Download or read book Sonnets of the Cross the Via Dolorosa written by John Patrick Mcdonough and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John McDonough, through his poetry and words, has the unique gift of reconciling the redemptive gift of God with the trials associated with the human condition. His words are transforming and powerful beyond measure." -- Bob Ladouceur, Religious Studies Instructor, Football Coach, De La Salle High School. "A Pieta in Poetic Form" You will never look at the Stations of the Cross the same way. These beautiful sonnets tell the story of Jesus' passion and death from the perspective of Jesus, His loved ones, and those witnessing events unfold. Rather than focusing on the specific details of the crucifixion, though these details are included, they focus on the symbolism and meaning of each event. This evokes the emotional impact of the moment in a way that makes each event more real and contemporary. You feel as if you have been transported back 2000 years, walking the path with Jesus and his Mother. "John McDonough's sonnets employ a rare and difficult verse form, the heroic crown of sonnets, to offer a moving contemporary perspective on the traditional Catholic devotion of the Way of the Cross. The rich language and evocative drawings invite us to reflect on the Passion of Christ, and on the constant presence of sin and grace in our own lives." ---Father Michael G. Ryan, St. James Cathedral, Seattle These moving and beautiful Stations of the Cross were created in the form of a Heroic Crown of Sonnets. The Heroic Crown of Sonnets is a challenging type of poetry. The first line of each sonnet is tied to the last line of the preceding sonnet. The fifteenth sonnet consists of the first line of each of the proceeding fourteen sonnets. The accompanying art adds a moving visual dimension. The poet has personally walked the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, and has a powerful ability to make profound connections between key social justice issues of today and the suffering experienced by Jesus Christ. Drawing from life experiences to which many can relate, he presents some of the most moving meditations on the Stations that you will ever read, making the stations and Christ's journey compelling for readers today. The sonnets reflect and meditate on themes in response to Christ's life that resonate with themes we have heard voiced by our beloved new Pope Francis. They comfort those who are mourning loss: loss of life, loss of strength and ability in a family member, the loss of faith in our world when we witness blatant and overpowering injustice, by drawing parallels to Christ's suffering, and the suffering of the people and family who witnessed this. How painful it is when those we love grow weak and fall, when those we love are treated unjustly. The author portrays the deeply felt suffering of Jesus' mother Virgin Mary in ways emotionally evocative of the Pieta. Jesus' love for the women who witnessed his walk to the crucifixion shines through as well as his gentle but painful acceptance of his fate. We see Mary as a mother who must endure watching her beloved son's death, and the compassionate Christ feeling her grief more sharply than His own. A 91-year old recent widow, who lost a son years ago to a tragic accident, commented "I just completed reading the sonnets of the Cross, and I am blown away by the depth and beauty of them. I will read them every day of Lent." The illustrations evoke a rare depth of emotion, a connection to the space and time that brings us into the scene. They were created for this book by David McDonough, the author's brother, who is a Vietnam veteran, and an accomplished artist living in Longview, WA. The Sonnets add a new, evocative, and compassionate perspective to your experience of walking with Jesus on the road to Calvary. The Stations of the Cross are a devotion during the Lenten season that precedes Easter Sunday.
Download or read book Sonnets of the Cross written by Thomas Samuel Jones and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sounding the Seasons written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry has always been a central element of Christian spirituality and is increasingly used in worship, in pastoral services and guided meditation. Here, Cambridge poet, priest and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite transforms 70 lectionary readings into inspiring poems for use in regular worship, seasonal services, meditative reading or on retreat.
Download or read book Parable and Paradox written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of the bestselling Sounding the Seasons, Malcolm Guite has repeatedly been asked for more sonnets. This new collection offers a sequence of 50 sonnets that focus on many passages in the Gospels: the Beatitudes, parables and miracles, teachings on the Kingdom, and the ‘hard sayings’ - Jesus’ challenging demands with which we wrestle. In addition this collection includes: •A sequence of seven sonnets on 'The Wilderness', exploring mysterious stories of divine encounter such as Jacob’s wrestling with the angel. •Poetic reflections on music, hospitality and ecology. •Seven short poems celebrating the days of creation. •A biblical index pairing the poems with scripture readings for use in worship.
Download or read book Sonnets of the Cross written by Thomas S. Jones Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
Download or read book Word in the Wilderness written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive reflections on it. A scholar of poetry and a renowned poet himself, his knowledge is deep and wide and he offers readers a soul-food feast for Lent.
Download or read book Sonnets of the Cross written by Thomas Samuel Jones and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book David s Crown written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as the name of a virus, a corona is a crown, the pearly glow around the sun in certain astronomical conditions and a poetic form where interlinking lines connect a sequence. It is the perfect name therefore for this new collection of 150 poems by the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite, each one written in response to the Bible’s 150 psalms as they appear in William Coverdale’s timeless translation. The Psalms express every human emotion with disarming honesty, as anger and thankfulness alike are directed at God. All of life is here with its moments of beauty and its times of despair and shame. Like the Psalms themselves, the poems do not avoid the cursing and glorying over the downfall of your enemies, but wrestle honestly with them as we do when we come to say them.
Download or read book Sonnets of the Cross written by Joseph Bathanti and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poems of Jesus Christ written by and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of some of the words of scripture spoken by Jesus the Christ to the world, put in poetry format, not as narrative as originally given.
