Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and the Gospel-On Prayer

by Thomas Dubay

Paperback, 1989

Barcode

2836

Call number

242 DUB

Status

Available

Call number

242 DUB

Pages

358

Description

This book is the fruit of Fr. Dubay's many years of study and experience in spiritual direction and in it he synthesizes the teachings on prayer of the two great doctors of the Church on prayer--St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila--and the teaching of Sacred Scripture. But the teaching that Fr. Dubay synthesized is not collected from Teresa and John for contemplatives alone. It is meant for every Christian and is based on the Gospel imperative of personal prayer and the call to holiness. All the major elements of these great teachers are ordered, commented on and put in the context of their scriptural foundations. Here is an outstanding book on prayer and the spiritual life written by one of the best spiritual directors and retreat masters of our time, and based on the writings of the Church's two greatest mystical doctors.… (more)

Publication

Ignatius Press (1989), Edition: First Edition, 358 pages

ISBN

0898702631 / 9780898702637

UPC

008987026310

Rating

(34 ratings; 4.4)

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