{"product_id":"touched-by-god-the-way-to-contemplative-prayer-9781472951007b","title":"Touched by God: The Way to Contemplative Prayer","description":"Luigi Gioia's Say it to God was chosen for the 2018 Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book--no mean feat for a first time author. In this new book, Gioia moves on to show the art of contemplation. But he points out from the start that contemplation is not a more advanced way of praying but a greater awareness of the presence of God. The defining mark of this awareness is that we become more and more aware of God's presence, a unique kind of inner peace and joy which has been described by spiritual authors with a variety of arresting and often poetic images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Gioia describes is not some kind of spiritual wonderland; for it does not dispense us from struggles and doubts and often the non-evidence of God. It brings a peace which coexists with doubt, a peace which can flourish in the middle of struggles, a joy that we can discover even in suffering.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42994358747216,"sku":"9781472951007B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/touched-by-god-the-way-to-contemplative-prayer-9781472951007b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}