The Mystery of Christ

by Thomas Keating

  • Year 1987
  • Type Book
  • Genre liturgy
  • Tradition Catholic
  • Original language English

For For readers who want to pray the liturgy contemplatively; it assumes some familiarity with Catholic liturgy and is not a first book on centering prayer.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher
3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty
3 of 5 demanding

The liturgy as a spiritual experience of the mystery of Christ. The third book of his foundational trilogy.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 3 of 5
  • Scriptural 3 of 5
  • Experiential 4 of 5
  • Sociological 2 of 5
  • Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Keating's book on the liturgy, published by Amity House (dates of 1987 and 1988 are given) and later by Element and Continuum. As its subtitle says, it treats the liturgy as a spiritual experience of the mystery of Christ. With Open Mind, Open Heart (1986) and Invitation to Love (1992) it forms the trilogy Continuum gathered in 2002 as Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life, and it is the liturgical member of that set.

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Catalog IDW.33BZC6.6

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