Download or read book Twenty Poems to Pray written by Gary M. Bouchard and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from the poetry of generations of esteemed writers Gary Bouchard shows how poems often express the longings of the human heart as a kind of prayer. Emily Dickinson, Rev. Rowan Williams, Pope John Paul II, Christina Rossetti, Robert Frost, and Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, among others, offer readers an inspiring path to reflect upon and pray with poetic verse. Arranged under six engaging themes, each selection uses the words of poets as vehicles to prompt “heaven in ordinary” or to praise like “exalted manna”; to find the right “paraphrase” for your own soul or maybe sense your “soul’s blood”; to muster up from your grief or anger “reversed thunder” or dare to articulate from your own personal anguish “Christ-side-piercing spear.”
Download or read book Out of the Ordinary written by Joyce Rupp and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This perennial bestseller is now available in a tenth-anniversary edition that showcases Joyce Rupp's poems, a new preface by the author, and a new design. Joyce Rupp's characteristic creativity and reverence for the divine are on full display in this collection of prayer resources for birthdays, holidays, holy days, transitions, and many other occasions, helping readers enter more deeply and reflectively into the liturgical and seasonal celebrations of their lives. Ideal for personal use, or as a gift for loved ones celebrating a landmark occasion, Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season is an invaluable resource for ministers, spiritual directors, and lay leaders alike, who turn to its prayers, reflections, and rituals for personal and communal occasions both "ordinary" and profound.
Download or read book A Prayer in Spring written by Robert Frost and published by Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exquisitely illustrated edition of a timeless poem. Robert Frost s realistic depictions of rural life, especially of New England in the early twentieth century, are beautifully paired with the art created by Grandma Moses, the artist who epitomizes contemporary folk art. The result is a treasure to be enjoyed the whole year long. In spring, we give thanks for the natural and spiritual joys of the season. Moses s illustrations complement Frost s descriptions of the flowers, trees, bees, and other sights and sounds, which evoke a time of renewal and rebirth with illustrations that depict a place of quiet contemplation and endless possibility. A Prayer in Spring is a wonderful gift for lovers of Frost, Moses, poetry, and folk art, as well as for Easter baskets, birthdays, new babies, or for children and adults who can t wait for the season."
Download or read book Book Of Poems And Prayer For All Seasons written by James Al Reas and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every poem has its own life, meaning and story to tell. They are not something ordinary.1) Father's Ives Place - The house where me and my wife lived for eight years in San Jose, CA.2) The Golden Year - Written in 2010 for our Golden Wedding Anniversary 06/25/2010.3) The Power of Love - A good friend and co-worker in San Jose Job Corps requested to make the poem as a gift to her daughter who was getting married.4) Life and Death it's Beauty and Dignity - A poem made for a co-employee who passed away upon request of my boss.5) To the Woman I Love - Touched by a new female Residential Advisor's motherly love, affection, and compassion for San Jose Job Corps. Students, she became my star, my inspiration as I wrote my poems.6) Forever Young - My daughter Damzel requested me to make a poem for her eldest daughter Marizelle who was about to turn eighteen in September 14, 2014.7) Yesterday - It's a poem to remind humanity that yesterday will be gone away. We need to appreciate the endless beauty of today, to make our lives worthwhile.8) Friendly Persuasion - It talks about Friendship and delicate feelings of Love.9) Tears of Goodbye - Written about the final moments of my wife's passing in 2013.10) Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - A poem about Man's Journey in life. We can only dream for a long and happy life but only God can make it happen.11) Prayer for all Seasons - A prayer for everybody who needs the help and intercession of God, His divine mercy, and sacred blessings. Humanity had drifted away from God. This prayer is an attempt to bring them back to the fold like a sheep that went astray.
