Praying With the Body by Roy Deleon

Praying With the Body by Roy Deleon

Pray with more than just your mind--learn how to use your whole self
In this innovative prayer book, readers are invited to do more than read--they are asked to move in prayer by expressing the Psalms with motion. This way of praying helps deepen and broaden a relationship with God. It allows the pray-er to better come to understand God as Holy One--and in other timeless expressions of the psalmists.
In Praying with the Body readers will find both prayer tools and companionship. Black and white drawings showing the postures and expressions of the body, accompany the scripture texts and explanations by Roy DeLeon. Working together, these elements invite readers to taste, explore, and discover a new and different way of knowing God.
This book is for anyone who wants a more integrated and reconciled approach to prayer. It proposes a way of prayer that, depending on your level of readiness, could influence both our interior and daily life. Its meditations and reflections connect readers to their deepest needs to be with the Beloved, to be reassured of the divine presence in our midst. They address hunger and longing for true happiness, for freedom from fear, and for deep peace.
The four basic ways of praying -oral, mental, affective, and contemplative--are all contained here. --Father Tom Ryan, author of Prayer of Heart and Body

Jon M. Sweeney's popular history, The Pope Who Quit, was optioned by HBO. In addition to The Pope's Cat series for children, he's the author or translator of many other books including The Complete Francis of Assisi, and Francis of Assisi in His Own Words: The Essential Writings, often used in classes, book groups, and for individual study by people around the world wanting to know more about St. Francis of Assisi. Jon lives in Milwaukee with his wife, daughters, and cats.

Roy DeLeon is an Oblate of St. Benedict, a spiritual director, a workshop facilitator focused on creative praying, an Urban Sketcher, and a professional illustrator and visual artist. Roy is the author of Praying with the Body, and the illustrator of The Pope's Cat series. He lives in Bothell, Washington with his wife, Annie.

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ISBN 13	9781557255891
ISBN 10	155725589X
Title	Praying With the Body
Author	Roy Deleon
Series	Active Prayer Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Paraclete Press
Year published	2009-03-01
Number of pages	150
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.