About the Authors
Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.
Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB, is a Benedictine monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He has provided spiritual direction for many men and women, including married couples, seminarians, consecrated religious and priests, even while completing his Ph.D. in computer science at Penn State University. He is the programming manager and an on-air contributor for We Are One Body Catholic Radio and has recorded thousands of radio programs on theology and the spiritual life. He has extensive experience as a retreat master for laity, consecrated religious, and priests. He is the Director for Spiritual Formation for Saint Vincent Seminary and Director of the Institute for Ministry Formation and has offered numerous courses on the spiritual life. Fr. Hicks is the co-author, along with Fr. Thomas Acklin, of the books Spiritual Direction and Personal Prayer.
Fr. Thomas Acklin, O.S.B.
Fr. Thomas Acklin, OSB, is a Benedictine monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He earned an MA in philosophy at Duquesne University as well as an STD in theology and a PhD in religious studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, where he specialized in psychology of religion. He is a psychoanalyst as well as a spiritual director. Fr. Acklin has been a professor and spiritual director at Saint Vincent Seminary, where he also served as rector. He is the author of The Passion of the Lamb and The Unchanging Heart of the Priesthood.
What People Are Saying
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I believe this book will be helpful for all who pray and want to better understand the mystery of our relationship with God in prayer.
Fr. Thomas Nelson, O. Praem
National Director of the Institute of Religious Life, Canon of St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California
In a sense, this is a ‘how to’ book of the best sort: a simple, practical guide for learning how to pray. But it’s also vastly more than that: An eloquent, intimate, and deeply persuasive invitation to seek out a personal relationship with the Father who made us, and to master the art of immersing ourselves in the love of God.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Philadelphia
Personal Prayer is one of the finest contemporary books on prayer. . . . I would highly recommend this book to anyone who hungers for deeper communion with the Blessed Trinity.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
Bishop of Phoenix
I have no doubt that no matter who you are, or how much experience you have with prayer, this book will lead you deeper into prayer and into the heart of God.
Dan Burke
President of the Avila Foundation for Spiritual Formation
This practical book will serve as a valuable guide for those who wish to grow in their life of prayer toward a deeper union with God. I pray that this book will bring many souls closer to God.
Sr. Mary Grace, CP
Directress of Formation, Passionist Nuns, Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery, Pittsburgh
I believe this book will be helpful for all who pray and want to better understand the mystery of our relationship with God in prayer.
Fr. Thomas Nelson, O. Praem
National Director of the Institute of Religious Life, Canon of St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California
In a sense, this is a ‘how to’ book of the best sort: a simple, practical guide for learning how to pray. But it’s also vastly more than that: An eloquent, intimate, and deeply persuasive invitation to seek out a personal relationship with the Father who made us, and to master the art of immersing ourselves in the love of God.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Philadelphia
Personal Prayer is one of the finest contemporary books on prayer. . . . I would highly recommend this book to anyone who hungers for deeper communion with the Blessed Trinity.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
Bishop of Phoenix
I have no doubt that no matter who you are, or how much experience you have with prayer, this book will lead you deeper into prayer and into the heart of God.
Dan Burke
President of the Avila Foundation for Spiritual Formation
This practical book will serve as a valuable guide for those who wish to grow in their life of prayer toward a deeper union with God. I pray that this book will bring many souls closer to God.
Sr. Mary Grace, CP
Directress of Formation, Passionist Nuns, Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery, Pittsburgh
I believe this book will be helpful for all who pray and want to better understand the mystery of our relationship with God in prayer.
Fr. Thomas Nelson, O. Praem
National Director of the Institute of Religious Life, Canon of St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California
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Indeed, there is no other way to be fully human apart from the act and exercise of prayer. Why else were we made to stand upright if not to look upon the stars? And, like the Magi, to search out the one star whose trajectory will take us straight to Bethlehem? Isn't this why God came to us in the first place?
"The good news," we are told early on by Fathers Acklin and Hicks, "is that God became man so that each one of us can have a deep, profound union with Him in prayer."
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regis martin, professor of theology, FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE
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