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Open Mind, Open Heart: Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel - Softcover

Keating O.C.S.O., Thomas

 
9780916349073: Open Mind, Open Heart: Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0916349071 ISBN 13: 9780916349073
Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1988

Synopsis

Book by Keating, Thomas

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Review

"The leader within the Catholic world in the task of recovering our Christian contemplative heritage." Ewert Cousins, General Editor, World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest "We started going to St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass when I was 7 years old. Several years later, Keating became a St. Benedict's monk. He developed centering prayer, which is a lot like meditation and what this book is about. He says that meditation (or centering prayer) is a way of reducing the obstacles to the development of grace. I can sit for only five to ten minutes. It's very hard for me. Still, when I get in trouble, it shifts my perspective. As they say, we don't pray to change our circumstances; we pray to change ourselves."- "Books from O, the Oprah Magazine, "May 2005

About the Author

Thomas Keating is a Cistercian priest, monk, and sometine abbot. He presently resides at St Benedict'd Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado. Father Keating is a cofounder of the Centering Prayer movement and of Contemplative Outreach, Inc. Open Mind, Open Heart forms a trilogy with Invitation to Love and the Mystery of Christ. The three books are available in one volume edition under the title Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life.

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Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0916349071
ISBN 13 
9780916349073
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144