Romano Guardini
Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer
Where did you learn to pray?
At your mother's knee? From the nun or brother who taught your religion class? Has your understanding of prayer matured since then, or do you simply pray, year after year, as you were taught as a child?
No wonder most people have so many erroneous notions about prayer. No wonder our prayers are still far from what they should be!
This remarkable book offers practical ways you can improve your prayers today and grow closer to God. The topics include:
How to pray well even when your heart is empty
Determining the prayer schedule that's right for you
St. Francis of Assisi - the five words that gave this holy man an entire night of contemplation
The saints: why all Christians should pray to them - and with them!
Spontaneous prayer - why it can be less genuine than formal prayers
"Vague cosmic worship" - has it crept into your prayers?
The Rosary - just how much of it should you be saying?
The posture of prayer - should you pray sitting, standing, or kneeling? It makes a difference!
Family prayer: practical hints to make yours even better
The Psalms, adoration, liturgical prayer…and much more!
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Jesus Christus
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Lord
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Meditations on the Christ: The Model of All Holiness
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Seven Gifts of the Spirit of the Liturgy: Centennial Perspectives on Romano Guardini's Landmark Work
In the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the Second Vatican Council wrote that liturgical reform and renewal must accord with what they called "the spirit of the liturgy." But what did they mean by this "spirit"? In the decades prior to the Council, the Popes spoke of this same spirit. But the most solid source of this term rests upon a book published in 1918, The Spirit of the Liturgy by Roman Guardini.
In his remarkable book, which Pope Benedict XVI claims began the liturgical movement in Germany, Guardini lays out seven core principles of the liturgical spirit, principles that the Second Vatican Council saw as integral to authentic liturgical reform. In this work, eight experts on the liturgy recall Guardini's spiritual insights, explaining how these can deepen our liturgical understanding and practice today. The contributors are Bishop Arthur Serratelli, Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B., Dr. Michon Matthiesen, David Fagerberg, Fr. Daniel Cardó, Bishop James Conley, Fr. Emery de Gaál, and Susan Benofy.
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