Download or read book Ortus Christi Birth of Christ Meditations for Advent written by Mother St Mother St Paul and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface 5Ortus Christi (Advent I) 11Our Lady's Rest 19 My Sins-A Triptych 27 The Last Judgment 35 Traders and Talents 43 Stir up! 53 St. John the Baptist, 1 His Preparation 61 St. John the Baptist, 2 His Mission 71 St. John the Baptist, 3 His Testimony 79 St. John the Baptist, 4 His Martyrdom 87 St. John the Baptist, 5 His Character 93 "Incarnatus est" 102 "Ex Maria Virgine" 109 "The Lord is nigh" (Advent III) 116The Interior Life, 1 Humility 125 The Interior Life, 2 Oblation 131 The Interior Life, 3 Imprisonment 138 The Interior Life, 4 Hiddenness 145The Interior Life, 5 Prayer 151The Interior Life, 6 Zeal 158O Sapientia! December 17th. 167O Adonai! (Expectation of Our Lady) December 18th. 175O Radix Jesse! December 19th. 184O Clavis David! December 20th. 191O Oriens! (Feast of St. Thomas) December 21th. 199 O Rex Gentium! December 22nd. 206O Emmanuel! December 23d. 213Christmas Eve December 24th. 216Reading these Meditations we discover with surprise how much spiritual food is obtainable from a study of the lessons and liturgy of Advent. Mother St. Paul is always a heart-searcher. She presses self-reform upon souls, who to the eye of outward observers and perhaps in their own conceit, have little or nothing to amend. We must always be following Christ, and Christ is ever moving forward. Deliberately to stand still is to widen the distance between ourselves and Him, an ungenerous, not to say a dangerous thing to do. What are called here Meditations may well be taken for daily spiritual reading in preparation for Christmas. Advent after all is a season of joy, and these Meditations must be taken in a joyful spirit. Courage and enthusiasm in the cause of Christ is the supreme need of all Catholics who really love His coming. (2 Tim. iv. 8)

Download or read book Ortus Christi Birth of Christ written by Mother St Mother St Paul and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface 5 Ortus Christi (Advent I) 10 Our Lady's Rest 14 My Sins-A Triptych 18 The Last Judgment 22 Traders and Talents 27 Stir up! 32 St. John the Baptist, 1 His Preparation 36 St. John the Baptist, 2 His Mission 41 St. John the Baptist, 3 His Testimony 45 St. John the Baptist, 4 His Martyrdom 49 St. John the Baptist, 5 His Character 53 "Incarnatus est" 58 "Ex Maria Virgine" 62 "The Lord is nigh" (Advent III) 66 The Interior Life, 1 Humility 71 The Interior Life, 2 Oblation 74 The Interior Life, 3 Imprisonment 77 The Interior Life, 4 Hiddenness 81 The Interior Life, 5 Prayer 84 The Interior Life, 6 Zeal 87 O Sapientia! December 17th. 92 O Adonai! (Expectation of Our Lady) December 18th. 96 O Radix Jesse! December 19th. 101 O Clavis David! December 20th. 104 O Oriens! (Feast of St. Thomas) December 21th. 108 O Rex Gentium! December 22nd. 112 O Emmanuel! December 23d. 116 Christmas Eve December 24th. 119 Reading these Meditations we discover with surprise how much spiritual food is obtainable from a study of the lessons and liturgy of Advent. Mother St. Paul is always a heart-searcher. She presses self-reform upon souls, who to the eye of outward observers and perhaps in their own conceit, have little or nothing to amend. We must always be following Christ, and Christ is ever moving forward. Deliberately to stand still is to widen the distance between ourselves and Him, an ungenerous, not to say a dangerous thing to do. What are called here Meditations may well be taken for daily spiritual reading in preparation for Christmas. Advent after all is a season of joy, and these Meditations must be taken in a joyful spirit. Courage and enthusiasm in the cause of Christ is the supreme need of all Catholics who really love His coming. (2 Tim. iv. 8)

