Discover the quiet power of inner life through the example of Christ’s own interior devotion.
This thoughtful work draws on a famous Bethany scene to show how a life of prayer, humility, and steady focus on God can shape everyday faith. It invites readers to cultivate inner steadiness, balance, and a life that orders outward duties around a single, essential goal.
Through clear reflections and practical insight, the book guides you to nurture the interior life — the hidden core that powers outward service, resilience, and love. It highlights the difference between external zeal and true devotion, and explains how recollection, humility, and self–abnegation can transform how you live and serve.
Read this edition to explore how to keep God at the center while engaging with the world, and how a quiet spirit can bear abundant fruit in daily life.
Ideal for readers of spiritual formation, devotional classics, and those seeking a practical path to deep, lasting faith.
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Excerpt from The Practice of the Interior Life
We spoke just now of our Lord's frequent journeys to Jerusalem. It was upon one of these that He stopped in at the home of Martha and Mary at Bethany. He knows well the way through its narrow streets, for very Often, and, possibly, as Often as He has journeyed up to Jerusalem, has He found temporary respite and rest under Martha's hospitable roof. Few were the homes where He was a welcome visitor; and His intimacy with this one, strangely enough, was to give occasion for that exercise of sovereignty over death, at the grave of Lazarus, which would precipitate His own death upon the Cross.
And whom does this wearied sojourner find in the Bethany home?
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the principles of leading a Christian life focused on the inner self, or the soul. It contrasts the Martha-type of Christian, who is wholly dedicated to external, practical activities, with the Mary-type, who seeks communion with God through contemplation and prayer. The author contends that while good deeds are important, true devotion requires nurturing one's inner spiritual life above all. By studying the lives of Martha and Mary, as depicted in the Bible, the author sheds light on the nature of discipleship, the importance of cultivating a deep relationship with God, and the pursuit of spiritual perfection. The book invites readers to re-examine their own spiritual practices and consider a more profound, fulfilling connection with the divine. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781330327043_0
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