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Another classic from the foremost Trappist scholar writing today. Fr. Michael Casey, in his usual compelling style, covers many aspects of spirituality, including discernment, spiritual direction, pastoral care, and living in community-- applicable to religious and lay people alike. His reflections on Benedictine spirituality are vividly presented and filled with remarkable insights and advice.

The desire to have some experience of God is widespread. Many persons of all ages have a genuine yearning for communion with the spiritual world. The trouble is that we are never quite certain how we should invest our energies to ensure that we are moving closer to the truth and not deeper into delusion. It seems prudent, therefore, to look for guidance from those who have actually made the journey and are skilled in initiating others. This is why we approach the great contemplative traditions: to find out something about prayer and the sort of life that facilitates its growth. We cannot always generate our own solutions because our horizons are limited. The first thing we need to learn is to look at life from a different perspective. Here the ancient spiritual masters can serve us well... The key idea that is common to these teachers is that contemplation is possible only for those who have puritas cordis: an undivided heart. The act of communion with God is one which engages the whole person and calls upon all the interior energies. It can occur only when these energies are working together, when inner disharmony has been overcome and unity reigns within. Such a state is not achieved quickly but only by the grace of God and the labor of decades. It involves a radical conversion of life and a persevering will to live in accordance with the Gospel. Spiritual growth is thus seen as a matter of progressively purifying the personal center of will and knowledge, eliminating inner division and becoming more intent on seeking the one thing necessary. Michael Casey is a monk of Tarrawarra Abbey in Australia. He is well-known as a retreat master and lecturer on monastic spirituality and holds a doctorate from Melbourne College of Divinity in the area of the life and writings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

Gregory the Great (c. 560ΓÇô604 C.E.) occupies a key position in the development of Christian commentary on the Scriptures. Using simple words to preach to the nobles and common people of Rome, Gregory employs metaphors, analogies, stories, and images to answer basic questions of faith.

After 300 years, contemplative prayer is taking a central place in Christian spirituality. Kinn, a student of John of the Cross for twenty years, offers a clear, accessible description of the Mystical Doctor's teachings.

Despite the many studies of particular Fathers, there is no general work presenting the principal characteristics of their exegesis, taken one at a time and in order. In this book, the distinguished French theologian, Bertrand de Margerie, S.J., attempts to fill this lacuna

This book will introduce to readers who have never heard of Charles Rich, this unique man who radiated Christ with all his heart and mind and knowledge, in a way that is generally found only among the greatest saints. To those who knew him personally or only through his writings, this book will confirm their own experience by showing the impact his holy, persuasive personality has had on so many people.

Can you imagine what it would be like to live your whole life under the shadow of war? To have your peaceful village suddenly destroyed? To lose your parents and family in one crashing blow? This is the moving story of what one child has faced, written by a priest who has cared for the war orphans in Lebanon since 1977.

From Ronda Chervin's Introduction: "Twenty-seven years ago I had the joy of meeting a giant of the Faith -- a lay contemplative, Charles Rich. . . . One of the strongest themes running through the letters of Charles Rich is that of the way spiritual love in Christ is a foretaste of heaven. Already in this life, if we are careful to purify our love of anything not of Him, we can experience the joy of the union of persons which will be ours completely in eternity."