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Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it. The book leads the reader into the theological aspects of prayer and how it relates to Christ, to the Holy Spirit and to the Church. This is done without using complex theological concepts but simply through scriptural quotations. Chapters are kept brief intentionally to make the book suitable for daily reading over the Lenten period. With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Say it to God demonstrates that the everyday, even the most mundane of tasks and situations, can be applied in deepening our practice of prayer.
List of contents
Foreword
Any scrap of wood
Blessed crisis
Closing the door
A presence we discover in us
Saving time
Meaning words
Something mysterious
Unexpected glimpses
Fine-tuning
An ever-flowing river
A room not of our making
The right posture
Overcoming suspicion
A larger picture
Reclaiming our freedom
A new day
A new heart
As for me, I trust in you
Throwing mountains in the sea
Delays
The wings of a dove
A whisper
The shepherd's whistle
Afraid of disappointment
These words I could not say
Say it to God
Afterword
About the author
Luigi Gioia is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Pontifical University of Sant’Anselmo in Rome and Research Associate of the Von Hügel Institute (Cambridge). He has preached spiritual retreats in the UK, France, USA, Canada, Australia, Korea, China, Philippines and he has published widely in scholarly reviews. He is currently Theologian in Residence at St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Summary
A daily guide to prayer in our everyday lives.
In Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it.
The book leads the reader into the theological aspects of prayer and how it relates to Christ, to the Holy Spirit and to the Church. This is done without using complex theological concepts but simply through scriptural quotations. Chapters are kept brief intentionally to make the book suitable for daily reading over the Lenten period.
With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Say it to God demonstrates that the everyday, even the most mundane of tasks and situations, can be applied in deepening our practice of prayer.
Foreword
A daily guide to prayer in our everyday lives.
Additional text
Say it to God will take the reader on a prayer journey that lasts way beyond the 40 days of Lent ... This book is an ideal companion and study book for Lent but it's far more than that, it could well be a book for life as you return to it again and again as you go deeper into your prayer journey.
