Pray Without Ceasing: Toward a Systematic Psychotheology of Christian Prayer Life

acts of prayer adoration Aquinas attitude of prayer Augustine BLACKFRIARS called charity Christian prayer Christian prayerlife CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA consciousness contemplation creatures desire Divine Persons divine presence ecstatic attention Emphasis EVAGRIUS experience faith Father form of prayer gift give God's presence grace GREGORY OF NYSSA growth process habitual disposition heart heaven Holy Spirit human person Ibid II-II infused inner Jesus Christ John knowing and loving knowledge LITURGY living Lord love-intention means meditation Meister Eckhart mind Mystery mystical nature Origen perfect practice of prayer praise prayer as address prayer as ascent prayer as communion prayer as worship prayer of petition praying Christians praying person quoted receptive attention relationship response Scripture sense soul of prayer speak ŠPIDLÍK subconscious supernatural teaching TERESA OF AVILA TERTULLIAN Testament thanksgiving theologians theological virtues things transcendent truth unceasing prayer unconscious union Vatican II whole words Yahweh