A mid-summer podcast about one of the most important subjects for a Christian—our prayer life! This topic is dear to my heart and you'll find many related podcasts (listed below) that I hope you'll investigate if you have time. The care and feeding of your soul comes from a life of prayer that is coupled with sanctifying grace found in the sacraments, chief among them—the Eucharist. Today's focus on prayer comes from my conversation with author and blogger, and longtime friend, Barb Szyszkiewicz, who brings us a new book, The Handy Little Guide: PRAYER.  I recommend Barb's book not only for yourself, but as a gift for others. It's short and an economical purchase, too. It's the latest in The Handy Little Guide Series from Our Sunday Visitor. In our saint segment, we power up with inspiration, wisdom and advice and drawn from several saints on the how-and-why's about prayer. So much good stuff, below. Be sure to check out the book and the related podcasts!   Links for this episode: About Barb Szyszkiewicz: The Handy Little Guide: Prayer By Barb Szyszkiewicz Barb's blog at Franciscan Mom Barb's work and writing at CatholicMom.com AW 48: Barb and Pat's convo on the podcast (Oh! So many years ago!) about Barb being a Secular Franciscan AW 157: Barb's guest slot on the "Midlife Madres" series   Other shows of related interest: AW 175: Appointment with God AW 93: Adoraton of the Blessed Sacrament AW Espresso Shot 13: My adoration story: AW 213: Prayer is a personal encounter with Jesus AW 77 Special edition on Prayer AW Espresso Shot 8: Praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet with Pat About Prayer Journaling: AW 236 AW 239 AW 252   Reminders: Send your comments to Pat Gohn via this website's contact page, or on the Among Women podcast facebook page. Or follow Pat on Twitter at @PatGohn or @among_women. If you like what we do here at Among Women, please promote this podcast in your social media circles, in your church bulletin, or leave a positive review and rating over on our iTunes page. Listen to Among Women on iHeart Radio and the iHeart Radio app.   Book Photo courtesy of Our Sunday Visitor.  Banner Photo by Ben White on Unsplash