Download or read book Seasons of Faith Religious and Spiritual Poetry written by Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of poetry by Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB, titled, “Seasons of Faith: Religious & Spiritual Poetry,” is a collection of work created 1999 to 2003. Most of the poems were written with the parish newsletter and website in mind, Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), Mill Valley, California. A collection of statements and contemplations, a work of love and religious feeling/devotion that expresses a spiritual viewpoint, this collection of about 94 pages is the result of a practice of regular worship, and contemplation. The Psalms have also been an inspiration to the poet throughout the years, with the specific Sunday meditation discipline of the period of reading Psalm 119 in entirety at one time. This particular practice was recommended by Episcopal Priest Zoila Schoenbrun. Readers of the English version have said they use the poems in meditation during their personal prayer time, usually in the morning. Rector of Church of Our Saviour, The Reverend Richard Helmer wrote the introduction to the book, now in paperback and available in English, Urdu, and Spanish versions. All the books are published by Xlibris and available through that publisher, and other places, including Amazon.com. Poet Peter Menkin lives in Mill Valley, California where almost all of the poems were written, and enjoys his work as a Religion Writer for Church of England Newspaper, London, Religious Intelligence, London, and San Francisco Examiner.com. He is engaged to be married to Linda Shirado with a wedding slated in Church at the beginning of 2013. Father Pat Michaels of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic) will officiate. The poet is 66 years of age as of Fall, 2012.
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 Seasonal Poetry and Prayer written by Olivia Rosewood Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the essence of the Christian faith and the magic of the holiday season with the "Seasonal Poetry and Prayer" bundle by Olivia Rosewood Thompson. This collection combines two enchanting books that offer both spiritual reflection and joyous celebration. In "Prayers and Poems for the Christian Soul," you'll discover a heartfelt compilation of verses that deepen your spiritual journey. Olivia Rosewood Thompson's words resonate with Christian beliefs, providing solace, inspiration, and unity with the Divine. These verses are perfect for moments of reflection, gratitude, and devotion. In "Poems of Christmas Delights," Thompson invites you into a winter wonderland of poetic enchantment. Embrace the true spirit of Christmas through fifty captivating poems that capture the magic of the holiday season. Each verse beautifully portrays the warmth of yuletide gatherings and the spirit of giving. This bundle is a harmonious blend of spiritual introspection and joyous celebration, making it an ideal companion for the holiday season and year-round spiritual growth. Let the eloquence and imagination of Olivia Rosewood Thompson's verses uplift your soul and deepen your connection to faith.
Download or read book Prayers for Southern Seasons written by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worship leaders, this engaging collection of prayers will support your work of creating meaningful services that reflect the church year in our part of the world. Joy provides prayers for many different purposes: Gathering - Candle lighting - Thanksgiving - Intercession - Petition - Confession - Assurance - Illumination - Offering - Blessing - Commissioning. In Aotearoa New Zealand the church year begins in early summer, harvest comes during the fast of Lent, and we celebrate Easter not when life is emerging anew in a burst of spring flowering but when leaves are turning red and gold and falling to the ground. The prayers and poems in this collection have been arranged to reflect the cycle of the seasons as we experience them, and the church's feasts and fasts, and other commemorations, as they occur within those seasons. To lead a congregation in worship is both a great privilege and a great responsibility. Prayer is a vital part of public worship. Many of the prayers are responsive, giving congregation members an opportunity for more active involvement in the service. The poems for personal reflection are ideal for printing on the front cover of an order of service or within a church bulletin. Joy's hope is that this book will be a useful resource for worship leaders, providing just the right words when they need them, and that they, and others who happen to open these pages, may find within sparks of inspiration to ignite their own devotional creativity.
Download or read book Seasons of Your Heart written by Macrina Wiederkehr and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterpiece of simplicity, Macrina Wiederkehr offers a series of meditations to bring us closer to a "God for all seasons," revised and expanded into this new edition. Designed for daily use as well as for retreats, Seasons of Your Heart is an eloquent and lyrical invitation to journey through the spiritual seasons of wonder, hope, love, mystery, and faith. Macrina Weiderkehr shares her "seasonal struggle with God" and encourages us to reconize those same peaks and valleys in our own spiritual life. Using biblical passages, poetry, and excerpts from her journal, Wiederkehr provides meditative ideas and prayers as "postures" for realizing and approaching the holy in our daily lives. These reflections and prayers, then, have grown out of a daily listening to God in the changing seasons of my spiritual life, "writes the author. "These reflections have grown out of my conviction that our God is not some Almighty Being beyond us, but a Mystery within."
Download or read book A Time A Season and Always Love written by Doris Washington and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time, A Season and Always Love are poems and inspirational messages that encourage the reader to always hope- to have faith no matter your challenges in life. The author shares through her poems about her own personal challenges, a renewing of her faith through disappointments with the reassurance of God’s Love. This is so expressed in the poems I Abide in You / I Can Always Began Again / His Amazing Love. And in the poem Could You Sing A Song For Them? the author shares a positive message about autism. Also in this collection, the author shares a poem For The Children that she dedicated to the children of Haiti Earthquake Relief I Pray and Light a Candle of Hope a poem she dedicated to the children and families of Newtown, Connecticut. In our vast changing world today- there’s a need for inspiration. This collection gives you that and much more. Truly Inspiring!
