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Interesting book! Fr General and Fr Hilario SJ are two Jesuits who liked this book. Fr General was in Singapore to meet the Jesuit community and he also met the lay collaborators. During the meeting, he mentioned that he read this book on the plane. Fr Hilario SJ was also in Singapore recently and he said this is a great find! Trust the 2 Jesuits to tell us that.
St. Ignatius Loyola 1491 1556 the founder of the Society of Jesus aka the Jesuits was known for his practical spirituality. The “way of Ignatius” has helped millions of people from the doubtful seeker to the devout believer find freedom make friends live simply work sensibly fall in love experience joy and enter into a relationship with God.
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A sequel to the accounts in The Seven Storey Mountain, the faith journal of Thomas Merton continues.
Begun five years after he entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, The Sign of Jonas is an extraordinary view of Merton’s life in a Trappist monastery, and it serves also as a spiritual log recording the deep meaning and increasing sureness he felt in his vocation: the growth of a mind that finds in its contracted physical world new intellectual and spiritual dimensions.
I like Merton’s writings and through his insights, we get a glimpse of life through his eyes.
No doubt, far removed our lives is from his, I am sure there is lessons to be learnt from reading this.
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“Experiencing God” is a good summary of what prayer is and prayer is not. Thomas Green SJ after many years of teaching and praying, giving retreats came up with his insights into PRAYER.
This is a good introductory starter book for any budding pray-er who wishes to anchor his/her spirituality in the Christian faith. Yet it is also a good reminder for those who have ventured far into their faith journey.
Good practical tips are offered together with Fr Thomas Green’s insights.
A simple yet interesting read. Must use the contents to deepen your spiritual self.
Target audience: RCIA, youth adults and beginner Pray-er.
From Ave Maria Press ….
In Experiencing God, Thomas H. Green, S.J., presents a brief and accessible guide to prayer. Green reminds readers that prayer life is, above all, a relationship with God and a deepening of our experience of God. Fr. Green, who died in 2009, spent a lifetime teaching fellow Christians to pray. Experiencing God is a treasury of his best insights.
Drawn from lectures given by Fr. Green, Experiencing God is now in print for the first time—an appropriate commemoration of the faithful life and work of this beloved teacher and author. Ideally suited to faith sharing groups, parish retreats, and ministry formation workshops.