Prayer and Contemplation

and Distractions are for Healing

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 065

In this dear and practical introduction to the way of contemplative prayer Robert Llewelyn discusses petition, intercession and the various forms of vocal prayer before going on to contemplation itself. This last he sees as the means par excellence by which we learn to co-operate with God's will for our healing and integration. He shows too how the healing which penetrates the depths of personality in prayer is effective not only in the life of the individual but in a mysterious yet undeniable way in the lives of others also. Fr Llewelyn's book has long since established itself as a classic of its kind and this new edition includes, under the title Distractions are for Healing, his no less valuable counsels for turning to good account the wandering thoughts which beset us all when we pray. Taken together, these texts offer a dependable source of guidance and encouragement for Christian people who are drawn to develop through prayer their innate capacity for relationship with God . ROBERT LLEWELYN has had a rich and varied ministry as priest, teacher and author, both in: the UK and overseas. For fourteen years, until his retirement in 1990, he was chaplain of the Julian Shrine in Norwich, and in 1994 winner of the UK Templeton Prize. His most recent books are the autobiography Memories and Reflections, 1998, and Thirsting for God, 2000.