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The Grateful Heart

A Benedictine Monk and Religious Scholar Explores How to Open Your Heart to the Blessings Awaiting

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The Grateful Heart

By: David Steindl-Rast
Narrated by: David Steindl-Rast
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The fountainhead of all philosophy and religion, teaches Brother David Steindl-Rast, is our sense of amazement at being in the world. To cross the gap between doctrine and the divine, we have been given the gift of prayer. In The Grateful Heart, you will hear Brother David describe prayer not as a dogmatic ritual but as a way of opening to the blessings that await us in everyday life.

Since 1953, when Brother David retreated to the Mount Savior monastery in upstate New York, he has studied what he calls "the lifting up of the human heart and mind to God". In The Grateful Heart, he focuses on the major characteristics of prayer, including: perennial prayer - the inner gesture that is the essence of prayer in all cultures and religions; the evolution and history of prayer, including the "prayer house" movement; and the future of prayer. With a passion for life, Brother David inspires a welcome dialogue that embraces the intellectual as well as the spiritual.

©2009 David Steindl-Rast (P)2009 David Steindl-Rast Alternative & Complementary Medicine Meditation Spirituality

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I have loved listening to this, very calming. There is something he says in this that I have found fascinating & keep thinking about: Not in these words but he says it is better to have less and be grateful for it than have more & not be grateful for it.

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