Touched by God: The Way to Contemplative Prayer

By Luigi Gioia

Luigi Gioia's Say it to God was chosen for the 2018 Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book--no mean feat for a first time author. In this new book, Gioia moves on to show the art of contemplation. But he points out from the start that contemplation is not a more advanced way of praying but a greater awareness of the presence of God. The defining mark of this awareness is that we become more and more aware of God's presence, a unique kind of inner peace and joy which has been described by spiritual authors with a variety of arresting and often poetic images.

What Gioia describes is not some kind of spiritual wonderland; for it does not dispense us from struggles and doubts and often the non-evidence of God. It brings a peace which coexists with doubt, a peace which can flourish in the middle of struggles, a joy that we can discover even in suffering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147295100X
• ISBN13: 9781472951007
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"