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Ecology of the Heart

Terms such as ‘climate grief’ and ‘ecological anxiety’ describe the sadness and desolation triggered in many people in response to our changing climate. What are we to do with this aching that is sometimes dull, sometimes sharp? Nowhere is immune...

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True Easter

The Synod of Whitby, AD 664

Benedicta Ward SLG

Sister Benedicta gives an illuminating account of the Synod of Whitby 664 AD, held to discuss the date on which Easter should be celebrated. The Synod has been presented as a clash between Irish and Roman missionaries representing two different...

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Our Deepest Desire

Prayer, Fasting & Almsgiving in the Writings of Augustine of Hipp.

Sister Susan SLG

This book presents the teaching of St Augustine of Hippo on prayer, fasting and almsgiving in historical and modern contexts, in a way that is accessible for any reader, for use not only during Lent, but for any time for the year as a reflective...

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Identity and Ritual

Alan Griffiths

In two thought-provoking essays Canon Griffiths reminds us that our identity as Christians is expressed through our language and focussed by the patterns of liturgical ritual and in our historical urge to keep watch in prayer, the practice of ‘vigil’

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Road to Emmaus

A Sculptor’s Journey through Time

Anthony Munday

The sculptor Rodney Munday examines the impact of the art works that have influenced his thinking and the evolution of his artistic style on his Christian faith, as well as the way in which his faith has shaped his own sculpture. This is an...

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Two Medieval English Saints

Cuthbert and Alban

Sister Benedicta Ward SLG

In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the Venerable Bede (673–735) recorded not simply the biographies of the early saints of Britain, but the stories and myths about them, deliberately passed down from those who knew them, describing...

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TIME

Dumitru Staniloae, Kallistos Ware

This book brings together essays by two outstanding Orthodox theologians: Dumitru Staniloae’s, ‘Eternity and Time’, a talk given to the Sisters of the Love of God in 1971, was expanded in the first volume of his Teologia dogmatica ortodoxa (3 vols.,...

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Zeal for the Faith

An Introduction to Christian-Muslim Relations

Sister Edmee SLG

In recent years relations between Christians and Muslims have been reduced, in much popular discourse, to a simple, and often polarized, opposition. Historically the relationship between these two Abrahamic faiths has been much more nuanced and...

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Bernard & Abelard

Sister Edmee SLG

This essay examines the theology of, and relationship between, the saintly Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), customarily considered a traditionalist, and the arrogant, brilliant and controversial philosopher Peter Abelard (1079–1142), disruptive and...

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Carmelite Ascent

An Introduction to St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross

Mary Clare,Mother

This short introduction to the spirituality of the leaders of the Carmelite Reform is a lively and approachable way into their thought and writings. Mother Mary Clare has set them in the context of their historical background in sixteenth-century...

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Wisdom of the Desert Fathers

Sister Benedicta Ward

'Across a seemingly unbridgeable culture gap these very human saints of the Egyptian wilderness speak to our condition in the new demon-filled deserts of the urban west' (Martin Smith SSJE).

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Our Father

Benedicta Ward

The Our Father, or Lord's Prayer, is Jesus' own teaching on prayer. Many commentaries have been written on this central prayer of Christianity, from the early Church to the present day. These commentaries have a basic similarity, but the writers'...

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Desert of the Heart: Daily Readings with the Desert Fathers

Benedicta Ward

Stories and sayings from the fourth-century Desert Fathers in their life of solitude, silence and unceasing prayer. Spiritual wisdom, sharp humour and startling insight into human nature.

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Monastic Hours of Prayer

Benedicta Ward, SLG

The heart of monastic prayer is based in the psalms. In these essays, Sister Benedicta Ward examines the origin and development of the use of the Psalter in the daily worship of monks. She demonstrates that the traditional description of this...

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In Company with Christ

Through Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter to Pentecost

Benedicta Ward, SLG

Through the processions traditionally associated with Holy Week and Easter, Sister Benedicta explores the power, the theology and the spirituality of procession and pilgrimage. She investigates how the simple human act of walking, whether alone or...

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Anselm of Canterbury

Teacher of Prayer

Benedicta Ward SLG

For those who study St Anselm, his prayers provide an intimate personal introduction to his thinking and his spirituality. For Anselm, who never considered himself a teacher of prayer, his prayers were simply personal devotions that he occasionally...

