Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 144 pages
- Published by: HarperOne February 28, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0060754648
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060754648
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Book Dimensions:
7.8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
- Weighs: 6.4 ounces
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of Moses (Classics of Western Spirituality) (Paperback)
First, You need to know I grew up Jewish, converted to the Episcopal Church, and became an Episcopalian Benedictine Monk. I read this while a monk. I felt one should read this kneeling. Using classical anagogical writing, Gregory writes not about Moses, but about Prayer, how God makes him/herself known to us, particularly in Sacraments, but also in the quiet prayer (hesychasm) practised by Eastern Orthodox and many Western catholic monks/nuns/lay people. How the practise of the presence of God is joyful and fulfilling, not a burden, an affirmation, not a loss. This is a richly satisfying book that should be read slowly, gratefully, enthusiastically.
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