Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life by Mary Margaret Funk

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Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life by Mary Margaret Funk

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Summary

In her previous book, "Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life", Sister Mary Margaret Funk dealt with the eight classic "thoughts" that distract us from the presence of God. In her new book, she treats more than two dozen "tools" or practices of the spiritual life.

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Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life by Mary Margaret Funk

In her previous book, "Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life", Sister Mary Margaret Funk dealt with the eight classic "thoughts" that distract us from the presence of God. In her new book, casting her net more widely, she treats more than two dozen "tools" or practices of the spiritual life. Many of these (fasting, vigils, ceaseless prayer, and manual labour) derive from the desert mothers and fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries, but just as many come from later times: the practices of of recollection (Teresa of Avila), of self-abandonment (J.P. de Caussade), of the presence of God (Brother Lawrence), and of the Little Way of Therese of Lisieux. The book concludes with a chapter on discernment, spiritual direction, and the limitations of each tool. Tools, says Funk, are means, not ends.

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ISBN 13 9780826413512
ISBN 10 082641351X
Title Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life
Author Mary Margaret Funk
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Publisher Continuum
Year published 2001-11-01
Number of pages 176
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