
Say it to God
In Search of Prayer: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2018
Luigi Gioia(Author)
Bloomsbury Continuum (Publisher)
Published on 16. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-4729-4175-6 (ISBN)
Description
A daily guide to prayer in our everyday lives.
In Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it.
The book leads the reader into the theological aspects of prayer and how it relates to Christ, to the Holy Spirit and to the Church. This is done without using complex theological concepts but simply through scriptural quotations. Chapters are kept brief intentionally to make the book suitable for daily reading over the Lenten period.
With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Say it to God demonstrates that the everyday, even the most mundane of tasks and situations, can be applied in deepening our practice of prayer.
In Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it.
The book leads the reader into the theological aspects of prayer and how it relates to Christ, to the Holy Spirit and to the Church. This is done without using complex theological concepts but simply through scriptural quotations. Chapters are kept brief intentionally to make the book suitable for daily reading over the Lenten period.
With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Say it to God demonstrates that the everyday, even the most mundane of tasks and situations, can be applied in deepening our practice of prayer.
Reviews / Votes
Say it to God will take the reader on a prayer journey that lasts way beyond the 40 days of Lent ... This book is an ideal companion and study book for Lent but it's far more than that, it could well be a book for life as you return to it again and again as you go deeper into your prayer journey. -- Kath Cope * Together *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
No illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
199 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-4175-6 (9781472941756)
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Person
Luigi Gioia is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Pontifical University of Sant'Anselmo in Rome and Research Associate of the Von Huegel Institute (Cambridge). In the past four years he has preached spiritual retreats in the UK, France, USA, Canada, Australia, Korea, China and the Philippines and has published widely in scholarly reviews. He is currently Theologian in Residence at St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Content
Foreword
Any scrap of wood
Blessed crisis
Closing the door
A presence we discover in us
Saving time
Meaning words
Something mysterious
Unexpected glimpses
Fine-tuning
An ever-flowing river
A room not of our making
The right posture
Overcoming suspicion
A larger picture
Reclaiming our freedom
A new day
A new heart
As for me, I trust in you
Throwing mountains in the sea
Delays
The wings of a dove
A whisper
The shepherd's whistle
Afraid of disappointment
These words I could not say
Say it to God
Afterword
Any scrap of wood
Blessed crisis
Closing the door
A presence we discover in us
Saving time
Meaning words
Something mysterious
Unexpected glimpses
Fine-tuning
An ever-flowing river
A room not of our making
The right posture
Overcoming suspicion
A larger picture
Reclaiming our freedom
A new day
A new heart
As for me, I trust in you
Throwing mountains in the sea
Delays
The wings of a dove
A whisper
The shepherd's whistle
Afraid of disappointment
These words I could not say
Say it to God
Afterword