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Learn to Pray as the Monks Pray:
THE PRAYER OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
For nearly a thousand years, monks of the Carthusian Order have withdrawn from the world so they can place themselves in the presence of God.
Alone in their cells, they pray, work, and take their meals, freed from worldly distractions and the cacophony of thoughts that course through the mind and need to be stilled when we kneel down to pray.
A thousand years' silence has enabled the Carthusians to perfect a way of praying suited for the cloister, but it's also right for those whose obligations force us to work and pray in the rush and hurry of the world.
In these pages, the monk Augustin Guillerand (1877-1945) reveals the secret of the Carthusian's remarkable prayer of the presence of God. Like love, it's not so much a deed as an attitude — a habit of tranquil listening that allows God to enter our souls by all paths and to establish His presence there. Paperback, 169 pages.
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WORDS FOR SILENCE
A Year of Contemplative Meditation
Originating from weekly talks given to a contemplative community of monks and nuns, the meditations in this book are arranged by the liturgical year and range from practical challenges to lyrical evocations. Fr. Gregory Fruehwirth, an Episcopal priest and a monk of the Order of St. Julian, is a new and important voice, unknown to all but those who have listened to his talks over the years at his small abbey in Wisconsin. Hardcover, 192 pages.
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THE MONASTIC WAY
A Book of Daily Readings
Monastic life is hardly an escape from the world. Rather, it engages life with centuries of deepening spiritual wisdom. Using this daily reader, you can engage life the same way. With the writings of hundreds of monks and nuns from a wide variety of Christian traditions from the 5th to the 20th centuries, you explore a different theme each month -- from "Living with Others" to "Talking Money." Wise, down-to-earth and sometimes humorous extracts are both wide-ranging and intensely practical. Includes a biographical index. Hardcover, 242 pages.
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