By highlighting how prayer was a lifeline for Jesus, Fr Jim McManus seeks to assure readers that, no matter what their situation in life may be, they too have a gift of prayer. This is expressed not only in formal prayers, but also in the prayer of their hearts:that inner personal dialogue with God that they often quite unexpectedly find themselves engaging in during the day.
As well as examining familiar formal prayers, he also suggests solutions to the problems we all face when we are trying to organise our life of prayer, such as finding the right time and coping with boredom and distractions.
