St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer

ISBN 10: 1933184604 / ISBN 13: 9781933184609

Published by Sophia Inst Pr, 2009

About this Item

"St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer" is a trade paperback book published by Sophia Institute Press in 2009. Written by Saint Augustine and Cliff Ermatinger, this book covers a variety of topics related to Christian life and prayer. With a total of 125 pages, it provides readers with valuable insights and guidance on prayer in a question and answer format. The book offers practical advice and spiritual wisdom for individuals seeking to deepen their understanding and practice of prayer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer
• Publisher: Sophia Inst Pr
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933184604
• ISBN 13: 9781933184609
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 0.635W x 13.335H x 20.955D centimeters 0.635 centimeters width by 13.335 centimeters height by 20.955 centimeters depth
• Weight: 200 grams

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Synopsis

How can I pray better?
How do I know God hears my prayers?
How can I 'pray always,' as Jesus commands?
Why must I ask for things God already knows I need?

Such were the questions that perplexed a young North African man, Augustine Aurelius (354-430), whose intense yearning for God led him into a profound and lifelong encounter with Christ in prayer.

There Augustine found answers to these questions and to countless more answers not grounded in his own brilliance, but in prayer itself.

In time, Augustine became a bishop and a Father of the Church, and has long been numbered among her saints. Yet of all the Church's saints, not one expresses the longing for God more beautifully, or explores the nature of prayer more helpfully, than St. Augustine. His words speak to us today as freshly as they did to his contemporaries.

St. Augustine wrote many books, but never one devoted to prayer alone. Indeed, his teachings on prayer are scattered in many places. So from over 200 works, Fr. Cliff Ermatinger has gathered and translated Augustine's teachings on prayer, and now presents them here in a simple question-and-answer format. What emerges is nothing less than a rich new "catechism on prayer" by one of the Church's greatest saints.

About the Author

St. Augustine (354-430) was Bishop of Hippo from 396 until his death. His greatest works include his autobiographical Confessions and The City of God, on Christianity in history.

Fr. Cliff Ermatinger has worked as a spiritual director, retreat master, and lecturer on spirituality for many years. He is associate pastor of two parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago.