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Wavering in Quest of the Kingdom Which Cannot Be Moved
We use the energy of emotion, pain or contrition for our converse with God. We begin to pray according to our need, for example, for forgiveness of our transgressions and the healing of our heart from the pestilence of sin. Keeping this humble attitude, we pour out our heart before God to the end, and we receive His consolation. Then, we even forget how our affliction began; only the consolation of prayer remains. In this way, we derive profit from every event, whether positive or negative.
$29.00

Flying over the Abyss
Spiritual mourning reverses the temptation of the Fall: it cleanses every corner of man’s heart from every impurity so that it becomes a true vessel of divine grace for his sanctification. When his heart is thus enlarged, he becomes a true image of God, that is, a repetition of the Hypostasis of Christ. And according to Saint Sophrony, when there are such repetitions on earth, the nature and fate of the whole creation changes. Their prayer sustains the world.
$29.00

Echoes of the Spirit
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This book is essential for any Orthodox Christian, but especially helpful for those pursuing the angelic life.
The print and physical quality of the book is amazing, and the icon is great.

Thank you very much for the wonderful book Flying Over The Abyss. It brings me so much joy and enlightenment of the heart to read, it enriches the soul as every paragraph is a seed of hope that guides our path to understanding the truth.

I bought this book a few years ago when I visited the monastery out of curiosity while passing by. I am a Christian but am not Orthodox. I did not understand the liturgy as I think it was in Church Slavonic but I stopped at the bookshop and bought this as I wanted further insight especially on the Jesus Prayer. I found it in this book. The content is deep and searching and reaches deep inside you. There is so much searching material here that I will have to read this book several times to mine its riches. The visit was not in vain.

We pray our Arch. Zacharias keeps writing these beautiful books to guide our daily fallen life-to illuminate my fallen self- to keep me on His Way-the only Way Life has any meaning with all its struggles which turn to opportunities in Christ! No more despondency, no more boredom but a goal- to attain- The Echoes of the Spirit!

‘Walking in Quest…’ is another precious gift from The Community of St John the Baptist. Here are helps to stay steady even when we are tempted to be unstable. In fact, instability becomes itself a gift where we can begin again in thanksgiving and repentance, communion continues with His living Presence. Father Zacharias gives us holy foundational wisdom that brings hope and fresh energy. He writes, ‘Monasticism is the inheritance of a state’, these writings help us ‘in the world’ to at least attempt to imbibe such a state, by His grace and mercy.
There are many questions relating to obedience in monastic life and I found Father Zacharias’ gracious answers applicable to the wider challenges of local church life.
So, here we have a book that nurtures the soul in its pursuit of God: yet does not flinch from the dynamics of walking in obedience to our brothers, sisters and overseers. We are reminded our core is an unshakeable Kingdom where we worship One who loved us to the end.

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