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Page 35
... prayers of praise and the love she radi- ates pervade the home where she resides . The book I Can Still Pray speaks of the spiritual capacities of the elderly . It is a tribute to a woman whose body had been deteriorating for twenty ...
... prayers of praise and the love she radi- ates pervade the home where she resides . The book I Can Still Pray speaks of the spiritual capacities of the elderly . It is a tribute to a woman whose body had been deteriorating for twenty ...
Page 36
... pray . One of the women has a small prayer and Bible study group that meets regularly in her home . How superb it is ... pray together and discuss that about which they pray . In imagination they can relive Bible stories , envisioning ...
... pray . One of the women has a small prayer and Bible study group that meets regularly in her home . How superb it is ... pray together and discuss that about which they pray . In imagination they can relive Bible stories , envisioning ...
Page 62
... pray and however we pray , if prayer is an encounter with the Reality which is God , prayer will transform us . As we consciously return to our Center , again and again , we encounter the One who breathes life into us and gives us our ...
... pray and however we pray , if prayer is an encounter with the Reality which is God , prayer will transform us . As we consciously return to our Center , again and again , we encounter the One who breathes life into us and gives us our ...
Contents
Toward an Ethic for the Third | 12 |
Meditation and Prayer | 46 |
The Gift of Wisdom | 63 |
Copyright | |
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