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Biographisches. Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967) wurde als zweitältestes von vier Kindern in der Jurastadt La Chaux-de-Fonds geboren. Am Vater, der Augenarzt war, hing sie trotz seiner Strenge; er wurde ihr ein richtiger Freund, starb aber bereits 1918 – sie hatte es vorausgeahnt – an einer nicht rechtzeitig ...
ÊPrayer was a way of life for Adrienne von Speyr, one of this last century's great Catholic mystics. In this major work on prayer, edited by Hans Urs von Balthasar, Adrienne discusses the many aspects and kinds of prayer, the vocation of every Christian.The fundamental theme of this work is that prayer, like everything else that comes to man through God's self-revelation in Christ (such ...
Adrienne von Speyr. On November 1st, 1940, Adrienne entered the Catholic Church. Almost immediately, she began to receive a cascade of extraordinary graces. Most notable among them was a charism for interpreting the Word of God that found expression in numerous Scriptural commentaries dictated to, and published by, von Balthasar.
The Community of Saint John presents the work and mission of its founders, Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Books and texts by these two catholic writers, and by other associated authors, are available on this site.
Adrienne von Speyr Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) and Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967) first met in Basle, Switzerland in 1940. It was here that Balthasar, a Lucerne-born Jesuit already known for his theological work, had recently begun to serve as a university chaplain.
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967) was a Swiss medical doctor, a convert to Catholicism, a mystic, and an author of more than sixty books on spirituality and theology. She collaborated closely with theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, her confessor for twenty-seven years. Among her most important works are Handmaid of the Lord, Man Before God ...
Adrienne von Speyr, a renowned mystic and spiritual writer from Switzerland, was received into the Catholic Church at the age of 38 on the Feast of All Saints, 1940, by one of the theological giants of the 20th century, Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar. He became her spiritual director and confessor until her death in 1967 during which time Adrienne was favored with many gifts of authentic mystical ...
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