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…
Séamus Sweeney 