Many people write to the Holy Father, asking him to pray for them. Inspired by the many requests that he has received, this book is a collection of prayers that reminds us that God is always there to listen and hear our prayers. Pope Benedict XVI…

Teaches us how to pray…
"Lord, make us sensitive to your presence, help us to hear you, not to be deaf to you, help us to keep our hearts free, open to you."

Offers hope…
"Those who pray never lose hope, even when they find themselves in a difficult and even humanly hopeless plight."

Opens us up to God…
"When we pray properly we undergo a process of inner purification which opens us up to God and thus to our fellow human beings as well."

Connects us to our responsibility as Christians…
"For a Christian, therefore, to pray is not to evade reality and the responsibilities it brings but rather, to fully assume them, trusting in the faithful and inexhaustible love of the Lord."

Prayers by Pope Benedict XVI provides strength and comfort to people who have openly shared their joys, hurt, pain, struggles, and uncertainties about the daily challenges that confront each of us in the world.