Liam Neeson To Read From C.S. Lewis for Advent Prayer Challenge

November 28, 2023169 views0

Liam Neeson To Read From C.S. Lewis for Advent Prayer Challenge

2023-11-28T09:39:14+01:00

By Church News

Liam Neeson will be reading selections from the works of C.S. Lewis for an Advent prayer challenge that will begin on Dec. 4 on the Hallow app. Joining Neeson are Jonathan Roumie of “The Chosen” and Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT.This is something I’m really excited to share with people. I’ll be going through meditations largely from C.S. Lewis (from Belfast originally) in partnership with the Hallow app, which is this great prayer and meditation app,” said Neeson, pointing out that, like him, Lewis was from Ireland. “The content is pretty incredible.”“It’ll all be part of a Christmas and Advent challenge to help us to really grow deeper in our faith in this holiday season,” Liam Neeson added.Liam Neeson, whose acting career spans more than four decades, is known for films including “Schindler’s List” (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), “The Phantom Menace,” “Batman Begins,” “Les Misérables,” “Taken,” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” trilogy. The “Narnia” movies were based on C.S. Lewis’ popular children’s series, and in them, Neeson voiced the character of Aslan, a Christ figure.Neeson was raised in the Catholic church. In a 2017 interview about his movie, “Silence,” he spoke about his spiritual beliefs, saying, “If God were a stern master, I would have given up the faith long ago. God is love, love is God. I have had personal experiences of God’s love, beautiful and calming, all the things the Psalms talk about. If he was a stern master, well, I don’t know.”Hallow is a Catholic app that facilitates prayer and meditation. Its website says this year’s Advent prayer challenge will feature “reflections based on different works of Lewis, including ‘The Four Loves,’ ‘Mere Christianity,’ ‘The Great Divorce,’ and more.”ALSO READ: Nigeria Will Have A Positive Turnaround – Bishop Okonkwo