Preparing to Pray: 101 Reflections on Scripture

Provides perceptive, non-academic reflections on thematically chosen scripture texts. Drawing on his wide range of interests, Fr. Pat Collins presents a fascinating approach to reading the scriptures for the ordinary lay person. In choosing well-known stories, unusual and arresting phrases, key figures and events, he offers rare insight that will be welcomed by the reader. The chapters of this book have been finely honed from many years of lectures given and articles written, in which the feedback of the audience has always informed the writer. Pat Collins CM, an Irish Vincentian priest, lectures on spirituality and on the psychology and philosophy of religion.