A A Treasury of Prayers - Hardcover

This anthology contains a selection of 50 prayers, from sources ancient and modern. There are prayers for every occasion: praising God, asking for forgiveness, interceding for family and friends, for people throughout the world, and for inner strength and peace.

Each prayer is illuminated with a detail from a painting which is chosen from one of the world's great art museums renowned for collections of religious painting. The colours and fine detail of the medieval, Renaissance and later artists provides a touchstone for contemplation.

Artists featured include: Giotto, Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Poussin and Vermeer. The paintings come from museums and galleries, including: the National Gallery, London; the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh; the Louvre, Paris; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; and the Prado, Madrid.

O God our Father,

we would thank thee for all

the bright things of life. Help us

to see them, and to count them, and

to remember them, that our lives

may flow in ceaseless praise;

for the sake of Jesus Christ our lord.

Reverend John Henry Jowett (1846-1923)
Almighty and most merciful Father,

we have erred and strayed from thy

ways like lost sheep. We have followed

too much the devices and desires of

our own hearts. We have offended

against thy holy laws. We have left

undone those things which we ought

to have done, and we ought not to have

done, and there is no health in us. But

thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us

miserable offenders. Spare thou them

O God, which confess their faults.

Restore thou them that are penitent,

according to thy promises declared

unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord.

And grant, O Most merciful Father, for

his sake, that we may hereafter live a

godly, righteous, and sober life, to the

glory of thy holy name.

Book of Common Prayer, 1662
Almighty and most merciful God, who

hast given us a new commandment that

we should love one another, give us also

grace that we may fulfil it. Make us gentle,

courteous, and forbearing. Direct our lives

so that we may look to the good of others

in word and deed. And hallow all our

friendships by the blessings of thy spirit;

for his sake who loved us and gave himself

for us, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Bishop Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901)