Download or read book Seasons of Faith Religious and Spiritual Poetry written by Peter Menkin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of poetry by Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB, titled, "Seasons of Faith: Religious & Spiritual Poetry," is a collection of work created 1999 to 2003. Most of the poems were written with the parish newsletter and website in mind, Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), Mill Valley, California. A collection of statements and contemplations, a work of love and religious feeling/devotion that expresses a spiritual viewpoint, this collection of about 94 pages is the result of a practice of regular worship, and contemplation. The Psalms have also been an inspiration to the poet throughout the years, with the specific Sunday meditation discipline of the period of reading Psalm 119 in entirety at one time. This particular practice was recommended by Episcopal Priest Zoila Schoenbrun. Readers of the English version have said they use the poems in meditation during their personal prayer time, usually in the morning. Rector of Church of Our Saviour, The Reverend Richard Helmer wrote the introduction to the book, now in paperback and available in English, Urdu, and Spanish versions. All the books are published by Xlibris and available through that publisher, and other places, including Amazon.com. Poet Peter Menkin lives in Mill Valley, California where almost all of the poems were written, and enjoys his work as a Religion Writer for Church of England Newspaper, London, Religious Intelligence, London, and San Francisco Examiner.com. He is engaged to be married to Linda Shirado with a wedding slated in Church at the beginning of 2013. Father Pat Michaels of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Roman Catholic) will officiate. The poet is 66 years of age as of Fall, 2012.
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 Your Twenty First Century Prayer Life written by Nathaniel Lee Hansen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does prayer look like in contemporary America? With a welcoming tone and plainspoken diction, the forty poems in Hansen’s collection explore that question. Including elements of autobiography, Your Twenty-First Century Prayer Life investigates Christianity in the present, depicting a faith in God that is continuously in flux. Readers journey through the seasons of the church year as Hansen recounts doubts, conversions, frustrations, and confessions. Ultimately, these poems are concerned as much with words as they are with the Word.
Download or read book Prayers for Southern Seasons written by Joy Kingsbury-Aitken and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seasons of Prayer written by Sherri Waas Shunfenthal and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seasons of Prayer offers poetic prayers and reflections for all the Jewish Holidays. Seasons change throughout the year as do the seasons of our lives. We plant in the warm Spring air, cultivate through the Summer, gather and reap in Fall. In Winter, deep stillness allows for a burst of spring growth. Judaism's holidays follow nature's seasons and celebrates the many seasons of our lives. There are seasons of joy, seasons of sorrow, seasons of ripeness, seasons of deepening and slow maturity, time of being a sage, time of being a learner, time for growth, time for refreshing peace, and always a time of renewal. People of all religions can find inspiration and cause for deep reflection in these poems. Come, travel through Seasons of Prayer...
Download or read book When Poets Pray written by Marilyn McEntyre and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two dozen select prayer poems to learn from and live with Poetry and prayer are closely related. We often look to poets to give language to our deepest hopes, fears, losses—and prayers. Poets slow us down. They teach us to stop and go in before we go on. They play at the edges of mystery, holding a tension between line and sentence, between sense and reason, between the transcendent and the deeply, comfortingly familiar. When Poets Pray contains thoughtful meditations by Marilyn McEntyre on choice poems/prayers and poems about prayer. Her beautifully written reflections are contemplative exercises, not scholarly analyses, meant more as invitation than instruc¬tion. Here McEntyre shares gifts that she herself has received from poets who pray, or who reflect on prayer, believing that they have other gifts to offer readers seeking spiritual companionship along our pilgrim way. POETS DISCUSSED IN THIS BOOK Hildegard of Bingen Lucille Clifton Walter Chalmers Smith Robert Frost Wendell Berry Joy Harjo John Donne Gerard Manley Hopkins Said Marilyn McEntyre George Herbert Thomas Merton Denise Levertov Scott Cairns Mary Oliver Marin Sorescu T. S. Eliot Richard Wilbur Francisco X. Alarcon Anna Kamienska Michael Chitwood Psalm 139:1-12
Download or read book For Everything a Season written by Michael Walker and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
