Sustaining Our Alleluias   86Afterword   87

"Fr. James Martin helps us see that there is no single, or 'correct' way to pray. Prayer occurs whenever we renew our relationship with a God who loves us. The important thing is to begin. This wonderful book shows us how."Robert Ellsberg, author, Blessed Among Us