Luigi Gioia''s Say it to God was chosen for the 2018 Archbishop of Canterbury''s Lent Book--no mean feat for a first time author. In this new book, Gioia moves on to show the art of contemplation. But he points out from the start that contemplation is not a more advanced way of praying but a greater awareness of the presence of God.
The defining mark of this awareness is that we become more and more aware of God''s presence, a unique kind of inner peace and joy which has been described by spiritual authors with a variety of arresting and often poetic images.
What Gioia describes is not some kind of spiritual wonderland; for it does not dispense us from struggles and doubts and often the non-evidence of GodIt brings a peace which coexists with doubt, a peace which can flourish in the middle of struggles, a joy that we can discover even in suffering.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
208 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2018-09-20 |
| ISBN |
9781472951007 |
