SAINT AUGUSTINE'S, GRAHAME PARK
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A pioneering dialogue - reading the TANYA for Eucharistic tradition
A workshop for 'seekers' and those struggling with addiction / existential depression

I am thankful beyond words to the late Rabbi Joshua Gordon. It was through his online classes that I come across with the spiritual classic, the Tanya, written by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liad (1745-1812). The  author of the Tanya, a hugely influential 18th-century work of Jewish spirituality, was considered the founder of the Chabad (Lubavitch) movement. His 'spirituality of the soul' has become my daily companion. I am reading the Tanya as a Christian, and as a priest. This is not a contradiction. Our traditions, for historical reasons, have developed separately. There were tangential contacts between Judaism and Christianity. Of course, these contact between ‘texts’, or, at the level of history, were important; in the latter case, tragically painful. However, there never has been a ‘convergence’ between our traditions. Perhaps, at the end of the day, regarding the self-sufficiency of these identities, there is no need for this. Yet, I am tempted to define the Jewish – Christian relationship in terms of missed dialogues; with all, what this loss entails.
 
In this workshop, I would like ‘to understand Rabbi Schneur’s model of the praying self, and apply it to  our sacramental tradition. The vision of our human self, when it is related properly to its sacred ground, God, has a a healing effect. When we know who we are, how the 'graced' equilibrium can be regained in us between the 'godly soul' and the 'animal soul', this is a precious moment of being healed. I am genuinely interested in the healing potentials of the 'anthropology of grace' or Divine Glory. It is purely the individual's personal decision to undergo this 'restorative journey'.  The key of this 'therapeutic contemplation' is reading Tanya daily.

J.G., Minister in Charge
 

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  • ABOUT US
    • Identity Statement >
      • Mission through the Eucharist
      • Sant Augustine of Canterbury - Legacy
      • Serving the Catholicity of Church - A Compassionate Mission
    • A Brief History of the Estate
    • Resources for our DCC members
    • Our personal data policy
    • Contact us
    • Financial Support
  • WHAT'S ON
    • This week's services and newspaper
    • Sunday School and Mass For Children
    • LIVE STREAM - Services/Prayers
    • Our Youtube and Facebook Channels
    • Our Social Media Notice Board
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  • SPIRITUALITY
    • PASTORAL CARE >
      • Visiting the sick
      • Weddings/ Reading of Banns
      • Funerals, bereavement
      • Baptism
      • Monastery Without Walls - Join Us
      • Confessions (Reconciliation)
    • Daily Online Old Testament study with Rabbi Gordon
    • Daily Online Bible Study
    • Daily meditations on the readings of the Mass
    • Sermons
    • The Rule of Saint Benedict in the life of our community
    • A Selection of Prayers
    • A Short Catechism - Christian faith
    • How to pray the ROSARY
    • Media Resources
    • 'Monastery Without Walls'
    • An Ignatian Spiritual Retreat
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