Readers will learn how to relax for prayer, how to listen and be directed by the Other, and how to handle the pain and distractions that stifle attempts at achieving the highest possible communication with God.
Do we have the courage to unmask our false self and enter into the Christian spirit of being our true-selves--images created to mirror the love-image of God?
Psychologist and spiritual director David G. Benner illuminates the spirituality of self-discovery. He shows how understanding yourself leads you to better discern God's purposes for you, and, paradoxically, how becoming more like Christ allows you to become more fully yourself.
By the fourth century AD, devout Christians had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa and Asia Minor, where they sought liberation from their corrupt society amd the confining shell of the social self. This is an introduction to their stories and sayings.
Prayer of the Heart, an early Christian form of contemplative prayer, has once again become commonplace in the Christian community thanks to the efforts of Trappist monks. Father Basil Pennington, one of the pioneer leaders in this movement, here tells the story of this recovery of contemplative prayer as it was experienced, first in the United ...
A personal portrayal of Merton's years as a Trappist monk, from 1948 - the year in which he became famous for the publication of The Seven Story Mountain - to the late 1950s and, in his own words, his "return to the world" and how those years changed his life forever.
Showing how the Psalms give profound and candid expression to both our highest aspirations and our deepest pain, the late, highly respected Cistercian Abbot M. Basil Pennington shares his reflections on some of the most beloved passages from the Bible's most widely read book. In this companion volume to The Song of Songs: A Spiritual Commentary, ...
After a short introduction by the compiler, Saint Bernard himself takes us in hand and leads us along the way to the fullness of the life in Christ. Bernards rich style, the work of a master poet, is redolent with an inviting warmth that lets the reader discover union with God to be the intimate and allfulfilling embrace of lovers. It is an ...
People say it's easy for members of a monastic order to have full spiritual life because their environment allows for peaceful meditation. But is the peace from contemplation beyond the reach of the person in the world struggling with noise of today's life? A new book of practical spirituality, A Place Apart shows how the peace and serenity of an ...
In these pages, Fr. Pennington invites readers, in a deeply personal way, to go deeper and deeper toward the Centre where the Word of God speaks, where the experience of God's healing love and real prayer take place. Thence comes transformation and a different world emerges, one which reflects a true self that sees things as God sees them. This ...
This is a collection of 60 reflections which centre upon three themes: finding God in the course of one's daily actvities, stories that illustrate a spiritual truth, and thoughts that flow from listening to Jesus' words.
"Who do you say that I am?" "Who are my mother and brothers?" "Has no-one condemned you?" Jesus asked a lot of questions, and this volume identifies over 200 of them. Father Pennington reflects on the questions and suggests that living with the questions of Jesus, living in these questions, can bring us to a much wider perspective on our lives, in ...
The Whiteheads share exciting insights into the shape and direction of ministry in the contemporary Church. Drawing from scripture and tradition, they examine the cycles of leadership and the exercise of power and authority within the Christian context.
In the tradition of Christian mysticism, including Bernard of Clarivaux, Gregory the Great, and Ambrose of Milan, the well-known Cistercian abbot shares his reflections on the Bible's most challenging mystical text.
Are we the world's good neighbor or a global bully? Fifteen spiritual perspectives--written expressly for this very timely volume. Contributors include Matthew Fox, Thich Nhat Hahn, Kabir Helminski, Joan Halifax, Tony Campolo. $25,000 initial Ad/PR budget.
Who was/is Mary, the Mother of God, and what is her role in Christian history? Mary Today addresses these questions and others to show how things human and fundamental in our own lives also touched the life of this woman of Nazareth.
CIRCLING TO THE CENTER is both a spiritual memoir and an introduction to the way of silent prayer. The author draws from such spiritual writers as Thomas Merton, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and incorporates themes from Taoist, Hindu, Sufi, and Native American cultures. In addition the book is rich with symbols and ...
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