The Reflections Of Abba Zosimas Monk Of The Palestinian Desert
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| Author | : John Chryssavgis |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 60 |
| Release | : 2023 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303434 |
Fairacres Publications 145 Translated into English for the first time by John Chryssavgis, these Reflections present, with great simplicity, the day-to-day teaching and example of one of the great sixth-century eremitical Fathers of the Palestinian desert. For Abba Zosimas, obedience to the gospel implies a radical disposition of love for the neighbour in every thought, word and action. This is the key to freedom and joy.
| Author | : Zosimas (Abba) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Desert Fathers |
| ISBN | : 9780728301634 |
Translated into English for the first time by John Chryssavgis, these Reflections present, with great simplicity, the day-to-day teaching and example of one of the great sixth-century eremitical Fathers of the Palestinian desert. For Abba Zosimas, obedience to the gospel implies a radical disposition of love for the neighbour in every thought, word and action. This is the key to freedom and joy.
| Author | : Sister Benedicta Ward SLG |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2011-07-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728301091 |
Sister Benedicta notes in her Introduction that ‘the virtues and obligations inherent in the gospel for all are presented in the literature of the desert in stark and vivid colours, like a poster in their clarity’. In this collection of Sayings from the desert tradition arranged under subject headings, the monks and nuns of fourth-century Egypt show us that the spirituality of the desert is for everyone. Their teaching speaks to any who follow the way of Christ; it is concerned more with action and behaviour than with mystical experience, with compassion, forbearance, self-knowledge and facing inner conflict.
| Author | : Mary Hansbury |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2020-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303019 |
The late seventh century in the Syrian Church saw the flourishing of several noted monastic writers, amongst them Shem`on, a monk of an abbey in south-west Iran. Few of his writings remain, but this homily has been preserved as a model of instruction on the solitary life. Preached at the consecration of the cell of a monk embarking on the hermit life, it clearly states the disciplines required to live this form of asceticism, as well as the difficulties and dangers that will be encountered. Through this life of stillness (hesychia), the whole person lives centred on life in the resurrected Christ and in the continuing work of the Holy Spirit in the Church and in the world.
| Author | : Derwas Chitty |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 50 |
| Release | : 1979-04-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303507 |
This book contains the fourteen surviving letters of St Ammonas, one of the disciples of St Antony the Great. The main topics of these letters are the gifts of the Spirit, spiritual direction and discernment of the will of God. Derwas Chitty made a draft translation of these letters from the Greek and early Syriac versions; after his death, Dr Sebastian Brock carried out a thorough revision and added an introduction and a bibliography.
| Author | : Sister Benedicta Ward SLG |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303337 |
For those who study St Anselm, his prayers provide an intimate personal introduction to his thinking and his spirituality. For Anselm, who never considered himself a teacher of prayer, his prayers were simply personal devotions that he occasionally shared with others to encourage them to develop their own devotional style. Anselm would probably have been surprised to discover not only how widely his words were disseminated, but also the ways in which their translation and interpretation changed over the centuries. This brief study, by one of the leading scholars of early monastic life and thought, examines Anselm’s prayers as models and inspiration for mystics, saints and writers up to the present day.
| Author | : Aelred Partridge |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2020-11-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0728303035 |
Early Christians read the Bible somewhat differently from their modern counterparts. For example, St Ephraem’s layered approach to interpreting Sacred Scripture, especially the Old Testament, led him to delve below the literal words of the texts to uncover the rich vein of symbolic allusions that lay within them. Woven together, they formed a tapestry of spiritual wisdom. Ephraem transformed this tapestry into vibrant poetry in hymns, homilies and biblical commentaries that gesture towards the unfathomable mystery of God revealed in Christ. This brief essay examines the principles that guided Ephraem’s manner of biblical interpretation (his hermeneutics) and reveals why he is a Poet of the Word.
| Author | : Sebastian Brock |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 46 |
| Release | : 2018-07-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303493 |
Fairacres Publications 128 In recent decades there has been a notable renewal of interest in St Isaac the Syrian, a seventh-century master of the ascetic life. This selection of short sayings is part of Dr Brock’s work on a fuller, long-neglected manuscript which he is making available to English readers. Each sentence holds the mind steadily in the light of a truth about the spiritual life. St Isaac’s vivid images drawn directly from nature, husbandry and general human experience speak for themselves and draw us to penitence and prayer.
| Author | : Saint Athanasius |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 2023 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303574 |
Fairacres Publications 120 Scholars have often concentrated on the theological writings of St Athanasius (c. 296-373 AD) and on his influence as a religious leader, so that his contribution to the monastic life has not received due recognition. In these six letters addressed to monks, Athanasius is revealed as a wise spiritual guide and loving pastor, determined that the monks should receive sound teaching, so as to avoid the pitfalls of heresies current at that time. As Leslie Barnard notes in his Introduction, ‘The permanent significance of these letters lies in their wisdom, moderation and balance.’
| Author | : Anthony Kemp |
| Publisher | : SLG Press |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 2023-04-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0728303426 |
This collection of short prayers seeks to support and sustain individuals in private devotion throughout the changing seasons of the liturgical year, also celebrating the lives of the saints, and addressing a number of day-to-day concerns. Their purpose is to support those seeking a deeper, more devotional prayer life. They are intended to induce the wonder and mystery of intimacy with God encountered in all things, visible and invisible.
