A Retreat with Job and Julian of Norwich

A Retreat with Job and Julian of Norwich
Author: Carol Luebering
Publisher: Franciscan Media
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780867162271

Job, the sufferer whose story is told in the biblical book that bears his name, and Julian of Norwich, the medieval mystic, have something important in common--an abiding trust in God's willingness to hear human cries. In the course of this retreat, they will encourage you to acknowledge the depth of your pain, to test the reasons conventional wisdom offers for human suffering, and more.

Revelations of Divine Love

Revelations of Divine Love
Author: Julian of Norwich
Publisher: Ixia Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0486836088

The fourteenth-century anchorite known as Julian of Norwich offered fervent prayers for a deeper understanding of Christ's passion. The holy woman's petitions were answered with a series of divine revelations that she called "shewings." Her mystic visions revealed Christ's sufferings with extreme intensity, but they also confirmed God's constant love for humanity and infinite capacity for forgiveness. Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love have had a lasting influence on Christian thought. Written in immediate, compelling terms, her experiences remain among the most original and accessible expressions of medieval mysticism. This edition contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the shewings and Julian's initial analysis of their meaning, and the long text, completed some 20 years later and offering daringly speculative interpretations.

Living Resurrected Lives

Living Resurrected Lives
Author: Veronica Mary Rolf
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2020-10-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725253267

Christ's bodily resurrection is the foundation of Christian faith; at least, it is supposed to be. But how often do we really consider what that means? Living Resurrected Lives explores what it would take for Christians to understand and believe so clearly in resurrection--both Christ's glorification and the promise of our own--that our lives would be radically transformed by that faith right now. We take a daringly integrated approach, balancing careful consideration of sacred Scripture with attention to history, theology, and personal contemplative practice. We offer arguments to re-establish a firm bedrock for belief in the Gospel accounts, suggest a new theological perspective that integrates scientific insights into quantum uncertainty with reflections on the malleable nature of identity, and provide heart-stirring guided meditations for daily practice. We elucidate St. Paul's teachings on the transformation of the body and grapple with age-old conundrums about decaying corpses and the continuity of personal identity: What dies? What lives on? We revisit early Christian intuitions about the sublime qualities of the glorified body and explore how we might cultivate such qualities through our own individual practice. Thus we propose an embodied resurrection mysticism that can permeate every moment of our lives.

Making All Things Well

Making All Things Well
Author: Isobel de Gruchy
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2013-02-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1848255144

40 reflections exploring how the writings of Julian of Norwich can provide comfort and support for even the most extreme need. They open up her central themes - suffering, overcoming evil, the faithfulness of God - and relate them to the challenges we encounter today. Ideal for personal reading during Lent, for a retreat, or for group reflection.

40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich

40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich
Author: Lisa E. Dahill
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Total Pages: 114
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451413084

* Includes passages from Scripture and opportunities to reflect and pray * Ideal for use during Advent or Lent

Being Well When We're Ill

Being Well When We're Ill
Author: Marva J. Dawn
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 145141434X

Offers advice to those coping with illness or a disability, providing spiritual and practical suggestions for coping with such aspects of illness as physical pain, regrets, bitterness, and loneliness.

Suddenly There is God

Suddenly There is God
Author: Veronica Mary Rolf
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2019-10-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 153267449X

Suddenly There is God plunges us into the key stories of biblical characters who find themselves caught up in the divine-human drama. With unique insight, it relates these stories directly to the distinct stages of our own lives: being created, falling from grace, leaving the childhood ark, hearing God’s call, gaining freedom, embracing covenant, praying the psalms, learning forgiveness, choosing love, and expecting resurrection. The scenes unfold before our eyes like a riveting play or film, as we discover with astonishment how closely the progression of Old and New Testament stories reflects our own spiritual journey. Packed with historical content and written with dramatic intensity, Suddenly There is God suggests contemplative ways for us to nurture an ardent expectation of encountering God. By identifying with the biblical characters—their conflicts, difficult choices, and realizations—we recognize how divine presence continually breaks into our own life story. This book is a valuable resource for clergy, students, and spiritual seekers who long to experience the drama of sacred Scripture as deeply personal revelation.

Revelations

Revelations
Author: Mary Sharratt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-04-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0358697395

"Bishop's Lynn, England, 1413. Forty-year-old Margery Kempe has barely survived giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can't trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich. Margery confesses that she has been haunted by visceral, sensual images of the divine which send her into helpless fits of weeping. Julian then shares a confession of her own: she has written a secret book about her mystical visions, Revelations of Divine Love. Julian entrusts this dangerous text to Margery, who sets off on the adventure of a lifetime to spread Julian's radical, female vision of the divine. As Margery blazes her pilgrim's trail across Europe and the Near East, she finds a unique, spiritual path for a woman of her time, not in a cloistered cell like Julian, but in the worldly bustle of life with all of its peril and wonder." -- Back cover.

How to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job

How to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job
Author: Brother Benet Tvedten
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2006-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1612610773

You don't have to live in a monastery in order to live like a monk. Oblates are everyday people with jobs, families, and other responsibilities. Sometimes they are Catholic, sometimes not. In today's hectic, changing world, being an oblate offers a rich spiritual connection to the stability and wisdom of an established monastic community.