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Finding God within: Contemplative Prayer for Prisoners

Finding God within: Contemplative Prayer for Prisoners


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For nearly a decade, Ray Leonardini has been visiting the incarcerated in Folsom State Prison and other correctional facilities, where he has been teaching and facilitating contemplative prayer-the contemporary manifestation of the ancient Christian meditative tradition. In Finding God Within, Leonardini demonstrates the extraordinary power of contemplative (or centering) prayer in transforming the lives of prisoners, and offers insightful analyses of biblical passages that show the power of prayer, faith, and surrender to ease addiction, stress, and despair. Filled with testimonies of prisoners who have been helped by centering prayer, Finding God Within is an essential introduction to contemplative prayer for people of all faiths engaged in prison ministry.



About the Author :
Ray Leonardini is a former lawyer who practiced government and nonprofit law for nearly 30 years. After his retirement, he turned toward his foremost area of interest: the Christian contemplative tradition. For the last nine years, as a volunteer chaplain, he has led meditation groups and taught contemplative prayer and the spiritual journey at Folsom State Prison in California. He is also the Director of the Prison Contemplative Fellowship, an association of current and former prison inmates, chaplains, and volunteers committed to reaching out to prisoners and their families on their travels along the spiritual path.

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"At last it's here! A book on centering prayer for prisoners and jail inmates that is theologically sound, spiritually grounded, scripturally based, and personally healing! Leonardini writes a masterful work in bringing together all the elements necessary to find an oasis of healing and to reclaim one's peace of mind and heart and soul."--Catherine Marie Bazar, O.P., Chaplain, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, Los Angeles, CA "I had the privilege of attending Ray Leonardini's centering prayer gathering at Folsom State Prison. I was touched by the depth of the practice shared in the group, and the peace those men have found in their lives. The dear men that I met that evening are testimony to this deep and heartfelt practice. As a tool for spiritual transformation, it clearly works! I hope you will give this practice a try. I wish that kind of peace for each of you."--Sita Lozoff, Human Kindness Foundation "Finding God Within is an amazingly concise yet profound collection of teachings that are both ancient and novel. The book teaches the ancient contemplative prayer practice that Father Thomas Keating has renewed with his centering prayer movement. But the book is novel as well. Its many striking features include powerful quotes from prisoners who are following this spiritual practice. This book offers all of us, no matter where we are serving time, a way to open out hearts to the God who heals, the God within."--Scott Wood, Clinical Professor, Director of the Center for Restorative Justice, Loyola Law School of Los Angeles


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781590565513
  • Publisher: Lantern Books,US
  • Publisher Imprint: Lantern Books,US
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 166
  • Sub Title: Contemplative Prayer for Prisoners
  • ISBN-10: 1590565517
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 127 mm


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