Come Holy Gift: Prayer Poems for the Christian Year

Reminiscent of Malcolm Guite's bestselling Sounding the Seasons, this beautiful collection offers scripture-inspired poems for each of the major seasons of the Christian year. It includes: - The Call to Prayer (with poetry on the nature of prayer); - Advent, Christmas and Epiphany; - Lent, Easter and Pentecost (including Wings of Wounded Glory, a sequence for Holy Week); - Transforming Ordinary Time (including some feasts which fall outside the major seasons); - In the School of Mary (poetic reflections on Mary, see as a model for prayer, contemplation and prophecy). An introduction considers the relationship between prayer and poetry and offers suggestions for using the book in public and private worship settings, and a closing sequence contemplates Mary as a figure of prayers and witness.

Author: Steven Shakespeare
Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
Published: 02/28/2022
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9781786224125
ISBN10: 1786224127
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Religion | Christian Living | Devotional
- Religion | Christian Living | Prayer