Sister Wendy on Prayer
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Sister Wendy Beckett, adored and renowned art historian, has spent years in silence and contemplation in her calling as a nun. Her celebrated television specials and books about art have led her many admirers to ask about her own faith and practices. For the first time, in this thoughtful examination of the nature of prayer, she reveals her deeply held beliefs about her religion and her intimate understanding of God.What should I do during prayer? Can prayer really be as simple as a conversation? How do I let God enter my being? Do I need to belong to a religion in order to pray? Sister Wendy answers these and many other common questions, all the while imparting the importance of prayer in our daily lives. No book by Sister Wendy would be complete without art—accompanying her wisdom are thirteen beautiful reproductions of paintings that Sister Wendy has selected because of the spiritual connection she has with each. Library Journal It is one of the finer paradoxes of our time that Beckett, aka Sister Wendy, who professes constantly that she craves the Carmelite's solitude in meditation, has become one of the more familiar faces on television and book jackets. Beckett's idiosyncratic perceptions of art and art history, because they are so remote from the arcane language of the museum professional, amount to something like genius; the same is true of her current volume on prayer. She cannot tell you what a theologian ought to say; instead, she tells you what she knows. Beckett's new volume still engages art-it includes full-color reproductions of several canvases pertinent to her reflections. Highly recommended.
Introduction Sister Wendy 1Biographical Introduction David Willcock 5The practice of prayerDo You Want to Pray? 33God's Business 35Your Unique Prayer 37Hunger for God 39Commonsense Prayer 41Prayer in Everyday Life 42What Should I Do? 43Silence 45Silence II 46Prayer Will Never Get in the Way 47Prayer and Wholeness 47Concentration 48Our Father 50Levels of Prayer 52Perseverance 55Trust 56The Name of Jesus 58Does Prayer Work? 59Providence 62Suffering 63Suffering II 65Prayer Requests 67Prayer and beliefDo You Need Organized Religion? 69The Sacrament 70The Passion of Christ 72The Scriptures 74To Pray Is to Be Alive 76"God" 77Scripture and the Eucharist 79Why Aren't Christians Better People? 80We Know That the World Is Not Right 82Admirable Atheists 83Choice Not Feelings 84Art and Prayer 85Icon of Mother and Child 88Doubts 90No Reward for Prayer 91Prayer and personalityThe Fullness of Life 95Humility 96Being Human 98Prayer and Sin 99Self-deception 101Helplessness 103Guilt 105Reconciliation 106Forgiveness 108Deadly Sins 109Virtue 112Passion 114Faith 116Hope 119Peace 120Peace II 121Penance 122Holiness 124
