num_pages: 128
description: This twentieth anniversary edition (more than 111,000 copies sold) brings Henri J.M. Nouwen's writings on Eastern Orthodox icons to a new generation and adds to the Nouwen collection published by Ave Maria Press. With a foreword by Br. Robert Lentz, a well-known painter of contemporary icons, this classic Nouwen book invites readers to pray with four Russian icons with their eyes open by emphasizing seeing or gazing, which are at the heart of Eastern spirituality. Nouwen's meditations reveal his viewing of the icons not as decorations, but holy places. The book includes four full-color icons, which can be removed for private contemplation or meditation.
language: English
title: Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying With Icons
titlecomplete: Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying With Icons
genres: Christianity, Prayer, Faith, Catholic, Spirituality, Religion, Art, Christian, Nonfiction, Theology
ratings_count: 317
publisher: Ave Maria Press