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The Countenance of the Father

The Countenance of the Father

Paperback (01 Feb 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A twentieth-century mystic's meditative reflection on the role of God the Father in eternity and in time. The book brings the reader a greater awareness of the First Person of the Trinity in eternity, and the interaction of the Three Persons. Then the reader is helped to consider the role of the Father in creation and throughout salvation history. Finally we are led to contemplate the Eternal Life toward which the Father's love is drawing us.

A very approachable and beautiful work, Adrienne closes her prayerful and meditative exploration with: "Thus, by virtue of the Son's sacrifice and his having brought the world home again, the Father is able to regard men as his eternal creatures. Eternal life is not situated in heaven, far from man's grasp, something self-enclosed; it is the life-filled Word, in which men have a share because they are capable of taking it in. And that capability is itself grace."

Book information

ISBN: 9780898706208
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Imprint: Ignatius Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 231.1
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 131
Weight: 150g
Height: 190mm
Width: 122mm
Spine width: 11mm