Andre Louf
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Way Of Humility
$19.95Add to cartIn addition to his eighty-six Sermons on the Song of Songs and the Sermons on the Liturgical Year, in which he follows the calendar from Advent through autumn, Bernard of Clairvaux composed these ‘sermons on various subjects’. His choice and handling of subject matter provides insights into Bernard the abbot more than to Bernard the public figure and renown preacher.
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Grace Can Do More
$29.95Add to cartSpiritual accompaniment-patient listening and honest openness has become widespread among Christians ofmany traditions in recent years. Is this modern application of an ancient ‘discernment of spirits’ the best way for individual persons and groups of Christians to be formed as the People of God?
Can anyone today accompany another person’s spiritual experience without a sound knowledge of psychology? Do spiritual accompaniment and psychological therapy overlap? Can one replace the other? Should an accompanist also be a therapist, as some have suggested?
Writing from his years of experience in a cistercian monastery, in which spiritual accompaniment is a living tradition, the author reflects on some first steps towards answering these questions.
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Tuning In To Grace
$24.95Add to cartConversion is a lifelong process, requiring us to put away idols, surrender the false self and allow the real self to emerge by accepting weakness, owning up to our sins and failings, and working to overcome them. Grace is experienced in prayer, in reading, in solitude and in spiritual companionship, in life’s good experiences and in times of trial. Attuning ourselves to God’s grace and responding to it in body, mind, and soul is the work of a lifetime.
