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    Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons
    Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons
    Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons
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    Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons

    By Henri J. M. Nouwen and Robert Lentz O.F.M.

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    This twentieth anniversary edition (more than 111,000 copies sold) brings Henri J.M. Nouwen's writings on Eastern Orthodox icons to a new generation and adds to the Nouwen collection published by Ave Maria Press. With a foreword by Br. Robert Lentz, a well-known painter of contemporary icons, this classic Nouwen book invites readers to pray with four Russian icons with their eyes open by emphasizing seeing or gazing, which are at the heart of Eastern spirituality. Nouwen's meditations reveal his viewing of the icons not as decorations, but holy places. The book includes four full-color icons for private contemplation or meditation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAve Maria Press
    Release dateSep 15, 2007
    ISBN9781594715099
    Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons
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    Henri J. M. Nouwen

    Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932–1996) was the author of The Return of the Prodigal Son and many other bestsellers. He taught at Harvard, Yale, and Notre Dame universities before becoming the pastor of L’Arche Daybreak near Toronto, Canada, a community where people with and without intellectual disabilities assist each other and create a home together.

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