Download or read book The Poems of St John of the Cross written by Saint John of the Cross and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain's finest poet. Passionate, ecstatic, and spiritual, his poems are a blend of exquisite lyricism and profound mystical thought. In The Poems of St. John of the Cross John Frederick Nims presents his superlative translation of the complete poems, re-creating the religious fervor of St. John's art. This dual-language edition makes available the original Spanish from the Codex of Sanlúcon de Barrameda with facing English translations. The work concludes with two essays--a critique of the poetry and a short piece on the Spanish text that appears alongside the translation--as well as brief notes on the individual poems.
Download or read book Sonnets of the Cross written by Thomas Samuel Jones and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poems of St John of the Cross written by and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1972-01-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint John’s poetry of love and joy describes the soul’s passage through dark night to final illumination in mystical union with Absolute Being. The allegory the poet uses is that of earthly love, and the poems are strikingly effective on the immediate level of personal experience, quite apart from their theological meanings. Many critics regard the work of Saint John of the Cross (1542-91), the 16th-century mystic, to be among the finest poetry Spain has produced. This bilingual edition, the first in modern English, was originally published in hard cover in 1968 by the Indiana University Press. Most of these poems were written during a period of nine months, in 1577-78, when Saint John (San Juan de la Cruz) was imprisoned and tortured in the dungeon of a small Carmelite monastery in Toledo, and their recurrent motifs are both metaphysical and deeply personal.
Download or read book Sonnets of the Paschal Mystery written by John McDonough and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sonnets of the Paschal Mystery takes the reader on a journey through the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The work is divided into three Heroic Crowns of Sonnets. A Heroic Crown is a rare, difficult type of poetry consisting of a series of fifteen sonnets interlocked by the last line of each sonnet becoming the first line of the sonnet that immediately follows it. The fifteenth sonnet is then comprised of the first lines of each of the preceding fourteen sonnets. The first Heroic Crown presents a new set of Stations - Stations of Passiontide - which begin with Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and end with his sentence of death on Good Friday. The second Heroic Crown, the Stations of the Cross, follows Jesus along the Via Dolorosa - from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his interment in the tomb. The third Heroic Crown, Stations of the Resurrection, begins with Jesus' Resurrection and ends with Pentecost. The voices in all of the sonnets are those of the people who witnessed the actual events described but they are also our own as we revisit and reflect upon the seminal events that are the foundation of our salvation. The reader is drawn into the numinous experience we call the Paschal Mystery, moving with Jesus from hope to the edge of despair and then to the Victory we hope we shall all one day share. These sonnets reflect Catholic social justice teachings, bringing compassion to the poor, the disenfranchised, the ill, the suffering, the abandoned, the refugee, all of us, as they describe Christ's passion. They inspire hope as they chronicle the Resurrection, the Holy Spirit, Jesus' forgiveness. They reflect the journeys of the women who were part of Jesus' life, including his Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Veronica, and others. The sonnets have brought comfort to those who are grieving, as they portray the agony of not only Jesus, but his mother and those who loved him during his earthly life. They have brought hope and insight to those seeking to understand all that happened in from Holy Week to Easter to Pentecost. Read them for Lent, then Easter, as you journey through these seasons. Many of the sonnets are enhanced by notes and scripture readings. The Sonnets were released on Ash Wednesday 2018. Here are some reviews of The Sonnets of the Cross, which are included in this edition, and available separately as well: "John McDonough's sonnets employ a rare and difficult verse form, the crown of sonnets, to offer a moving, contemporary perspective on the traditional Catholic devotion of the Way of the Cross. The rich language and evocative drawings invite us to reflect on the Passion of Christ, and on the constant presence of sin and grace in our lives. " -Father Michael G. Ryan, St. James Cathedral, Seattle. "Through his poetry and words, John McDonough has the unique gift of reconciling the redemptive gifts of God with the trials associated with the human condition. His words are transforming and powerful beyond measure." -Bob Ladouceur, Religious Studies Instructor, Football Coach, De La Salle High School, Concord, CA. ." . . Read this work--then come back to it and read it again, for you will discover something new each time." -Joseph T. Carrieres, Author and Philosopher. Note: The Sonnets of the Cross: The Via Dolorosa, is included in this collection. You can find it separately, on amazon.com.
Download or read book After Prayer written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than seventy new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of twenty seven sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet 'Prayer', each one describing prayer in an arresting metaphor such as ‘the church's banquet’, ‘reversed thunder’, ‘the Milky Way’, ‘the bird of paradise’ and ‘something understood’. In conversation with each of these, Malcolm’s sonnets offer profound insights into the nature of communion with God in all circumstances and conditions. Recognising that all poetry is a pursuit of prayer, After Prayer also includes forty five more widely ranging new poems, including a sonnet sequence on the seven heavens.
Download or read book Sonnets for the Queen of Heaven written by Joseph Charles MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SONNETS FOR THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN"Sonnets for the Queen of Heaven," the sequel of the critically acclaimed "Sonnets for Christ the King," is a mystical exploration of the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the supernatural economy of grace. Consisting of three related sequences of traditional English sonnets composed in the grand manner, the collection contains marvels of beauty and poetic form, marking a definitive return to the elegance and refinement of classic verse. As Fr. Marcellus Moylan states: "Using, with deft skill, the art of lyrical poetry, and with great faith and orthodoxy of doctrine, MacKenzie delves into the profoundest mysteries concerning the greatest Woman God ever made. The student of traditional poetry will here learn much in regard to style and the use of language, while the religious soul will savor profound and lofty truths to whet his appetite for contemplation."
Download or read book Songs of Love and Life written by Zora Cross and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
