Résumé
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Saint Dominic bequeathed neither a treaty nor any real instructions on prayer. But his brothers bore witnesses to the fact that he prayed constantly, night and day, in the convent and on the roads. His funeral orations were most emotional, with tears, outbursts and gestures. With their famous little illustrated booklets, the first generations of Dominicans transmitted the nine different ways Saint Dominic prayed, with his entire body. Each corporal attitude corresponds to a spiritual one which it helps to express the gestures give 'form' to what is unseen and illustrate the movements of the heart. The Bible shows us that the different parts of the body (neck, back, knees, hands, feet, mouth and ears) have specific dynamic functions, and that when they exercise these functions they symbolise the intentions of our hearts. Later, the Church Fathers were to teach the spiritual meaning of the daily gestures in the life of a believer. Saint Dominic takes his place in this tradition. This book shows us how to follow Saint Dominic - not in order to imitate his gestures - but to draw inspiration from his emotional dispositions and take our first steps on the inner path. The nine ways of praying are divided into three stages three laws of life: receiving, meeting and giving. They constitute the beginning of God's life within us. To follow these three stages is to allow ourselves to be transformed and unified in order to resemble more and more God's image.
L'auteur - Catherine Aubin
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PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Catherine Aubin |
Collection | Epiphanie |
Parution | 20/01/2005 |
Nb. de pages | 237 |
Format | 13.5 x 19.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 283g |
EAN13 | 9782204075794 |
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