As a young girl and her mother take shelter for the night in their war-torn city, the whole world appears muted and dark. When the girl wakes in the middle of the night to find a bird watching her, she knows it's the one from her mother's stories, who flies down from the mountains to protect people from harm.
She tells the bird what her life used to be like, before the war and destruction. She describes her favorite dress, the open market stalls, her dad playing music on the roof. As she continues to remember, colors slowly seep back into her life, and with them comes the courage to hope for a new beginning.
A retelling of the life and times of one of history's most beloved saints, Francis of Assisi (1182-1226). Delphine Pasteau guides young readers through all the important events of Francis's days, from his birth to his death, and provides valuable context from medieval world history - knights, the crusades, and the birth of the Franciscan order!
Young and middle grade readers will appreciate the rich descriptions of Francis's beliefs and actions, and the lively accompanying illustrations. A timeline, mini-history lesson with maps on the Crusades, and games and puzzles at the end of the book complete this piece of Franciscan spirituality and history for kids.
Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer, and Saint
Author/Artist:
DEMI
ISBN-10:
1937786773
ISBN-13:
9781937786779
Publisher:
Wisdom Tales
Binding:
HARDBACK
Price:
AU$34.95
Description:
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable and influential women of her time. Blessed with an astonishing array of talents, she was at once a mystic, abbess, scientist, doctor, nutritionist, composer, writer, linguist, and artist. Such was her widespread fame that bishops, popes, and kings, as well as humble peasants, sought out her wise counsel.
Find out more about Hildegard of Bingen's life in this beautifully illustrated book
The poems in Dreaming of Stones are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired by the poet's time living in Ireland these readings invite you into deeper ways of seeing the world. They have an incantational quality. Drawing on her commitment as a Benedictine oblate, the poems arise out of a practice of sitting in silence and lectio divina, in which life becomes the holy text.
No stranger to poetry, Paintner's bestselling spirituality titles have often included poems. In this first exclusively poetic collection, she writes with a contemplative heart about kinship with nature, ancestral connections, intimacy, the landscape, the unfolding nature of time, and Christian mystics. It can be read for reflection to spark the heart and to offer solace and inspiration in difficult times.
Compassionate Christ, Compassionate People: Liturgical Foundations of Christian Spirituality
Author/Artist:
HURD, BOB
ISBN-10:
0814684629
ISBN-13:
9780814684627
Publisher:
Liturgical Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$42.95
Description:
Spirituality is a motion, a responsive movement of heart, mind, and spirit to the life of God moving within us. Starting from his Roman Catholic roots but working ecumenically, Bob Hurd explores this notion of spirituality in two parts. Part 1 places it in the theological framework of Creation-Grace-Incarnation, concluding that its specific form is participation in Christ's self-emptying love of God, humankind, and creation. Part 2 investigates this kenotic spirituality liturgically, exploring how it comes to expression in the ritual stages of Gathering, Word, Eucharistic Prayer, Communion, and Sending. Comparing and contrasting each stage with corresponding patterns in various Protestant traditions, Hurd lays out the possibility of a spirituality common to Christians of various confessions.
"Here is your opportunity to enter the fruitful mind of this faithful Christian. You will explore not only the workings of worship but also the God whom worship encounters. Hurd's book will help you appreciate why his music so powerfully draws you into Christian prayer." Fr Paul Turner
John: An Earth Bible Commentary, Supposing Him to be the Gardener
Author/Artist:
DALY-DENTON, MARGARET
ISBN-10:
0567686450
ISBN-13:
9780567686459
Publisher:
T & T Clark
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$39.95
Description:
This volume in the Earth Bible Commentary Series suggests how John 's Gospel might motivate and resource a Christian response to the ecological crisis. Margaret Daly-Denton shows how aptly Mary Magdalene recognized the risen Jesus as the gardener (Jn 20.15), completing his day's work in the garden of the Earth. The Johannine story of Jesus offers his present day followers a paradigm with considerable potential to inspire Earth care, sustainable living and commitment to eco-justice.
The Fourth Evangelist believes that Jesus fulfils the Jewish hope for a restoration envisaged as a return of humankind to Eden. Keeping this theme continually in mind, Daly-Denton reads the gospel with sensitivity to the role of the more-than-human world in the narrative and with particular attention to the scriptural underlay that repeatedly brings this world into the foreground. The commentary begins with an exploration of the memories and associations that the garden setting would have evoked for the intended audience. It then follows the gospel's spiral path that eventually leads to the garden of Mary's encounter. Each chapter concludes by asking how believers might do God's work (Jn 6.28) in today 's ecologically damaged world and by offering practical suggestions indicative of the reflection that readers of the commentary will be able to do in their own setting.
St. Hildegard of Bingen was a visionary mystic, a spiritual leader, and a woman ahead of her time. Whether you love St. Hildegard or are encountering her for the first time, this journey provides a way to engage the thought of a compelling twelfth-century saint. Hers is an example of extraordinary leadership. She was a woman who embraced her time and yet can properly be called a woman ahead of her time. Her ecological message, which reflects a deep respect for the sanctity of the environment and the interconnectedness of all creation, has much to teach us regarding our divinely ordered place within the cosmos.
Her letters give us a unique glimpse into her personality and complex thought. May they be a source of inspiration to her readers during this thirty-day journey.
Open Our Hearts is a series of Bible readings, prayers and colour images for each day of Lent and Holy Week, to invite reflection, contemplation and action in the world.
Ann’s images are icon-like in their depth and focus; her prayers are poetic and prophetic.
Follow this original book through Lent and Holy Week to open up space to meet God anew; and to open our hearts to God’s all-inclusive love and the call to feed the hungry, work for peace and build communities of love.
God Plays a Purple Banjo and 41 Stories of Inspiration, Hope and Humor
Author/Artist:
MEYER, S JAMES
ISBN-10:
1627854428
ISBN-13:
9781627854429
Publisher:
Twenty Third Pub
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$29.95
Description:
This refreshing, delightfully written, and deeply personal book provides the answer to the age-old question, “Where is God?” Everywhere, says S. James Meyer, homeless advocate, business owner, permanent deacon, husband, father, and son of a carpenter. Each of the stories here uses the stuff of everyday life to remind us that every breath we take is an encounter with God, and that there is no moment in our lives that is not sacred. Whether talking about a hike with his son, a cherished family traditional recipe, his father’s work, or the Eucharist, Meyer makes it clear that all of life is a deeply holy adventure, one to be embraced in all its human frailty, a frailty that only brings us closer to God.
Putting Joy Into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church
Author/Artist:
FARAG MIKHAIL, PHOEBE
ISBN-10:
1640601686
ISBN-13:
9781640601680
Publisher:
Paraclete Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$33.95
Description:
Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church is an invitation to a life of joy. Phoebe Farag Mikhail explains what joy is and how to experience it through seven spiritual practices that cultivate our inner lives and connect us to our communities. These seven practices, which include giving thanks, hospitality, praise, and more, take us on a journey that leads to joy through the giving and receiving of sacrificial love. She describes her own experiences and struggles with joy and offers practical ways to implement these practices to increase joy in our own lives and in the lives of all those around us.
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