2000 Years of PrayerThe most extensive collection of Christian prayers available is now in paperback. Tracing two thousand years of Christian spirituality, it contains prayers from every era, every continent and every tradition. This extraordinary anthology provides a compelling and comprehensive portrait of the ways in which men and women have expressed their longing for God through the centuries. Arranged chronologically, 2000 Years of Prayer covers every significant era of Christian experience: prayers from the early church in East and West, the Coptic Church, Celtic traditions, medieval and monastic spirituality, Italian spiritual writers, Teutonic mysticism, the Protestant Reformation, English Roman Catholics, the Puritans, Pietist, Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, and much more. A brief introduction to each chapter outlines the defining spiritual characteristics of the age and traces the development of our understanding of prayer. Biographies of authors whose prayers are included, as well as an index of authors, themes, and subjects, are included. |
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... eyes to know you and place our hope in you, the highest and the holiest.You put downthe insolence of the proud, and scatter the plotting of the nations; you lift up the humble and lay low the mighty; you make some rich and make others ...
... eyes to know you and place our hope in you, the highest and the holiest.You put downthe insolence of the proud, and scatter the plotting of the nations; you lift up the humble and lay low the mighty; you make some rich and make others ...
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... eyes you will wipe away, O Joy, O Consolation.' Before his martyrdom, after celebratingthe Eucharist with hisfriends ... eye. May theyfindshelter underthe shadow of your wings until these troubles are over. Stay withthem until the ...
... eyes you will wipe away, O Joy, O Consolation.' Before his martyrdom, after celebratingthe Eucharist with hisfriends ... eye. May theyfindshelter underthe shadow of your wings until these troubles are over. Stay withthem until the ...
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... Eye hath notseennor ear heard, neither hathentered into the heart of man the things that Godhath prepared' forthem that liveagodly life andlove the God and Fatherin Christ Jesus our Lord, throughwhom and with whom be to the Father ...
... Eye hath notseennor ear heard, neither hathentered into the heart of man the things that Godhath prepared' forthem that liveagodly life andlove the God and Fatherin Christ Jesus our Lord, throughwhom and with whom be to the Father ...
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... eyes,breathe out gently and imagine yourself lookinginto your own heart.Carry your mind, i.e. your thoughts, from your head toyourheart. Asyou breathe out, say, 'Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.' Say it moving your lips gently, or ...
... eyes,breathe out gently and imagine yourself lookinginto your own heart.Carry your mind, i.e. your thoughts, from your head toyourheart. Asyou breathe out, say, 'Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.' Say it moving your lips gently, or ...
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... eyes away from hardhearted people who do not sympathize with the poor, who meet poverty with indifference, who judge, reproach, brand it with shameful names, and weaken my heart, so that Imay notdo good, so that I,too, mayharden myheart ...
... eyes away from hardhearted people who do not sympathize with the poor, who meet poverty with indifference, who judge, reproach, brand it with shameful names, and weaken my heart, so that Imay notdo good, so that I,too, mayharden myheart ...
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