Great Spiritual Masters: Their Answers to Six of Life's QuestionsPaulist Press, 2002 - 228 páginas This volume brings together six great religious masters, men and women of sexceptional spiritual wisdom, who answer six deep questions for contemporary society. Ignatius of Loyola shows us how to find self-mastery in life. St. Augustine explains how we can look within ourselves to find our deepest meaning. Julian of Norwich gives new insights into the feminine dimension of God in divine motherhood. Gregory of Nyssa teaches us how to grow in perfection. Dante Alighieri reveals the power of love for the spiritual journey as he portrays his love of Beatrice on the way to Paradise. And St. Bonaventure presents his stunning concept of Jesus as the Art of God. Dr. Farina helps the reader to encounter the thought of these spiritual teachers firsthand through important selections of their writings and his own clear and insightful introductions to each. |
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... speak about God and gender . Chapter 4 with the issue of how we improve ourselves . Chapter 5 with how we relate love , eros , and God in our lives . And Chapter 6 with the question of how we relate art and religion . I have attempted ...
... speak about God and gender . Chapter 4 with the issue of how we improve ourselves . Chapter 5 with how we relate love , eros , and God in our lives . And Chapter 6 with the question of how we relate art and religion . I have attempted ...
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... one dead , the other powerless to be born . " It is my conviction the saints ' insights can speak freshly to us in a language rich with meaning and hope . Chapter 1 GAINING SELF - MASTERY : Ignatius of Loyola 2 Great Spiritual Masters.
... one dead , the other powerless to be born . " It is my conviction the saints ' insights can speak freshly to us in a language rich with meaning and hope . Chapter 1 GAINING SELF - MASTERY : Ignatius of Loyola 2 Great Spiritual Masters.
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... speak of its necessity . The Book of Proverbs says : " Better is he who controls himself than he who conquers a city . " And again , " He that is without self - control is like a city that is broken down and without walls . " The Buddha ...
... speak of its necessity . The Book of Proverbs says : " Better is he who controls himself than he who conquers a city . " And again , " He that is without self - control is like a city that is broken down and without walls . " The Buddha ...
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... speaking about the things that bedevil us . Craving things . Letting things get out of balance . Bad choices , bad habits . We are buffeted by them ; sometimes we are overwhelmed by them so that we are falling and do not know it . Other ...
... speaking about the things that bedevil us . Craving things . Letting things get out of balance . Bad choices , bad habits . We are buffeted by them ; sometimes we are overwhelmed by them so that we are falling and do not know it . Other ...
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FINDING MEANING BY LOOKING WITHIN AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO | 55 |
TALKING ABOUT GOD AND GENDER JULIAN OF NORWICH | 97 |
SELFIMPROVEMENT GREGORY OF NYSSAS WAY OF PERFECTION | 125 |
RELATING LOVE EROSAND GOD DANTE ALIGHIERI | 149 |
RELATING RELIGION AND ART BONAVENTURE AND THE ART OF GOD | 199 |
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Alypius Apostle ascent Augustine Augustine of Hippo Beatrice beauty behold Bernard of Clairvaux blessed Trinity body Bonaventure CHAPTER Christ Christian church Classics of Western command consolation contemplation created creation Creator and Lord creature Dante Dante Alighieri Dante's desire desolation divine earthly enemy eternal evil EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE eyes face faith Father follow Francis giving the Exercises glory God and gender God's grace Gregory Gregory of Nyssa heaven Holy Spirit human nature Ignatius Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius's intellect Jesus journey Julian Julian of Norwich light live look meaning meditation memory mercy mind moral Moses Mother motherhood move never one's ourselves Paulist Press perfect person prayer Purgatory religious Scripture sense sight sins soul speak Spiritual Exercises sweet thee things third thou thought tion true truly truth turn understanding unto virtue vision wants Western Spirituality wisdom words