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Tools Matter: Beginning the Spiritual Journey, The Matters Series 2013, PB
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Personalized
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Signed
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Personalize
- No
- Features
- 1st print, softcover
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Liturgical Press
ISBN-10
0814634974
ISBN-13
9780814634974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150601942
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tools Matter : Beginning the Spiritual Journey
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Monasticism, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth, Christianity / Catholic, Religious, Prayer
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Religion, Philosophy
Book Series
The Matters Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Item Length
7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-038220
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
248.4/6
Table Of Content
Contents Iconographer's Preface ix Rebecca Cown Foreword xvii Abbess Marie Fahy, OCSO Introduction xix Chapter 1: Thoughts: A Teaching from the Desert Tradition 1 Chapter 2: Afflictions 18 Chapter 3: Antidotes for the Afflictions 68 Chapter 4: Tools for the Journey 77 Chapter 5: More Tools 96 Chapter 6: Tools for Living Together 122 Chapter 7: Serious Tools to Discern (Sort) 140 Chapter 8: The Limitations of Tools 170 Conclusion: When Tools Don't Matter 178 Appendix: The Biblical Practice: Antirrhetikos 180 Notes 188 Select Bibliography 195
Synopsis
How can we tend the garden of our souls? Meg Funk turns to the wisdom of the desert fathers for the means of removing obstacles to spiritual growth, which include thoughts of food, sex, possessions, anger, dejection, and pride, among other preoccupations. Redirecting thought away from such weeds in the garden of the spirit can lead to a greater awareness of God and purity of prayer. This method to mental discipline may seem impossible at first, Funk admits, but those who succeed at it are rewarded with a liberating experience as they come to observe and control individual thought processes. Drawing on the writings of the fifth-century monk John Cassian, Funk goes on to explore deeply using such tools as memory, imagination, and rational thinking-tools right out of early Christianity-to work on inner healing. She also explains how other positive tools, such as ceaseless prayer, manual labor, and isolation, may lead to uncluttering the mind and purifying the heart. Mary Margaret Funk is a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana. From 1994 through 2004, she served as executive director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, which fosters dialogue among monastics of the world's religions. In addition to the volumes of the Matters Series, she is the author of Islam Is... An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion and Into the Depths: A Journey of Loss and Vocation., How can we tend the garden of our souls? Meg Funk turns to the wisdom of the desert fathers for the means of removing obstacles to spiritual growth, which include thoughts of food, sex, possessions, anger, dejection, and pride, among other preoccupations. Redirecting thought away from such weeds in the garden of the spirit can lead to a greater awareness of God and purity of prayer. This method to mental discipline may seem impossible at first, Funk admits, but those who succeed at it are rewarded with a liberating experience as they come to observe and control individual thought processes. Drawing on the writings of the fifth-century monk John Cassian, Funk goes on to explore deeply using such tools as memory, imagination, and rational thinking-tools right out of early Christianity-to work on inner healing. She also explains how other positive tools, such as ceaseless prayer, manual labor, and isolation, may lead to uncluttering the mind and purifying the heart. Mary Margaret Funk is a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana. From 1994 through 2004, she served as executive director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, which fosters dialogue among monastics of the world's religions. In addition to the volumes of the Matters Series, she is the author of Islam Is...: An Experience of Dialogue and Devotion and Into the Depths: A Journey of Loss and Vocation., How can we tend the garden of our souls? Meg Funk turns to the wisdom of the desert fathers for the means of removing obstacles to spiritual growth, which include thoughts of food, sex, possessions, anger, dejection, and pride, among other preoccupations. Redirecting thought away from such weeds in the garden of the spirit can lead to a greater awareness of God and purity of prayer. This method to mental discipline may seem impossible at first, Funk admits, but those who succeed at it are rewarded with a liberating experience as they come to observe and control individual thought processes. Drawing on the writings of the fifth-century monk John Cassian, Funk goes on to explore deeply using such tools as memory, imagination, and rational thinking--tools right out of early Christianity--to work on inner healing. She also explains how other positive tools, such as ceaseless prayer, manual labor, and isolation, may lead to uncluttering the mind and purifying the heart.
LC Classification Number
BV5031.2.F86 2012
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