Just as human love grows and deepens through spoken and wordless exchanges, so too is our relationship with God formed by a language of love. That language is prayer.

Yet while we may desire deepening intimacy with God, in practice our prayer is often lifeless and does not bring God near. Perhaps we need a wider definition of prayer.

Here, writers from across the Christian centuries, from St Augustine to Rowan Williams, share their timeless insights into prayer. Full of beautiful and memorable quotes, this collection shows prayer to be primarily God's action in us, and a language of love that embraces awareness, exploration, passion, pain, patience, companionship and abandonment.

The Language of Love is a treasure store of things old and new that will help us discover and experience more fully the divine love that, according to Thomas a Kempis, 'flies, runs, leaps for joy...is free and unrestrained.'

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ISBN: 9781853117831
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: CANTERBURY PRESS - published 15/08/2007
Format: Hardback