To You All Hearts Are Open Advent and prayers for discernment from

and prayers for discernment from historic spiritual figures

Stabat Mater

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Christians in the deserts of Palestine and Africa sought a short prayer that could be easily repeated

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To You All Hearts Are Open Advent and prayers for discernment fromThe most ancient form of prayer is probably petition. Scot McKnight has set out to understand this better, and guide pray ers and churches to reinvigorate their practice of asking God. To You All Hearts Are Open begins with the Collects of the Book of Common Prayer timeless prayers that have been used by Christians for centuries, are rooted in the Catholic tradition of prayer, and are deeply biblical. These prayers common to churches of nearly every