The four talks in this collection on prayer were delivered at the annual Applied Biblical Studies Conference and the Defending the Faith Conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville. The two talks from Scott Hahn unpack the biblical roots of our life of prayer and communion with God. Ralph Martin draws from St. John Paul II and the doctors of the Church to lay out the steps to take your prayer life to the next level. Kimberly Hahn shares practical wisdom mingled with stories and examples about how to grow in your relationship with the Lord in the middle of a busy family and how to pass those habits on to your children.
1. “Prayer as Covenant: The Word of God and the Life of Prayer” – Scott Hahn
2. “Prayer and the Universal Call to Holiness” – Ralph Martin
3. “Consuming the Word: Liturgical Worship as Spiritual Warfare” – Scott Hahn
4. “Praying from the Hearth” – Kimberly Hahn
About the Authors
Scott Hahn is the Fr. Michael Scanlan Professor of Biblical Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990. Founder and President of the St. Paul Center, Dr. Hahn has been married to Kimberly since 1979; they have six children and twenty-three grandchildren. He is the author or editor of over fifty popular and academic books, including best-selling titles Rome Sweet Home, The Lamb’s Supper, and Hope to Die.
Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries. He serves as the Director of Graduate Theology Programs in Evangelization and a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. He holds a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Martin as a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization and a peritus for the Synod on the New Evangelization which was held in Rome in 2012. Martin is the author of the bestselling The Fulfillment of All Desire, A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, and many other books. He and his wife Anne reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan and are the parents of six and grandparents of nineteen.
