New from Abbey Editions: The Spiritual Life and Prayer by Mother Cécile Bruyère
Abbey Editions, the imprint of the monks of Clear Creek, has just republished The Spiritual Life and Prayer According to Holy Scripture and Monastic Tradition by Mother Abbess Cécile Bruyère. This is a newly typeset edition based on the first English edition of 1900.
Softcover, 304 pages, 6 x 9 inches.
The Spiritual Life and Prayer explores monastic spirituality and prayer, deeply rooted in the Scriptures and monastic tradition. Mother Abbess aims not to satisfy the reader’s curiosity but to increase “in souls, even in this world, the desire of union with God, for the glory of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, who will be the object of their contemplation for all eternity.” She treats in these pages the nature of prayer, the transforming power of […]