Praying By Hand
1991
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This book explains how the rosary as a meditative technique gradually developed with the Christian community over the course of the centuries. The author relates the rosary to the Scriptures and takes the reader step-by-step through the traditional 15 mysteries and explores alternative formats for individual and group use. He also offers special rosary meditations suited to life stages such as vocation, pregnancy and mourning.
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Author
M. Basil Pennington
Author · 16 books
Dom M. Basil Pennington O.C.S.O. (1931–2005) was a Trappist monk and priest. He was a leading Roman Catholic spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, and director. Pennington was an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum where he obtained a licentiate in Theology in 1959.[1] He also earned a licentiate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. Pennington became known internationally as one of the major proponents of the Centering Prayer movement begun at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, during the 1970s.
