In Constant Prayer

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What does it mean to pray without ceasing Is it really that important to pray as the early Church did

In this installment of The Ancient Practices series, Robert Benson presents a structure forour lives where we can live in continued awareness of Gods presence and reality.A pattern for worship and prayer that is offered to God at specific times throughout theday, the daily office is meant to be prayed by all the faithful so the Church may be continuousand Gods work in this world may be sustained. Yet it is highly personal tooan anchorbetween the daily and the divine, the mundane and the marvelous.

Says author Robert Benson, At some point, high-minded discussion about our life ofprayer has to work its way into the dailyness of our lives. At some point, we have to movefrom talking about prayer to saying our prayers so that the marvelous that is possible has achance to appear.

In Constant Prayeris your gateway to deeper communion with God. Expect somethingnew to unfold before you and within you while heeding this ancient call.

The Ancient Practices

There is a hunger in every human heart for connection, primitive and raw, to God.To satisfy it, many are beginning to explore traditional spiritual disciplines used forcenturies . . . everything from fixed-hour prayer to fasting to sincere observance of theSabbath. Compelling and readable, the Ancient Practices series is for every spiritualsojourner, for every Christian seeker who wants more.

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Robert Bensonis an acclaimed author and retreat leader who writes and speaks on the art and the practicality of living a more contemplative and prayerful life in the modern world. He has published more than a dozen books about the search for and the discovery of the sacred in the midst of our everyday lives. His works includeBetween the Dreaming and the Coming True, Living PrayerandDigging In: Tending to Life in Your Own Backyard. His writing ranges from books on prayer and spirituality to travel and gardening to baseball and the Rule of St. Benedict. Benson's writing has been critically acclaimed in publications from theNew York TimestoUSA TodaytoSpirituality & Healthto theAmerican Benedictine Review. He is an alumnus of The Academy for Spiritual Formation, a member of The Friends of Silence & of the Poor, and was recently named a Living Spiritual Teacher by Spirituality&Practice.com.