Description
For years, there have been no books of St. Augustine's prayers available. Finally, in this treasure trove, you will find select prayers from his works -- some of the most potent prayers ever composed. As you read the innermost thoughts of the greatest Church Father, you will be transported in time and learn how to pray with the heart of a saint. St. Augustine's timeless words will help you encounter the "Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new" face-to-face and experience the relationship between praying and believing.
As Dr. Kreeft explains, "No Christian writer, perhaps no writer at all, has ever been as eloquent as St. Augustine. Few have been as philosophically and theologically profound, or as passionately in love with God.... No passages in Augustine's writings are more eloquent than his prayers, or more profound than his prayers, or more saintly than his prayers, for prayer is the very lifeblood of sanctity."
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Author: Sara Park McLaughlin
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 05/16/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.74w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9781644138649
ISBN10: 1644138646
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Prayer
About the Author
Sara Park McLaughlin, author of four non-fiction books, taught freshman English at Texas Tech University for 34 years. Her thesis was "The City of God Revisited: C. S. Lewis' Use of an Augustinian Vision in Selected Fiction." She is a former award-winning newspaper columnist for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and the Amarillo Globe-News and has published numerous scholarly articles about C. S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and her original theory of humor. Now retired and living in Wisconsin.