The Glenstal Book Of Icons: Praying with the Glenstal Icons - Softcover

Collins OSB, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814629350 ISBN 13: 9780814629352

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2002

Synopsis

From the same Irish monastery that gave us the best-selling The Glenstal Book of Prayer, with over 150,-000 copies sold worldwide!

The Glenstal Book of Icons presents meditations and prayers on a selection of icons from the Glenstal Abbey Icon Chapel. The process is that of lectio divina, where the icon itself is the text to be read and considered, leading to a meditation on the text - or icon - which in turn leads to prayer. Each icon is reproduced in full color.

A substantial introduction places the icon in its context in Eastern Christianity, looks at the theology of icons and then at the Eastern approach to praying with icons. Special emphasis is given to The Jesus Prayer which is then used in various forms throughout the meditations which follow.

Gregory Collins, OSB, is a monk of Glenstal Abbey, Ireland.

About this title

About the Author

Fr. Gregory Collins, OSB, has been a monk of Glenstal Abbey for twenty years. He is an expert on Orthodox theology, a past headmaster of the Abbey school, and was director of the Monastic Institute at the Benedictine University of Sant'Anselmo in Rome. An experienced retreat-director, he was also co-editor of The Glenstal Book of Daily Prayer and author of the best-seller The Glenstal Book of Icons.

From the Inside Flap

The Glenstal Book of Icons presents meditations and prayers on a selection of icons from the Glenstal Abbey Icon Chapel. The process is that of lectio divina, where the icon itself is the text to be read and considered, leading to a meditation on the text?or icon?which in turn leads to prayer. Each icon is reproduced in full color. A substantial introduction places the icon in its context in Eastern Christianity, looks at the theology of icons and then at the Eastern approach to praying with icons. Special emphasis is given to The Jesus Prayer which is then used in various forms throughout the meditations which follow. This book comes from the same Irish monastery that gave us the best-selling The Glenstal Book of Prayer, with over 150,000 copies sold worldwide.?Full-color photographs of the icons themselves . . . make The Glenstal Book of Icons the next best thing to personally visiting the abbey to view these venerated icons on location.? The Midwest Book Review?The value of this small book lies primarily in Collins? simple but profound exposition of the riches of Eastern Christian theology.? Worship?The aim of the book is the aim of the icon itself: to open the heart in contemplative prayer to the transforming vision of God?s glory . . . the book?s meditations and prayers are rich and useful to the person who desires the gift of prayer. . . . For the seeker truly desiring contemplation, this book could be the magic gift that is sheer grace . . . it makes a difference in our knowledge as well as in our prayer.? The American Benedictine Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814629350
• ISBN 13: 9780814629352
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160