Vorlage:1958 Rezensionen Vorschule des Betens

• [1958-061] [Englisch] Edward R. Donovan: Rezension zu: Guardini, Prayer in Practice, in: The American Ecclesiastical Review, 139, 1958, S. 67 f. [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=2MvNAAAAMAAJ
• [1958-062] [Englisch] Philip Hurley: Rezension zu: Guardini, Prayer in practice, in: Thought, 33, 1958, S. 315 f. [neu aufgenommen] - [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=P-gSAAAAIAAJ
• [1958-063] William Petrek: Guardini on Prayer (Rezension zu: Guardini, The Lord´s Prayer, und Guardini, Prayer and Practice), in: Commonweal, 69, 1958, S. 133 f. [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=90Y8AAAAMAAJ
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    • [1958-064] Franz Schneider: Leserbrief zu Petrek, Rezension zu: Guardini, Prayer and Practice, in: Commonweal, 69, 1958, S. 259 [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=90Y8AAAAMAAJ
      • S. 259: „Communications „Prayer and Practice“ New York, N. Y. TO THE EDITORS: Father William Petrek in his review (October ´31) of Guardini's Prayer and Practice expressed concern about the loose structure of the book: ". .. it is disappointing to see Guardini, a firm advocate of the liturgical life, omitting treatment of the more basic forms of liturgical prayer a mode for personal prayer. Such an introductory chapter would have given proper orientation to both the thought and the form of this volume.“ The German version of the book, Vorschule des Betens (Matthias Grünewald Verlag), does contain an introductory preface which would render Father Petrak's reservations unnecessary. I shall attempt a crude translation of the preface: "Prayer is an inner necessity; it is a blessing and a fulfillment - but it is also duty, labor, and self-sacrifice. Hence, there is prayer in experience, but also prayer in practice; there are sources of prayer, but also the school [to learn it in]." It would be better to speak of the many different kinds of schools. Above all, there is the school of Jesus Christ as it is represented in the New Testament. The person of the Lord is entirely immersed in prayer. There is a continuous and sacred flow of prayer from Him to the Father and from the Father to Him. The gospels speak of it often, for example in the passages of the baptism in the river Jordan (Luke iii, 21) or in their account of His withdrawal into solitude in order to pray (Luke vi, 12; ix, 8; ix. 28-29; xi. 1) or the report of the Last Supper (John xvii) and the hour in the garden of olives (Matthew xxvi, 36-44). Only in relation to prayer can we perceive Jesus clearly and understand His life properly. He has also spoken about prayer explicitly: for example in the Sermon on the Mount where He distinguished genuine prayer from the jabbering of the heathens and the hypocrisy of the Pharisees (Matthew vi, 5-8); or in that memorable hour when His disciples came to Him and asked: "Lord teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples," after which He gave them the Lord's prayer. "Again there is that school which the Church has established in her Liturgy. This school is one entire prayer by means of word and ritual, executed through spoken and chanted language. The liturgy unfolds throughout the course of the year, permeates all of life, and in it is stored up the wisdom of prayer accumulated through thousands of years. „Finally there is the school of the great saints which have lived in communion with God and who have reported their experiences in previous writings. They speak of the nature of prayer, of the many stages in its development, [Guardini actually speaks of „ascent.“] of its dangers and glories. „The content of thi book probably touchess on the teachings of all these schools, but for the main part it precedes them. The title was chosen with deliberation. The book really wants tob e nothing but a „Preschool of Prayer,“ in which one learns the simple matters. Only here and there, whenever necessity seems to demand it, will the book lead beyond its stated subject. Many will no longer be in need of such a Pre-school. However, those will be the last to disdain it. Many are still duty bound to attend. But most, probably, have not yet walked through its doors. "Every age is in need of clear and strong prayer, especially ours. May this little book make a small contribution towards the learning of prayer!" This little preface should allay all the scruples of your reviewer. But the fault is really the publisher’s. He should have included Guardini's preface, and given a more accurate translation of the title.“
• [1958-065] [Englisch] Sister Ritamary: Rezension zu: Guardini, Prayer in practice, in: Catholic World, New York, 186, 1957/58, März 1958, S. 478 f. [neu aufgenommen] - [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=n9YaAQAAMAAJ;
  • [1959-000a] auszugsweise auch in: Book Review Digest, 54, 1959, S. 467 [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=S6oYAAAAIAAJ
• [1958-066] [Englisch] James Walsh: Rezension zu: Guardini, Prayer in Practice, in: The Month, 19, 1958, S. 361-364 [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=RSMjAQAAIAAJ oder https://books.google.de/books?id=89rlAAAAMAAJ; zu Romano Guardini:
  • S. 364: „Mgr. Guardini definitely belongs to the modern generation. Yet it is remarkable how he and Fr. Brown agree on the vexed subject of prayer, on the necessity for order, discipline and work, thorough preparation and the only real key – habitual recollection (or collectedness, as Guardini's translator prefers to say). It is stimulating to find Mgr. Guardini insisting that real prayer to Christ consists "in dwelling in the relationship which He has established," and that all our prayer must be a seeking of the face of God. Approach to Penance is a miniature treatise on the true meaning of penitence and penitential, the true spirit of penance, the persevering attitude of turning and (more important) of being turned to God; of turning to Him rather than away from other things, of suffering rather than doing, of accepting rather than giving up.“