Glenstal Abbey
Glenstal Abbey

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Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-22

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9781782183631

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A collection of stunning images gives a rare insight into the daily life of the community of Benedictine monks based in Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick.

The Glenstal Book of Icons
The Glenstal Book of Icons

Author: Gregory Collins

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780814629352

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From the same Irish monastery that gave us the best-selling The Glenstal Book of Prayer, with over 150, -000 copies sold worldwide! The Glenstal Book of Icons presents meditations and prayers on a selection of icons from the Glenstal Abbey Icon Chapel. The process is that of lectio divina, where the icon itself is the text to be read and considered, leading to a meditation on the text - or icon - which in turn leads to prayer. Each icon is reproduced in full color. A substantial introduction places the icon in its context in Eastern Christianity, looks at the theology of icons and then at the Eastern approach to praying with icons. Special emphasis is given to The Jesus Prayer which is then used in various forms throughout the meditations which follow. Gregory Collins, OSB, is a monk of Glenstal Abbey, Ireland.

The Glenstal Book of Prayer
The Glenstal Book of Prayer

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Publisher: Columba Press (IE)

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9781856073226

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This text draws on things both old and new: on the wisdom of the Bible, enshrined in Benedictine liturgy, on the experience of modern monks, and on the wisdom of the Christian church throughout her long history. Coming as it does from an Irish monastery, it also reflects the Celtic tradition.

Meeting Christ in His Mysteries
Meeting Christ in His Mysteries

Author: Gregory Collins

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780814633724

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Nourished by liturgy and lectio divina, this book offers a transforming theological vision based on prayer and spiritual insight. As a Benedictine monk the author contemplates the sacramental mysteries of Scripture, Baptism, the Eucharist, the icon, mystical prayer, and the great feasts of the liturgical year. Much of the book consists of reflections on the mysteries of Christ as they are celebrated in the liturgy. Grounded in theological research yet written in a style accessible to non-specialists and deeply committed to the post-Vatican II renewal of the Church, it aims to recover some of the ancient spiritual resources of monastic tradition so as to encourage a new vision of Christ as we meet him in his mysteries.

The Art of Anatheism
The Art of Anatheism

Author: Richard Kearney

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1786605228

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Theopoetics names the notion that the divine (theos) manifests itself as creative making (poiesis). Anatheism expresses the attendant claim that this making takes the form of a second creation – re-creation or creation again (ana) – where humanity and divinity collaborate in the coming of the Kingdom. The Art of Anatheism brings together philosophers, theologians, and artists to open up the question of the relationship between artistic creation and the divine. The book asks the question – how can God happen again after the death of God? It answers it by proposing an ‘art of anatheism’ which attends to the recreation and return of the divine through certain forms of literature, painting, liturgy, music, and performance. Engaging students, scholars, and interested readers across a wide range of disciplines – philosophy, theology, aesthetics, literary criticism, poetics – the volume includes contributions from both practising artists and professional academics. As such it brings together examples from ancient religious wisdom traditions and cutting-edge contemporary cultural practices to suggest that the sacred is often most potent and persuasive when recreating the everyday world of our secular experience.

Where Three Streams Meet
Where Three Streams Meet

Author: Seán Ó Duinn

Publisher: Columba Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781856072885

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A comprehensive overview of ancient Celtic spirituality.

The Bee's Knees
The Bee's Knees

Author: James Morrissey

Publisher: Columba Books

Published: 2020-04

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781782189183

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Why are bees so important? Why do we need to protect them? In this book James Morrissey answers all of these questions and even ones you never knew you had! From the waggle dance to beekeeping at Glenstal Abbey, The Bee's Knees is a guide to what WE can do to save one of the most important species in our environment.