{"product_id":"on-prayer-and-divine-love","title":"On Prayer and Divine Love: The Lord’s Prayer, the Ascetic Discourse, and Four Hundred Chapters on Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLet prayer become a life of love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree works by Saint Maximus the Confessor bring prayer, ascetic discipline, and charity into a single field of attention. His commentary on the Lord’s Prayer asks what its petitions demand of us; the Ascetic Discourse considers the struggle to live before God; Four Hundred Chapters on Love returns repeatedly to the habits that obstruct love of our neighbor. This compact English volume gives those themes room to speak together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lord’s Prayer interpreted through Christian life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ascetic Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour Hundred Chapters on Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoose this for concentrated patristic reading on forgiveness, self-knowledge, and the relationship between prayer and charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eAuthor\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eSaint Maximus the Confessor\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eFormat\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eLanguage\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eLength\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e122 pages\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eTrim size\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e6 × 9 inches\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eISBN\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e9798172432866\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003ePublication date\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eSeptember 7, 2026\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/saints-and-authors#saint-maximus-the-confessor\"\u003eExplore Saint Maximus the Confessor and related books →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Orthodox Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43174685737031,"sku":"B0HJ119YZ9","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/0135\/3031\/files\/71aSSYrmTNL._SY466.jpg?v=1788842553","url":"https:\/\/rareorthodoxbooks.com\/products\/on-prayer-and-divine-love","provider":"Rare Orthodox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}