Prayer and Contemplation – 1980

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The way of simple contemplative prayer, often assumed to be a specialist activity for the few, is usually one into which most committed Christians may at some time expect to be led by the Holy Spirit. In this thoroughly practical and comprehensive guide to a life of prayer, Robert Llewelyn discusses petition, intercession and the place of the Divine Office before going on to consider contemplation. This last he sees as the means par excellence by which men and women learn to co-operate with God’s will for their healing and integration. Moreover, the healing which penetrates the depths of personality in prayer is effective not only in the life of the individual but, mysteriously yet certainly, in the lives of others also. Christians are not self-contained units but, in Saint Paul’s image, parts of a living organic whole, the redeemed members of the Body of Christ. Each part of the this Body has its contribution to make, through discipline, self-knowledge and, above all, love, to the healing and perfection of the whole. Since its first publication in 1975 Prayer and Contemplation has been in ever-increasing demand, and we believe that this new edition, revised and enlarged by the author, will continue to meet the perennial needs for sound and stimulating guidance in the ways of prayer.