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The Jesus Prayer Rosary will be welcomed by the growing number of
people who are discovering that praying with beads can be a
spiritually enriching and therapeutic experience. It will further
enrich the spirituality of the many Christians who have found
meditative repetition of the ancient Jesus Prayer to be a valuable
devotional aid. This unique book brings together these two popular
approaches to prayer and worship. It offers a Jesus-centred way of
praying with beads. Ideal for complete beginners, it includes basic
instruction on how to pray the rosary, using the Jesus Prayer. It
comprises four sets of meditations which focus on the infancy
narratives in Matthew and Luke, scenes from the ministry of Jesus,
his passion and death. These include readings from the various
Gospel writers. Finally, we are given insight into our experience
of him as the Risen One who gradually transforms our lives. Each
meditation concludes with a prayer mostly taken from the liturgy,
and biblical canticles are provided as centrepiece prayers. A
complete resource for praying privately or in groups, this will
open up the riches of Eastern and Catholic spirituality for all.
Michael Cleary SVD is parish priest of the Church of St Mary- on-
the- Quay, Bristol.
The Rule of St. Benedict offers a rich opportunity to explore a
grounded devotional practice, and this book's fresh perspective
will bring the Rule into your daily life. Praying with Saint
Benedict was written for the thousands of lay Christians who are
drawn to the Rule of St. Benedict and desire to incorporate it into
their daily devotional practice. Those who study the Rule aspire to
apply the Benedictine values of community, hospitality, humility,
simplicity, and prayer in their daily lives. This unique book
incorporates the passage of scripture that Benedict cites, three
contemplation questions that facilitate lectio divina, and a
concluding prayer. Unlike other commentaries on the Rule, the
reflections here tend not to be historical or theological, but
rather present personal, relatable thoughts and applications.
One of the most personal and powerful acts a Christian can engage in is
prayer. Yet many believers struggle with their prayer lives, wondering
whether they are really making a difference and how they can be more
effective. Delving deep into the biblical understanding of prayer,
beloved author and leader Derek Prince shows readers the secret to
leading a dynamic prayer life, how to receive what they ask for, and
how to align themselves with the heart of God. Practical strategies
like fasting, Bible study, discipline, and consistency are extensively
explained and illustrated by powerful testimonies.
Art, Truth, and Time is a book which endeavours to show that
artistic creation depends as much upon the body, as it does the
soul, and the soul's intelligent use of the body's way of
understanding. When there occurs a complete disjunction between the
two, as occurs in much of contemporary art, art is stripped of its
inherent beauty, its wholeness. In this book the author considers
the nature of art from its earliest manifestations to the present
day, endeavouring to show that its truth transcends time and place
through the unity of soul and body and man's awareness of this
unity, not a barren unity, but a unity which is profoundly
creative.
PRAYING FOR AMERICA encourages readers to spend 40 days asking God
to do His will in and to bless America.Each chapter includes an
inspiring story demonstrating the power of faith in the life of our
nation, a prayer, and a relevant passage of Scripture to biblically
ground those prayers. In these increasingly divided times leading
up to the 2020 election, PRAYING FOR AMERICA will serve as a very
necessary resource to Christian readers. Dr. Jeffress, with his
wide platform, is the perfect author to lead this charge.
Prayer, the greatest fringe benefit of being a Christian, is God's
enticement to get our attention. He likes our company. Access to
God means access to ultimate power. We are all on level ground
here. Whether you are middle class, aristocratic, royal, rich,
poor, red, yellow, black, or white, you are valued by your heavenly
Father as much as anybody who has ever lived. God will take on your
case as if you were the most important person who ever lived.
Prayer gives you that privilege--access to ultimate power. God can
make anything happen. He can heal. Solve any problem. Change your
financial situation. Vindicate. Open doors. Cause everything that
has happened in your past (whether it was right or wrong or whether
you were right or wrong) to work together for good (Rom. 8:28).
Prayer is one of the most fundamental practices of the Christian
faith, yet how many of us really commit adequate time to talking to
God? As R. T. Kendall points out in Did You Think to Pray? we can
only benefit from spending more time with Him.
'We are the Beloved. We are intimately loved long before our
parents, teachers, spouses, children and friends loved or wounded
us. That's the truth of our lives. That's the truth I want you to
claim for yourself. That's the truth spoken by the voice that says,
"You are my Beloved."' - Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved Henri
Nouwen, priest, professor and writer, devoted much of his later
ministry to emphasising the singular concept of our identity as the
Beloved of God. In an interview, he said that he believed the
central moment in Jesus' public ministry to be his baptism in the
Jordan, when Jesus heard the affirmation, 'You are my beloved son
on whom my favour rests.' 'That is the core experience of Jesus,'
Nouwen writes. 'He is reminded in a deep, deep way of who he is ...
I think his whole life is continually claiming that identity in the
midst of everything.' You Are Beloved is a daily devotional created
from the very best of Nouwen's writings, paired with daily
Scripture readings, that reveals our identity as children of God,
and which encourages us to live out that truth in our daily lives.
Nouwen is at once refreshingly accessible, unafraid to wrestle with
challenging questions, and above all an encouraging and sympathetic
voice along the way.
Are you trying to do it all yourself? Muyskens reminds us that what
God seeks is relationship with us, a two-way communication. What
relationship with God requires is very similar to what our earthly
relationships require: openness, listening, focused time. One way
to practice the skills needed for this relationship is centering
prayer, a simple but deeply powerful prayer practice. In beautiful
and accessible language, Muyskens invites us to spend time daily
focusing our hearts on God, to find the power to be still and be
reoriented to "the One who is the Center of all." Exercises in
prayer and scripture reading are provided for the 40 days.
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