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Come Holy Gift: Prayer Poems for the Christian Year
Reminiscent of Malcolm Guite's bestselling Sounding the Seasons, this beautiful collection offers scripture-inspired poems for each of the major seasons of the Christian year. It
- The Call to Prayer (with poetry on the nature of prayer); - Advent, Christmas and Epiphany; - Lent, Easter and Pentecost (including Wings of Wounded Glory, a sequence for Holy Week); - Transforming Ordinary Time (including some feasts which fall outside the major seasons); - In the School of Mary (poetic reflections on Mary, see as a model for prayer, contemplation and prophecy).
An introduction considers the relationship between prayer and poetry and offers suggestions for using the book in public and private worship settings, and a closing sequence contemplates Mary as a figure of prayers and witness.
- The Call to Prayer (with poetry on the nature of prayer); - Advent, Christmas and Epiphany; - Lent, Easter and Pentecost (including Wings of Wounded Glory, a sequence for Holy Week); - Transforming Ordinary Time (including some feasts which fall outside the major seasons); - In the School of Mary (poetic reflections on Mary, see as a model for prayer, contemplation and prophecy).
An introduction considers the relationship between prayer and poetry and offers suggestions for using the book in public and private worship settings, and a closing sequence contemplates Mary as a figure of prayers and witness.
90 pages, Paperback
Published February 28, 2022
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