Hesychia – “the rest which flows from unceasing prayer”
I previously posted an extract from Alasdair McIntyre’s After Virtue on “hesuchia” – the rest that follows striving. I came across this from Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart…
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A resting blessing from the Carmina Gadelica
From Alexander Carmichael’s collection of the Scottish oral tradition Carmina Gadelica , a resting blessing AN ainm an Tighearn Iosa, Agus Spiorad ìocshlain aigh, An ainm Athar Israil, Sinim sios…
Josef Pieper on silence and leisure
I came across this on the ever wonderful First Known When Lost blog: “Leisure is a form of silence, of that silence which is the prerequisite of the apprehension of…
Hesuchia – “we strive in order to be at rest”
My last few posts raised the risk that this blog would turn into a series of quotes from Alasdair MacIntyre’s “After Virtue” (a book I am well aware has many critics) – so now…
Séamus Sweeney 