Teach Prayer

Throughout this book, Murray encourages listeners to cultivate a deep, personal relationship with God through consistent and heartfelt prayer, highlighting prayer as both a privilege and a powerful tool for spiritual growth and communion with God.

Have you ever longed to be loved . . . just for you? Not for what you have to offer, or how you look, or who you know, but just for you? Teach Us to Pray is about entering into relationship with the One who can satisfy that deep yearning of the soul. It’s about the simple prayer that begins a friendship that will change your life.

Señor, Enséñanos a Orar, explora las profundidades del Padrenuestro tal y como lo enseñó Jesús a Sus discípulos. Esta perspicaz guía desglosa cada frase, ofreciendo al creyente cristiano una comprensión más profunda de cómo orar de manera poderosa y efectiva. A través de este cuidadoso estudio, los lectores descubrirán cómo la oración sirve de modelo para su propia comunión con Dios, transformando tanto la vida de oración personal como la comunitaria.

One of the most basic and vital dimensions of the Christian life is the practice of prayer. Frequently our prayers begin with a petition or request, so the content of our prayers is informed by our circumstances. But what if the opposite were true? What if we allowed our prayers to inform our lives? What would our lives be like if prayer altered our living and began to shape the contours and content of our daily experiences?

Echoing the petition of the disciples, “Lord, teach us to pray,” this book guides the listener through the various stages of prayer and the spiritual life. Fr. Kirby lovingly and expertly examines this crucial petition, shedding light on its three parts—Jesus as Lord, Jesus as teacher, and what it means to pray—while laying out a course for prayer and a strengthening of the interior life.