Prayers in the Dark (w/ Fr. Lawrence Farley)

About this episode

Fr. Lawrence Farley discusses the Book of Lamentations and offers meditations on human suffering and hope.

In Prayers in the Dark, Fr. Lawrence Farley paraphrases the Book of Lamentations and interprets each passage, following it with a meditation on human suffering—not to explain it but to point a way forward into hope. In the words of the sacred text, we find assurance that we are not unique in our suffering and that the way home to the Kingdom brings pain as well as joy. You can find Prayers in the Dark here: https://store.ancientfaith.com/prayers-in-the-dark-meditations-on-suffering-from-the-book-of-lamentations/

People in this episode

Host: Melanie DeRenzo

Guest: Fr. Lawrence Farley

Topics covered

• suffering
• hope
• meditation
• lamentations
• Christianity
• faith

Keywords

• suffering
• hope
• Book of Lamentations
• meditation
• Christianity
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Book of Lamentations

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