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Confessions of St. Augustine
Spiritual reading is a practice of reading books and articles about spirituality with the purpose of growing in holiness.
Spiritual reading is devoted to the reading of lives of saints, writings of Doctors and the Fathers of the Church, theological works written by holy people, and doctrinal writings of Church authorities. It is different from lectio divina which focuses on the bible.
The biblical basis is St. Paul's advice "Attend to reading" (1 Tim 4:13) which meant that Timothy his disciple should "apply to the reading of holy books, not in a passing way and for a short time, but regularly and for a considerable time," said St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Catholic Church on Moral theology. St. Bernard of Clairvaux said that "spiritual reading and prayer are the arms by which hell is conquered and paradise won."
Spiritualreading is a practice of reading books and articles about spirituality with the purpose of growing in holiness. Spiritualreading is devoted...
Spiritual or spiritual in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spiritual is the adjective for spirit (animating force or supernatural entity). Spiritual may...
secular reading circles emerged in both America and Europe. Reading circles were not limited to particular races or classes, with one of the first reading groups...
categorized as a form of reading known as lectio divina ("divine reading"), based on the Christian monastic practice of spiritualreading. Like The Imitation...
daily devotional is a religious publication that provides a specific spiritualreading for each calendar day. Many daily devotionals take the form of one...
populace. He became a spiritual director, and developed five rules for spiritual growth: weekly confession, daily Communion, spiritualreading, meditation, and...
calling one's sponsor or other person in the addict's support group, spiritualreading, recovery writing, etc. This visual image of three circles can help...
monastic day into regular periods of communal and private prayer, sleep, spiritualreading, and manual labour – ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus, "that in all...
"spiritual but not religious". Lockwood draws attention to the variety of spiritual experience in the contemporary West: The new Western spiritual landscape...
TV network, starring psychic medium Thomas John who gives guests spiritualreadings during a car ride. Thomas John has a history working in the entertainment...
Spiritual bypass or spiritual bypassing is a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological...
Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated...
this work Gurnall stressed the place of reading Scripture, prayer and the name of Christ. Practices of "spiritual warfare" vary throughout Christianity...
A spiritual gift or charism (plural: charisms or charismata; in Greek singular: χάρισμα charisma, plural: χαρίσματα charismata) is an extraordinary power...
wasted but used in God's service, whether for prayer, work, meals, spiritualreading or sleep. The order's motto is Ora et Labora "pray and work". Although...
reading of the Bible. This slow and thoughtful reading of Scripture, and the ensuing pondering of its meaning, was their meditation. This spiritual practice...
not mind others being so". He took "solace in spiritualreading", particularly in the writings of spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran, many of whose books...
source of that service." She wrote, "It is only by mental prayer and spiritualreading that we can cultivate the gift of prayer." Although her order was...
A spiritual practice or spiritual discipline (often including spiritual exercises) is the regular or full-time performance of actions and activities undertaken...
vigil in the church for five days, refraining from all work, except spiritualreading. In the early 21st century, this vigil is often reduced to three days...
The Spiritual Exercises (Latin: Exercitia spiritualia), composed 1522–1524, are a set of Christian meditations, contemplations, and prayers written by...
in the fruit of prayer, reading and meditation on the Bible, tells the person accompanied. The spiritual father or spiritual director may provide advice...
publishes Catholic literature, including apologetics, prayerbooks, spiritualreading, and lives of saints. It is based in London, the United Kingdom. The...
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