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Awakening to Prayer
This book is an introduction to prayer, drawing on Eastern and Western traditions. Translated from the original Japanese into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Spanish, Awakening to Prayer has already become a modern spiritual classic. In this simple yet profound book, Japanese Carmelite Augustine Ichiro Okumura explores the fundamental nature and root of prayer, the human and divine reality that underlies all praying. Drawing on the images, stories, and insights of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, the author considers prayer as conversation, as listening, as resting in the divine. In a long chapter on the "anthropology of prayer," he discusses the relationship between prayer times and other daily activities, the need for both repeated ritual and silence, the problem of distractions and deviations in prayer. The book culminates in a moving reflection on Christ's prayer and what it means to pray authentically as a Christian.
Welcoming Other Religions
The Benedictine monk Pierre-François de Béthune has dedicated his life to following the lead of the great pioneers of interreligious dialogue at the level of spiritual experience. Having practiced zazen and "Way of tea" assiduously for decades, he now leads readers along the path of spiritual hospitality, describing how welcoming other religions transformed him and brought him to rediscover the Gospel. In this volume, he evokes the spiritual journeys of some of the pioneers of interreligious dialogue, among them, Thomas Merton, Henri Le Saux, Raimon Panikkar, and Christian de Chergé and the monks of Tibhirine. In doing so, he proposes that their commitment to dialogue, hospitality, and welcoming the other corresponds to what the Gospel requires of the followers of Jesus.
A Better Wine: Essays Celebrating Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Ten members of the Institute of Carmelite Studies contribute to this volume honoring their Carmelite brother and colleague, Father Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD on his fifty years as a Catholic priest. The ten essays and their respective authors are as follows: Jesus Christ, Friend and Liberator: The Christology of St. Teresa of Avila by Daniel Chowning, OCDFair is Foul and Foul is Fair: An Interpretation of Chapter Fourteen of Book One of The Dark Night of St. John of the Cross by Marc Foley, OCDJerome Gratian's Constituciones del Cerro: An Example of Teresian Humor by Michael DoddThe Holy Spirit, Mary, and Thérèse of Lisieux by Emmanuel Sullivan, OCDBlind Hope in Divine Mercy, by Charles Niqueux...
Sometimes, Enough Is Enough
"... Recasts the ancient spiritual tradition of contemplation for contemporary, highly technological times."--Dust jacket.
Buddhist Himalaya
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Gentle Disciplines
"As I grow older, I sense in myself a deepening desire to grow wiser and more compassionate. I long to take greater risks to become more vulnerable. I realize the need to develop practices that cultivate a deeper life of prayer." Do you sense a desire to grow in compassion and wisdom? Do you long to live a more open and more authentic life? Do you want your prayer life to be richer and deeper? In Gentle Disciplines, Jonathan Nambu -- husband, father, cancer survivor, missionary, and co-founder of Samaritana Transformation Ministries -- shares the lessons he has learned and is continuing to learn. Perhaps these lessons are for you as well. Use this book during your personal devotions, or take it with you during spiritual retreats or times of reflection.
In Silence
[This book] is a challenging reminder about why we must pray. [In the book, the author] takes us into an understanding of prayer that enables us to live in the capacious light of God's presence.-Dust jacket.
