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Acclaimed, award-winning essayist and novelist Brian Doyle�whose writing, in the words of Mary Oliver, is �a gift to us all��presents one hundred new prayers that evoke his deep Catholic belief in the mystery and miracle of the ordinary (and the whimsical) in human life. In Brian Doyle�s newest work, A Book of Uncommon Prayer: 100 Celebrations of the Miracle & Muddle of the Ordinary, his readers will find a series of prayers unlike any of the beautiful, formal, orthodox prayers of the Catholic tradition or the warm, extemporized prayers heard from pulpits and dinner tables. Doyle�s often-dazzling, always-poignant prayers include eye-opening hymns to shoes and faith and family. In Doyle�s words, �the world is crammed with miracles, so crammed and tumultuous that if we stop, see, savor, we are agog,� and the pages of his newest book give voice and body to this credo. By focusing on experiences that may seem the most unprayerful (one prayer is titled �Prayer on Seeing Yet Another Egregious Parade of Muddy Paw Prints on the Floor�), he gives permission to discover the joys and treasures in what he often calls the muddle of everyday life. (less)

Acclaimed, award-winning essayist and novelist Brian Doyle�whose writing, in the words of Mary Oliver, is �a gift to us all��presents one hundred new prayers that evoke his deep Catholic belief in the mystery and miracle of the ordinary (…more)