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When Quietism was condemned in 1687 it resulted in an antipathy, if
not an open hostility to authentic mystical theology. This
situation has lasted down to the present day and has been
aggravated by many forms of counterfeit mysticism that are
self-centred, not God-centred. The consequences have been
disastrous. To restore the balance lost to Christian spirituality,
the author returns to the profound mystical teaching that Jesus
himself lived and handed on to the early Church through his
disciples. His research has resulted in a book that details a
practical daily spirituality for all, that mirrors that which was
lived by our earliest Christian forebears. It emphasises the
original balance between personal and communal prayer in such a way
that our whole lives become the place where we continually offer
our lives through Christ to the Father.
When love is lost within a family, catastrophic consequences
follow. That is not just for the parents, but for the children,
too, and society at large. When the God-given love that Jesus
Christ introduced into the first Christian family was lost, similar
consequences ensued. Loveless men and women not only do damage to
themselves, but to others, too - inside and outside of the Church.
This last spiritual and supreme masterpiece of a great spiritual
master explains and details how the love that was lost can be put
back and flourish where it once flourished before. This book is the
long-awaited watershed that can slake the thirst of the dry weary
land that has been yearning to receive it.
A chance meeting with a mother of six inspires a young American,
James Robertson, who has just lost his wife in childbirth, to visit
her spiritual director, Peter Calvay, who lives in the Outer
Hebrides. In the first part of the book - The Hermit, the young man
learns how to pray and how to meditate according to the ancient
Christian tradition. In the second part of the book The Prophet,
Peter is presumed lost at sea and James is invited to order his
personal effects. He finds details of Peter's own spiritual journey
that inspires James to deepen his own spiritual life.This part is
crammed with good practical advice on prayer for the reader as well
as describing the deeply human story of the young woman with whom
Peter falls deeply in love. Eventually Peter turns up alive and
well and in the third part of the book - The Mystic - the two meet
again this time on the mainland where Peter has come to attend his
mother's funeral. Peter uses the story of his own parent's love for
each other as the perfect paradigm with which to explain the mystic
way. The teachings of the "Cloud of Unknowing" and the great
mystics St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila are explained
with great clarity by paralleling the mystic life with married
life. Deeply moving lessons are drawn for those committed to each
way that can lead to the fullest possible experience of love here
on earth.
David Torkington tells the story of a small group of secular
Franciscans on pilgrimage in Franciscan Italy led by the hermit
Peter Calvay. The book shows how the essence of Christian
spirituality is restored by Francis and details the implications of
the revelation of the Primacy of Love received by Francis moments
before he received the Stigmata. It then explains how this is the
starting point for St Bonaventure's spirituality and John Duns
Scotus' Mystical Theology of love. This profound theology is
detailed with consummate clarity and made practical in the lives of
two of the pilgrims who commit themselves to each other for life.
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