What the desert fathers and mothers did with the thoughts that will not leave, and why they did not treat them as failure.
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Augustinian friar and Villanova theology professor whose trilogy on Christian contemplative prayer, beginning with Into the Silent Land, has become a widely used entry point into the practice of silence.
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Silence, prayer and direct experience within the mystical traditions of Christianity.
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