The Countenance of the Father - Softcover

Von Speyr, Adrienne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898706203 ISBN 13: 9780898706208

Publisher: Ignatius Press, 1997

Synopsis

A twentieth-century mystic's meditative reflection on the role of God the Father in eternity and in time. The book brings the reader a greater awareness of the First Person of the Trinity in eternity, and the interaction of the Three Persons. Then the reader is helped to consider the role of the Father in creation and throughout salvation history. Finally we are led to contemplate the Eternal Life toward which the Father's love is drawing us.

A very approachable and beautiful work, Adrienne closes her prayerful and meditative exploration with: "Thus, by virtue of the Son's sacrifice and his having brought the world home again, the Father is able to regard men as his eternal creatures. Eternal life is not situated in heaven, far from man's grasp, something self-enclosed; it is the life-filled Word, in which men have a share because they are capable of taking it in. And that capability is itself grace."

About this title

About the Author:

Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) was a Swiss medical doctor, a convert to Catholicism, a mystic, and an author of more than sixty books on spirituality and theology. She collaborated closely with theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, her confessor for twenty-seven years, and together they founded the Community of Saint John. Among her most important works are Book of All Saints, Confession, The World of Prayer, Handmaid of the Lord, and The Passion from Within.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0898706203
• ISBN 13: 9780898706208
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 131