Spirituality & Prayer
Darton, Longman and Todd’s unrivalled list includes both classic works of prayer and meditation and the very best contemporary spiritual writing.
Benignus O'Rourke
Here we find our true selves. We discover an ancient way of finding God that has almost become lost.
Slowly, we realise that we are in union with the
source of life and love itself. Our whole life changes.
Our goal now is to take God's love to others in our
everyday lives.
Price: £10.99 Pages: 164 ISBN: 9780232528077
Foreword by Eamon Duffy
. One of the great priest-writers and best-selling authors of spiritual titles
. a great collection of sermons, lectures and addresses
. a continuation of the outstanding work accomplished in his previous books
This is a great introduction to a collection of Michael Mayne’s previously unpublished pieces, sermons and addresses. The extraordinary quality of work contained in Mayne’s previous five books is also reflected in this unpublished material. Selecting representative sermons and addresses which come together to form a cohesive narrative, the leading scholar of Michael Mayne’s work, Joel Huffstetler has produced a wonderful book.To Trust and to Love will be widely appreciated by all of Mayne’s dedicated readers, and enchant many others. He makes the Christian understanding of life intelligible and attractive for people inside and far outside the churches. He teaches us to notice, to wonder, to be astonished. We learn to trust, and to love.
· Easy to follow, clearly laid out
· Well-known author
A short but intense and beautifully written study of the ‘Hail Mary’ by the
Irish theologian, poet and Dominican priest, Paul Murray. For almost an entire
millennium the most commonly repeated prayer in the Church, apart from
the Our Father, has been the Hail Mary. It’s a prayer that, with great simplicity
and ease, brings us at once into the mystery of God incarnate, the mystery of
Jesus, son of Mary. For countless numbers of people over the centuries it has
proved to be a threshold of grace, a real opening into the mystery and
meaning of God’s love, a ‘holy door’. The Hail Mary is a prayer which is easy
to say, easy to pray. But as Paul Murray shows in this short book it also has a
radiance and depth of theological truth.
explicitly on prayer, teaching that the simple silent prayer of contemplation is attainable for anyone who seeks to try. What unfolds is a mature yet accessible consideration of all aspects of prayer and how it connects with politics, liberation, poverty, spiritual reading andthe experience of the Dark Night.
how to be still
in the presence of the Lord
The Jesus Prayer is one of the oldest prayers in Christianity. The mantralike repetition of “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner” develops into a peaceful rhythm so that the one who prays can absorb its truth at different levels and learn to be still in the presence of God, rather than focus on feelings or thoughts about God.
A profound insight to the greatest test we all face: to be beside someonewe love - a parent, a partner, a child – as they slip away from us. Grace Sheppard draws on the experience of caring for her dying
husband, David Sheppard, England cricket captain and later Bishop of Liverpool. She looks at what drives us to run away from the difficult times and emotions. The key to Living with Dying is friendship.
Whether you are someone with little or no faith, Living with Dying will help you see that looking for God in an expectant sense, and developing an intimate relationship with him makes a positive difference to the supply of energy and hope in caring.
We all need to make a retreat. To find a few moments in our busy lives to try to stop worrying and fretting about so many different things, and to sit in silence at God’s feet and just to listen. A retreat is simply an attempt to see beyond the 101 cares and occupations we normally have and to ask ourselves, ‘Where it is all leading? What’s the purpose of it all?’ Time to Change takes the basic format and principles of The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius and allows us to make a retreat without interrupting too much your ordinary daily life and all the things you have to do.
Leslie J Francis
Join Ratty and Mole on a journey of faith
This beautiful book, which may be used as a daily devotional through Lent or any other period of the year, reopens Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel TheWind in theWillows for a new audience. Combining a daily reading from the literary classic with a gospel passage, a short meditation by Leslie Francis and a prayer, The Gospel in theWillows takes us on a journey through the Christian life, exploring themes such asThe Call, Shaking the Dust, Finding Acceptance, Divided Loyalties, Real Repentance, Facing Temptation,The Lost Son and Accepting Release.
The much-loved characters of Mole, Rat and Toad become the perfect allegory for the grand adventure of faith, from our terrifying first steps into and beyond the riverbank, to the challenges, temptations and triumphs that await us as we journey into the world,with Jesus by our side.
‘Leslie Francis has achieved a most original and enchanting book by drawing out the wisdom embedded in Kenneth Grahame’s classic,TheWind in theWillows, and weaving it into a profoundly Christian pattern which glows with spiritual truths simply expressed.
‘This journey along the river of life with Ratty and Mole is indeed a revelation – for Jesus Christ is their fellow-traveller in the meditations and prayers which Professor Francis has so skilfully crafted.To fuse the NewTestament with an Edwardian novel in this way is not only to take a magnificently bold creative step but also to illustrate yet again that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
‘Read, savour, enjoy.’
Susan Howatch
Prior to writing his great classic, The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen suffered an enormous personal loss and breakdown that took him away from his home in the L’Arche Daybreak community for a period of seven months. His thoughts were intense, raw and deeply private, and ultimately revealed to him the passionate drama of parenthood, filial duty, rivalry, anger and unconditional love on display in Rembrandt’s painting.
On his return from solitude, Henri held small, private workshops on his revelations that were recorded in audio. The material of those extremely personal talks has now been formed into a unique work. Home Tonight brings to light Nouwen’s lectures on the Prodigal Son in a powerful guide for spiritual reflection. Providing exercises, suggestions for times of solitude, questions for pondering, simple prayers, and aides for personal journaling, Home Tonight leads readers to commune with God through spiritual listening. A practical guide for the inner journey home, this important book will give those who adore Nouwen’s works the chance to hear his voice anew on his most popular topic.
A joyously fresh introduction to prayer.
Bonnie Thurston has written many books and articles about spirituality and prayer, and is a leading authority on the work of Thomas Merton. But For God Alone is a very different sort of book, in which for the first time she puts aside her scholarly work and tries to show, as simply and practically as possible, how to pray. The
result is a joyously fresh introduction to prayer that will delight and encourage everyone seeking the things of God, wherever they are on the journey.