His Life is Mine

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Contemplation, prayer, spirituality–these words have become popular in our day among those despairing at the banality and emptiness of the contemporary scene. But popular as well are a myriad of pseudo-spiritualities, each offering its own shortcut to spiritual satisfaction. His Life is Mine is a refreshing contrast. The book deals with prayers, and especially with the “Jesus Prayer” of Orthodox monasticism. Yet it is not simply a presentation of “techniques.” The book is permeated by the awareness that prayer is not just the cultivation of a particular spiritual state, not the investigation of an abstract Idea or dissolution in an anonymous Whole, but an encounter with the personal Being, I AM, demanding in turn our own growth in person-hood.

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As remarkable as the book is the life of its author, Saint Sophrony. Like a good plot, his life proceeded from possibility to probability to necessity — from marked success as a painter exhibiting in the great Paris salons after the Russian Revolution then to a brief period of study at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris to Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain of Eastern monasticism. On Mount Athos he spent twenty-two years, first as a monk in the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon and for the final seven years as a hermit in the “desert.”

Contents

Introduction

Part I
Knowledge of God
The Enigma of I AM
The Risk in Creation
The Tragedy of Man
Contemplation
Prayer of the Spirit
The Bliss of Knowing the Way
The Struggle in Prayer
Concerning Repentance and Spiritual Warfare
Through Dark to Light
Experience of Eternity through Prayer
Liturgical Prayer
The Prayer of Gethsemane

Part II
The Jesus Prayer
The Jesus Prayer: Method
The Jesus Prayer as the Prayer for All Conditions of Man

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  1. Samuel Lowe

    This is a truly beautiful book, filled with deep spiritual wisdom. I encourage everyone to read it St Sophrony’s writings offer so much truth and light. In this video, I share a short reflection on Chapter 1 and what encouraged me personally. I hope to continue reviewing each chapter, and I pray this inspires you to read the book yourself or borrow a copy from family or friends.

    Watch here

    God Bless
    Porphyrios

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Weight0.219 kg
Dimensions21.6 × 14 × 1.8 cm
Author

Saint Sophrony Sakharov

Translator

Rosemary Edmonds

Language

English

Book cover

Paperback

Pages

159

Publisher

St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Edition

1st edition

Publication Year

1977

ISBN

978-0-913836-33-0

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