First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey through the Canon of St. Andrew Franciscan As a child I wondered

As a child I wondered at the psalms of lament: why were they included in the Bible at all

and writes like a poet

little children

but this memoir assures us that she is utterly and deeply human

This book is for anyone who wants a more integrated and reconciled approach to prayer

First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey through the Canon of St. Andrew Franciscan As a child I wonderedJoin Frederica Mathewes Green on a guided retreat through an ancient Orthodox text. Regardless of your denominational background, First Fruits of Prayer will bring to life the prayer experience of first millennium Christianity through immersion in this poetic hymn, an extraordinarily beautiful work that is still chanted by Christians around the world each Lent. It weaves together Old and New Testament Scriptures with prayers of hope and repentance and