Subtitle: Contemporary Catholics on Traditional Devotions.

This is a volume of nineteen informative short essays, each focused on a specific Catholic devotion:

1. The Sacred Heart of Jesus
2. The Angelus
3. First Fridays
4. The Immaculate Heart of Mary
5. Stations of the Cross
6. St. Joseph
7. Lectio Divina
8. Holy Water
9. The Rosary
10. The Saints,
11. The Miraculous Medal
12. Pilgrimage
13. Litanies
14. Mary
15. Liturgy of the Hours
16. Novenas
17. Our Lady of Guadalupe
18. Relics
19. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

These gems come from Catholic writers and theologians.  Each contributor relates how a particular devotion has been meaningful in his/her own life; how this devotion began and developed in the Church; and what it might mean for today.

The book offers an attractive mix of faith witness and theological explanation with helpful overlap among the essays.

This is a highly readable, non-scholarly volume for anyone seeking (re-)acquaintance with these Catholic devotions.  RCIA programs and introductory Catholicism classes would also benefit.

160 pages; XVI-page Introduction.  Softcover.