Download or read book Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent written by Mother St. Paul and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Orthus Christi Meditations for Advent written by Mother Paul and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word Advent derives from the Latin word meaning coming. The Lord is coming. We may reflect that every year at this time we celebrate his coming, so that in a sense we can lose the feeling of expectancy and joyful anticipation, because at the end of the season, everything seems to return to pretty much the same routine. If that is the case, then our preparation may have been lacking and we have therefore been robbed of much of the true meaning of this season. During Advent we recall the history of God's people and reflect on how the prophecies and promises of the Old Testament were fulfilled. This gives us a background for the present. Today we can reflect on the past track record of God and so begin to understand what it means to us now for the sake of what is to come, in our own future and that of our world. Reading these Meditations we discover with surprise how much spiritual food is obtainable from a study of the lessons and liturgy of Advent. Mother St. Paul is always a heart-searcher. She presses self-reform upon souls, who to the eye of outward observers and perhaps in their own conceit, have little or nothing to amend. We must always be following Christ, and Christ is ever moving forward. Deliberately to stand still is to widen the distance between ourselves and Him, an ungenerous, not to say a dangerous thing to do. What are called here Meditations may well be taken for daily spiritual reading in preparation for Christmas. Advent after all is a season of joy, and these Meditations must be taken in a joyful spirit. Courage and enthusiasm in the cause of Christ is the supreme need of all Catholics who really love His coming. (2 Tim. iv. 8) JOSEPH RICKABY, S. J.

Download or read book Ortus Christi Meditations for Advent written by Paul Mother St and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Download or read book Meditations for Advent written by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully selected to lift your soul to God in those hectic days that stretch from Thanksgiving to Christmas, these forty daily meditations will keep you mindful of the real meaning of Christmas while affording you an admirable distillation of the doctrines and piety of our Holy Catholic Church.

Download or read book Ortus Christi written by Mother Paul (St.) and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preparing for Jesus written by Walter Wangerin Jr. and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Preparing for Jesus, best-selling author and master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. recreates verbal images of the events surrounding the Advent of Christ, offering a devotional journey into the heart of the Christmas season. Through rich detail and vivid images, these moving meditations make Christ's birth both intimate and immediate, allowing us to see Christmas from its original happening to its perennial recurrence in our hearts. Preparing for Jesus is sure to be a seasonal classic, treasured year after year.

Download or read book Ortus Christi written by Mother Saint Paul and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Art of Christmas written by Jane Williams and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A star, a stable, angels, shepherds, kings, and at the heart of it all a mother and her baby. In The Art of Christmas Jane Williams' meditations on the birth of Jesus take you deep into the story of the original Christmas as depicted in some of the world's greatest paintings. A beautiful book for Advent 2021, these profoundly perceptive reflections on the different ways in which artists have imagined the Nativity will deepen and refresh your appreciation of the real meaning of Christmas, and the message of love, joy and peace that it speaks to all the world. Illustrated in stunning full colour, with famous and lesser-known Western masterpieces, and presented in a small, easily portable format, The Art of Christmas is ideal Advent reading for all art lovers, but also makes a wonderful Christmas gift. Jane Williams' insightful meditations will not only help you rediscover the spiritual heart of Christmas, but will also give you a deeper, expanded appreciation of the skill and mastery behind these masterful paintings. You'll gain a fuller and more spiritual understanding of Christian art, and see Christmas as never before.

Download or read book Meditations on the Birth of Christ written by You Bin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of meditations on the birth of Christ encourages the reader to relive the miracle of Christmas. Through reflecting on Scripture, Church tradition, and Chinese culture the reader may experience afresh the Word becoming flesh. The reader travels to ancient Bethlehem in a spiritual sense to contemplate the meaning of the incarnation for the past, the future, and the present. As the reader recalls the first coming of Christ into history, he or she may also direct the heart to the future, looking forward to the second coming of Christ at the end of the age, and simultaneously experience his transforming presence in the present. The reader could develop a spiritual formation in the Advent season with the inspirations from the Chinese cultural and wisdom resources.

Download or read book Ortus Christi written by Mother St Paul and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother St. Paul has compiled a penetrating set of meditations for Advent. Draw closer to Jesus, the Christ by observing the time of preparation for His coming in thoughtful prayer. The meditations are prepared in three-part Ignatian meditation style and provide a colloquy and resolution for each day. Special consideration is given for the O Antiphon days from December 17th to the 23rd.

Download or read book Meditations for Advent written by Vassilios Papavassiliou and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the popular Meditations for Great Lent takes us through the hymnography, scripture readings, and iconography for the forty days leading up to the Nativity of Christ, showing how a full understanding of the Incarnation can enrich our spiritual lives.

