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 enlarge | Author: Macrina Wiederkehr
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 4406
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 7 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1933495103
Dewey Decimal Number: 242
EAN: 9781933495101
ASIN: 1933495103
Publication Date: April 2008
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the need to pause May 11, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have long been a fan of Macrina which is why I purchased this book. What I got was more than I could have imagined. Her book brings us back and shows us the wisdom , many of us have forgotten , of taking the time to stop. To take a few minutes seven times a day so that we can really live our lives to the fullest. In this crazy busy world what could be important than to get in tune with the natural pauses of day and clear our minds of the clutter that keeps us from realizing the life we were meant to live.
Christianity through the day April 12, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is a gem of a prayer, and contmplative book. Like the monks' practice of the Daily, this gives all of us a guide and text to use in dividing and divining our day into 7 parts set aside to rememeber God and who and what we are -- or ought to be as Christians. If you ever envied the Moslems' daily call to prayer, here is your Chrisitan alternitive.
A Poetic Adaptation of the Spirit of the Hours -- for Busy Lives Like Ours April 1, 2008
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
I love well-designed little books like this one, which I can tuck into a big pocket, purse or work bag -- to add a new season of spiritual discipline to my life.
Sister Macrina Wiederkehr adapts traditional, daily cycles of prayer with thoughtful themes to focus our meditations and offers all kinds of resources: from specific prayers and readings we can use to little meditation-provoking nuggets of wisdom from a variety of writers.
In the introduction of her book, she reminds us that the original rule of St. Benedict called on monks to pray their way through all 150 Psalms each week -- a daunting task in today's busy world. So, she writes, "this book is to provide you with poetic reflection material on the spirit of the hours rather than the historical text of the hours."
I also appreciate her breadth of selections in the book from scriptures themselves to lines by W.H. Auden, Kahlil Gibran and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Nicely done. Nicely packaged. A great companion for a new season.
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