Why Fénelon Said the Christian’s Best Prayer Is Wordless
Fénelon on wordless prayer — three slow passages from Spiritual Progress on the prayer that has stopped needing words, and the quiet contact it opens into.
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Fénelon on the Discipline of Not Reasoning About Yourself
Fénelon on the quieted mind — three slow passages from Spiritual Progress for the soul whose inner argument has run all day and worn the whole house out.
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Fénelon on the Christian Who Is Too Self-Aware
Fénelon on too much self examination — three slow passages from Spiritual Progress on the Christian whose introspection has become its own problem, and the cure.
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What Fénelon Said About Smallness in the Christian Life
Fénelon on Christian smallness — three slow passages from Spiritual Progress on the soul that has stopped trying to be impressive, and the quiet it lives in.
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Fénelon on the Hidden Self That Doesn’t Need to Perform
Fenelon hidden self christian — a slow reading of Spiritual Progress on the part of the soul that doesn’t need to be seen, even by God, to be at rest in Him.
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Why Fénelon Said Silence Is the Christian’s Hardest Discipline
Fenelon interior silence — a slow reading of Spiritual Progress on the inward quiet that takes far longer to build than the outward quiet room around it.
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Fénelon on Recollection — the Forgotten Christian Practice
Fenelon recollection prayer — a slow reading of Spiritual Progress on the small daily gathering of the scattered self back to its centre.
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What Fénelon Meant by Simplicity of Heart
Fenelon simplicity of heart — a slow reading of Spiritual Progress on the undivided interior the cluttered soul is built for and slowly forgets.
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What Fénelon Said About the Christian Who Wants to Want God More
Fenelon wanting to want god — a slow reading of Spiritual Progress for the Christian whose desire for God has cooled and who has even stopped wanting it back.
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Fénelon on the Slow Purification of the Heart
Fénelon on the purification of the heart — a slow reading of Spiritual Progress for the woman who hoped for a moment of breakthrough and got years of quiet.
