To Pray and to Love: Conversations on Prayer with the Early ChurchTo Pray and to Love is for all persons who want to pray but do not know how, who pray but feel uncertain about it, and who pray happily but want to grow more deeply. For those who have longing for prayer and yet have never prayed, the author offers some specific suggestions about attitudes, beliefs, and dispositions that get in the way of our prayer without us even noticing. Bondi also shares some of what the founders of early monasticism had to say about prayer and Christian love that she has found especially helpful over the years. |
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To Pray and to Love: Conversations on Prayer with the Early Church Roberta C. Bondi No preview available - 1991 |
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