{"id":2574,"date":"2014-06-28T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/happycatholicbookshelf\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2014-06-26T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T15:31:56","slug":"review-prayer-and-you-wit-and-wisdom-from-a-crabby-mystic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/happycatholicbookshelf\/2014\/06\/review-prayer-and-you-wit-and-wisdom-from-a-crabby-mystic\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Prayer and You: Wit and Wisdom from a Crabby Mystic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u201cThis is a book about you,\u201d writes Sister Mary Lea Hill on page 1 of\u00a0Prayer and You: Wit and Wisdom from a Crabby Mystic<\/em><\/a> (Pauline Books and Media, 2014).<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m willing to bet that many people pick [this book] up because it says right on the cover that it\u2019s for\u00a0you<\/em>. You, however, may have picked it up because it\u2019s about prayer\u2013there is no argument here. Truthfully, prayer is about you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well enough, and maybe not enough to convince you that this book will make you look at prayer differently and, more remarkably, make you pray differently.<\/p>\n

I was hooked in from Chapter 1, titled \u201cCan a Swear Be a Prayer?\u201d Language is something that has long fascinated me, and my ability to use words in ways that are, ahem, inappropriate is well-known, much documented, and potentially embarrassing for anyone with Catholic in their bio.<\/p>\n

We all have our struggles, right?<\/p>\n

I suspect Sister Mary Lea and I would get along, because her level of crabby has salt on top. She writes,<\/p>\n

Can a swear be a prayer? Here I have to draw a line, but not where you may be thinking. My line, of course, cuts off those expressions that are rude, crude, and uncouth. However, what will we say of the superabundant OMGs that fill the air around us? If an indulgence was attached to every OMG in the world of texting, for example, grace would superabound.<\/p>\n

Historically, many favorite Catholic prayers begin with those same three words,\u00a0O my God!<\/em> They are certainly said with the same intention of a \u201creal\u201d prayer, but what about the random everyday use?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Each chapter can be read in five minutes or less and begins with the subheading \u201cPrayer\u201d and concludes with a paragraph or two \u201cAnd you.\u201d There\u2019s the theory and discussion (\u201cPrayer\u201d) and the call to action (\u201cAnd you\u201d), but they\u2019re neither stuffy nor stilted.<\/p>\n

This book is a gem. It\u2019s maybe the most accessible book on prayer I have ever read, and not only did I learn a lot, but I think my prayer life improved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Step away from whatever preconceived notions you may have and prepare yourself to be delighted and challenged in equal measure. Sister Lea Hill raises the bar on prayer books for normal people.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re going to need two copies: one that you dog-ear, highlight, and put into practice, and one that you share with everyone in your life.<\/p>\n

This gets my highest recommendation.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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