Franciscan Prayer
by Ilia Delio
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Author: Ilia DelioBrand: St. Anthony Messenger Press
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-30
ISBN: 0867166142
Number of pages: 198
Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press
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Book Review: Franciscan Prayer is about Gospel Living
Summary: 5 Stars
A must read for anyone on the Franciscan journey. It is full of Franciscan theology, Bonaventure, Francis and Clare, their spirituality and the transformation and conversion we experience when we pray and experience God as a Franciscan.
The chapter titles are: Divine-Human Relationship, Desire, Prayer and the Spiritual Journey, Learning to Gaze - Poverty and Prayer, Friendship with Christ, The Heart Turned Toward God, Contemplation - Seeing and Loving, Imitation - Becoming What We Love and The Way to Peace.
Sister Delio explains Clare's method of contemplative prayer: gaze, consider, contemplate and imitate. "Imitation of Christ is the fruit of prayer - not the literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved through transformation." She draws the comparison to a mother's love that like Mary gives birth to Christ.
Franciscan prayer is about gospel living. We don't have to leave the world to find God; rather one finds God in the details of the world. "We are not simply to pray - we are to become prayer - living flames of love that ignite the world." To share in the love of the Word made flesh is relational and bring us out into the world to embrace not only our brothers and sisters, but also our enemy so that we may share in the joy of the triune God.
Summary of Franciscan Prayer
Masterfully written and intensely enlightening, Franciscan Prayer could very well be considered the essential handbook for all those seeking to pray and live the Franciscan way.With exquisite execution, Franciscan theologian Ilia Delio clearly outlines what it means to pray as a Franciscan. Through her experience as a discalced Carmelite nun and then her transformation into Franciscan scholar, Sister Delio brings to light the contemplative, cosmic and evangelizing aspects of Franciscan prayer.
Everyone, says Delio, seems to know about Francis life, his miracles, his devotion to evangelization and his dedication to living a simple and humble life, yet few know about his prayer life, which seemed, over the centuries, to get lost in the paper shuffle between theologians, followers and historical biographers.
It is through Clare of Assisi, Delio asserts, that we have insights into the Franciscan path of prayer. [Clare] provides the road-map of prayer for evangelical life...she was able to do this because she lived under monastic rule while ardently desiring evangelical life. Through Clare s letters and actions, we find the rudiments of Franciscan prayer: Gaze Consider Contemplate Imitate.
Delio also uses the insights of Saint Bonaventure as well as Saint Francis to fully show the meaning and purpose of prayer in the Franciscan tradition.
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