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A prayer journal

"As W. A. Sessions, who knew O'Connor, writes in his introduction, it was no coincidence that she began writing the stories that would become her first novel, Wise Blood, during the years when she wrote these singularly imaginative meditations. Including a facsimile of the entire journal in O'Connor...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Flannery
Other Authors: Sessions, William A. (Editor of compilation)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2013.
Edition:1st [edition].
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions.
Spiritual journals.
O'Connor, Flannery > Religion.
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"Dear God, I cannot love Thee the way I want to. You are the slim crescent of a moon that I see and my self is the earth's shadow that keeps me from seeing all the moon . . . "I do not know you God because I a m in the way. Please help me to push myself aside . . . "I do not mean to deny the traditional prayers I have said all my life; but I have been saying them and not feeling them. My attention is always very fugitive. This way I have it every instant. I can feel a warmth of love heating me when I think & write this to You." -- from A Prayer Journal Excerpted from A Prayer Journal by Flannery O'Connor All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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