Moment of Christ

Prayer as the Way to God's Fullness

John Main

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Canterbury Press Norwich
29 June 2010

Religion & beliefs; Christian prayer

In this, the last book he wrote before his death, the spiritual writer John Main characteristically turns to the source and focus of all his inspirational teaching about prayer - the presence of Christ.

He writes, 'Learning to meditate is the most practical thing in the world. You require only one quality when you begin. That is seriously to want to learn - The central message of the New Testament is that there is really only one prayer and that this prayer is the prayer of Christ. It is a prayer that continues in our heart day and night'.

A striking feature of the book is its emphasis on simplicity and moving beyond 'techniques' of prayer.

By: John Main
Imprint: Canterbury Press Norwich
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9781848250208
ISBN 10: 1848250207
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 29 June 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

JOHN MAIN OSB served in the diplomatic service in the Far East, and taught law at Trinity College, Dublin. He founded the World Community for Christian Meditation, a worldwide spiritual family linked through daily prayer, operating in 114 countries and with over 100,000 members worldwide. www.wccm.org

Reviews for Moment of Christ: Prayer as the Way to God's Fullness

* John Main effectively put the desert tradition of prayer to work in our own day. The roots of his distinctive spirituality lie deep in the fourth and fifth centuries, especially in the works of that great expositor of the desert world, John Cassian. The World Community for Christian Meditation which continues his mission is for me, as for many throughout the world, a taste of what a commitedly contemplative church might look and feel like.A Rowan Williams. John Main opened the way to the direct experience of God, of truth, of reality from within the Christian tradition. He was a man of great wisdom and above all of great love.A Bede Griffiths