Outlines the principles of prayer, habits of prayerful people, a practical approach to prayer and advice about overcoming obstacles to prayer. Drawing on the wisdom of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Bishop Morneau shows how the Our Father is the central prayer of Christians and how the Beatitudes and the Eucharist call us to a more prayerful life. He writes in the introduction: "The Christian life is a journey and along the path of our communal life we are called to serve and to pray."