Fire from Above

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Our Price:  £12.50(VAT Free) –+ Add to Basket Author: Anthony Lilles Product Code:  B2745 ISBN:  9781622823352 Publisher:  Sophia Format:  Paperback Availability:      In stock, immediate despatch Share Tweet

In Fire From Above, Dr. Anthony Lilles, Academic Dean at St. John's Seminary in California, shows you how to put your whole life in conversation with the Risen Lord within the Catholic tradition of spirituality. The wisdom of great saints and mystics will help you discover how to surrender your pride and appeal to God with humble trust, and how prayer addresses your deepest human needs.

Dr. Lilles then shows you how the mystery of prayer unfolds, and how God provides heroic levels of courage and deep internal resolve through humble and persevering devotion. You'll examine how spiritual battles and dryness in prayer are essential to reaching communion with God, including the dark night of the soul.

In these remarkable pages, you'll also explore:

• Why finding time to pray is always possible and necessary even when life is busy
• How the proper use of sacramentals can render the heart more vulnerable to God's saving power while protecting it from evil.
• Practical ways to confront self-deception and other challenges to contemplative prayer.
• How forgiveness and bearing hardships are means for spiritual maturity
• The indispensible role of Our Lady in the life of faith