Download or read book The Prince of Peace written by Alban Goodier and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will uplift you spiritually in preparation for Christmas with 60 short Advent and Christmas meditations. Two meditations per day will provide you with stimulating spiritual preparation for Christmas over the 30 day period between Advent to Christmas. Advent is a time to slow our pace of life—to be open, to be welcome, to be still and gaze at the beauty before us: Almighty God, present, waiting in the womb of his chosen Mother. The Christmas season, likewise, is a time to rejoice in tranquil adoration before the simple Nativity scene. This book includes Archbishop Goodier’s meditations on this sacred time of Advent and Christmas awaken in us the powerful mystery of the Word made flesh. He guides us along—from the Old Testament prophesies to the pure Yes of Mary, from the stable birth to the daily life and growth of Jesus in Nazareth. These meditations enliven the Gospel stories in a way that enrich both our emotional and intellectual experience of the ultimate mystery of God’s Love for His people. The Most Rev. Alban Goodier (1869-1939) was a British-born Jesuit priest who served as archbishop of Bombay, India. During his thirty-five years as priest, he wrote over a dozen books on the spiritual life. He is best known for his poignant meditations on the life of Christ.

Download or read book Mater Christ written by Mother St. Paul and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Christ, yesterday and to-day, the same also for ever. (Heb. xiii. 8.) His salvation extends to all generations. My salvation shall endure for ever, and My righteousness shall not fail. (Isaias li. 6.) Also He says: My words shall not pass away. (Matt. xxiv. 35.) He is the Teacher of all times, and that as well by His actions as by His words, by what He said and by what He did. It was His to do and to teach. (Acts i. 1.) It is ours, ours in this twentieth century, to listen to what He says, and to mark what He does. It is ours to hear Him and to see Him, spiritually. That we do by reading of His gospel, by listening to sermons, and very particularly by meditation, or by what St Ignatius calls "contemplation" of the mysteries of His life. To "contemplate" in the Ignatian sense is to make yourself present at some scene of our Saviour's life and behold it all, as it were, re-enacted before your eyes. It is the process called in modern philosophy "visualisation." These Meditations are composed on the Ignatian plan of visualising what Our Lord did, said, and suffered. Blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it. (Luke xi. 28.) Blessed are they who take pains thus to hear what their Saviour says, to contemplate and visualise what He does. They are the persons most likely, with Mary, to keep all these words in their heart (Luke ii. 51), and in their measure to fulfil the teaching of the Teacher of all nations. (Matt. xxviii. 19.) JOSEPH RICKABY, S.J. 20th October 1918. CONTENTS Prayers before and after Meditation Meditations 1. Immaculate! 2. Mary's Birthday 3. Her Presentation in the Temple 4. Her Marriage 5. Hail Mary! 6. Mary's First Word. ("How shall this be done?") 7. Her Second Word. ("Behold the Handmaid of the Lord") 8. Her Third Word. (Her Salutation to Elizabeth) 9. Her Fourth Word. (The Magnificat) 10. Her Silence 11. Her Expectation 12. The Stable 13. The Circumcision of her Son 14. Her Purification 15. Wise Men and Babes 16. Egypt 17. Mary's Fifth Word. ("Son, why hast Thou done so to us?") 18. Nazareth 19. Mary's Sixth Word. ("They have no wine") 20. Her Seventh Word. ("Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye") 21. "Who is My Mother?" 22. The Fourth and Fifth Dolours. (Meeting Jesus with His Cross, and The Crucifixion) 23. The Sixth and Seventh Dolours. (The Taking down from the Cross and The Burial) 24. The First Glorious Mystery 25. The Second and Third Glorious Mysteries 26. Mary's Exile 27. Her Death 28. Her Tomb 29. "Who is She?" (The Fourth Glorious Mystery) 30. Mary's Coronation. (The Fifth Glorious Mystery) 31. Salve Regina

Download or read book A Child Is Born written by J. Barrie Shepherd and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of inspiring prayers and meditations for the Advent and Christmas season. Daily prayers for morning and evening devotion are followed by a space in which the reader in encouraged to write his or her own prayers, meditations, reflections, and insights.

Download or read book A Eucharistic Christmas written by and published by Servant Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Advent we sing "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." We focus on the birth of Jesus, this innocent child who came into our world to be our Savior. He is Emmanuel, God with us. But Advent and the Christmas season is also the perfect time to reflect on the fact that God is with us always, and particularly in his Eucharistic presence. This book offers a simple meditation from a well-known Christian writer each day from December 1st through the twelve days after Christmas, a few thoughts to help you respond to Christ's presence in the Blessed Sacrament, and a prayer to help you open your heart. The meditations focus on: The Scriptural basis for understanding the Eucharist How to prepare to receive the Lord What to do when you pray before the Blessed Sacrament The difference a holy hour can make The experiences of those who have spent time in adoration During this holy season, Mary's example as she carried Jesus in her womb can show us how Jesus takes flesh in our own lives when we receive him with reverence.