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Saint John Cassian on Prayer

Saint John Cassian on Prayer

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£6.50

Publisher: SLG Press
ISBN: 9780728301665
Number of Pages: 59
Published: 01/06/5000
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 21 cm
The fourth century European saint, John Cassian, has been honoured for over 1600 years by the universal church as one of the greatest of early monastic writers. His two great works, the Institutes and the Conferences, set out a vision for western monasticism based on the lives of the Fathers of the Egyptian Desert, among whom he lived and travelled. He profoundly influenced St Benedict who, two centuries later, was to write his enduring rule for monastic life.

This booklet contains an introduction to the life and writings of John Cassian and new translations of two classic extracts from the Conferences that focus especially on prayer. Each brief section is devoted to one aspect of prayer such as:

' (9)What is prayer?

' (9)The four basic types of prayer

' (9)Things that weigh down our mind

' (9)Petition

' (9)Thanksgiving

' (9)How to make prayer sincere

' (9)The value of short and silent prayer

and much more. At once down to earth and simple to read, they are profoundly challenging and provide an agenda for growing in prayer that will last a lifetime

A.M.C. Casiday, John Cassian