Author : Joel S. Goldsmith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,71 MB
Release : 2018-12
Category : Spiritual life
ISBN : 9781889051444
Originally published: Secausus, NJ: University Books, 1963.
Author : Philo (of Alexandria.)
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809123339
This anthology contains the basic vision of Philo (c. 20 B.C.E.-50 C.E.), the greatest Jewish mystic, philosopher and theologian of the Graeco-Roman era.
Author : James Finley
Publisher : Sorin Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Contemplation
ISBN : 9781893732100
With profound, practical insights, Finley, the author of "Merton's Palace of Nowhere, " offers readers a guide for a contemplative life.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781593250850
(Music Sales America). In this book you have everything you need to play and sing some of the greatest Irish ballads ever written the lyrics, guitar chords and simplified music score, plus a CD featuring the first verse and chorus of each of the ballads. A virtual "Irish Balladeer's Kit"! Also includes photos and great background information on each tune. "Whether you're a professional entertainer or want to learn the songs for private parties, this is a must for you" Daniel O'Donnell
Author : Joan E. Taylor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 16,23 MB
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004439234
De Vita Contemplativa is known for its depiction of a philosophical group of Jewish men and women known as the ‘Therapeutae’. This commentary sets the treatise in its historical context and explores Philo’s aims in depicting them as he did.
Author : Thomas Aquinas
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732629031
Reproduction of the original.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Religion
ISBN :
There are so many Christians who do not appreciate the magnificent dignity of their vocation to sanctity, to the knowledge, love and service of God. There are so many Christians who do not realize what possibilities God has placed in the life of Christian perfection — what possibilities for joy in the knowledge and love of Him. There are so many Christians who have practically no idea of the immense love of God for them, and of the power of that Love to do them good, to bring them happiness. Why do we think of the gift of contemplation, infused contemplation, mystical prayer, as something essentially strange and esoteric reserved for a small class of almost unnatural beings and prohibited to everyone else? It is perhaps because we have forgotten that contemplation is the work of the Holy Ghost acting on our souls through His gifts of Wisdom and Understanding with special intensity to increase and perfect our love for Him. These gifts are part of the normal equipment of Christian sanctity. They are given to all in Baptism, and if they are given it is presumably because God wants them to be developed. Their development will always remain the free gift of God and it is true that His wise Providence sees fit to develop them less in some saints than in others. But it is also true that God often measures His gifts by our desire to receive them, and by our cooperation with His grace, and the Holy Spirit will not waste any of His gifts on people who have little or no interest in them.
Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,82 MB
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0062245082
Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on both Eastern and Western traditions to explore the hot topic of contemplation/meditation in depth and to show how we can practice true contemplation in everyday life. Never before published except as a series of articles (one per chapter) in an academic journal, this book on contemplation was revised by Merton shortly before his untimely death. The material bridges Merton's early work on Catholic monasticism, mysticism, and contemplation with his later writing on Eastern, especially Buddhist, traditions of meditation and spirituality. This book thus provides a comprehensive understanding of contemplation that draws on the best of Western and Eastern traditions. Merton was still tinkering with this book when he died; it was the book he struggled with most during his career as a writer. But now the Merton Legacy Trust and experts have determined that the book makes such a valuable contribution as his major comprehensive presentation of contemplation that they have allowed its publication.
Author : Patricia Hampl
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,52 MB
Release : 2005-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780865477162
A gifted writer's inquiry into one of the most profound yet least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. It tells of Hampl's quest to escape the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, following her to the "old world" of Catholocism in Spain and France, where she meets other pilgrims, back home again, and finally to a monastery in northern California, where she is able to settle into the real goal of her search: the silence of prayer.
Author : Nan C. Merrill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826419062
Every commentary on the Book of Psalms has had to face the issue that many of these prayers celebrate wrath and vengeance. Merrill has re-examined the Psalms and transformed them into a work of piety and art. Taking each psalm in turn, she brings a vivid brilliance to some of the world's greatest prayers.
