Abba Benedict’s ancient rule for a

Benedict’s ancient rule for a modern audience and offers readers a primer on how to use these tools in their own tumultuous lives

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Abba Benedict’s ancient rule for aThe title of the book, Abba, is the term used in more than one place in the New Testament for addressing God as Father and it is with the Our Father prayer that these meditations are concerned. At first sight it might be thought impossible to say anything fresh on something so familiar to all Christians as the Lords Prayer. Yet the inexhaustible depths of meaning to be found in it may, by the very fact of familiarity, all too easily escape notice and