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Julian of Norwich

Four Studies to Commemorate the Sixth Centenary of the Revelations of Divine Love

A M Allchin, Benedicta Ward, SLG, Sister Eileen Mary

This book provides an introduction and companion to the study of the fourteenth-century Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich. The meaning of the Revelations for those who are living a contemplative life today is explored through...

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Saint Gregory Nazianzen

St. Gregory of Nazianzus, John McGuckin, J. McGuckin

This selection of twenty poems by the fourth-century Greek theologian, St Gregory Nazianzen, represents his Christological writing. It includes the poems ‘On the Son’ and ‘On the Incarnation’, written to defend the orthodoxy of the Council of Nicea....

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Saint John Cassian on Prayer

John Cassian, A.M.C. Casiday

The fourth century European saint, John Cassian, has been honoured for over 1600 years by the universal church as one of the greatest of early monastic writers. His two great works, the Institutes and the Conferences, set out a vision for western...

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Hymns of St.Ephrem the Syrian

Mary Hansbury

St Ephrem the Syrian who lived in the 4th century is a great visionary poet and spiritual teacher of the earliest Christian centuries. A lyrical delight in the beautiful things of creation, rich theological symbolism, striking and simple imagery...

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Spiritual Wisdom of the Syriac Book of Steps

Robert A. Kitchen

A contemporary interpretation of a fourth-century Syriac manual for Christian living, with a commentary on core passages from the original text

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On Tour in Byzantium

Excerpts from The Spiritual Meadow of John Moschus

Ralph Martin

John Moschus, a monk from a monastery near Jerusalem, set off with a companion in about AD 575, to tour the Christian centres of the eastern Mediterranean. He thought of the world as a spiritual meadow, where wild flowers of every kind grew in...

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Prayers of Jacob of Serugh

Mary Hansbury

Jacob of Serugh (451–521) is one of the great poets of the early Syriac tradition. His meditations, prefaces to his homilies, focus us on the centrality of divine love in the context of scripture. These are some of the richest, theologically...

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Shem`on the Graceful

Mary Hansbury

The late seventh century in the Syrian Church saw the flourishing of several noted monastic writers, amongst them Shem`on, a monk of an abbey in south-west Iran. Few of his writings remain, but this homily has been preserved as a model of...

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World of the Desert Fathers

2nd Edn

Columba Stewart

Stories and sayings of the Desert Fathers, with an introduction to each section to help us understand the world of the early monks.

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Poet of the Word

Re-reading Scripture with Ephraem the Syrian

Aelred Partridge

St Ephraem’s layered approach to interpreting Scripture formed a tapestry of spiritual wisdom. This essay examines the principles that guided Ephraem’s biblical interpretation and reveals why he is indeed a Poet of the Word.

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Letters of Saint Antony the Great

Derwas Chitty

The late Derwas J. Chitty translated into English seven letters addressed by Saint Antony the Solitary to his disciples. They centre our attention on those things which are essential in the spiritual life. As the reader ponders the text the dominant...

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Monastic Letters of St Athanasius the Great

3rd Edn

Leslie William Barnard

Six letters addressed to monks, revealing St Athanasius as a wise spiritual guide and loving pastor, concerned that the monks avoid heresies and extreme behaviour.

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Gregory of Nyssa and the Sins of Asia Minor

Jonathan Farrugia

St Gregory of Nyssa is known to theologians as one of the three great Cappadocian Fathers who are credited with the final clarification of the doctrine of the Trinity in the late fourth century. Few have ventured to study his role as a bishop who...

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Wisdom of Saint Isaac the Syrian

2nd Edn

Sebastian Brock

In recent decades there has been a notable renewal of interest in St Isaac the Syrian, a seventh-century master of the ascetic life. This selection of short sayings is part of Dr Brock’s work on a fuller, long-neglected manuscript which he is making...

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Saint Gregory Nazianzen

2nd Edn

John McGuckin

This selection of twenty poems by the fourth-century Greek theologian, St Gregory Nazianzen, represents his Christological writing. It includes the poems ‘On the Son’ and ‘On the Incarnation’, written to defend the orthodoxy of the Council of Nicea....

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‘In the image of the Image’

Adam Couchman

Gregory of Nyssa is the most important author of the fourth century in relation to theological anthropology, and was one of the most outspoken of the early Church Fathers on the subject of slavery. Gregory’s theology is built upon his perception...

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Unicorn

Meditations on the Love of God

Harry Galbraith Miller

Meditations on the love of God, starting from some scriptural texts and inspired by medieval tapestries, interwoven with consideration of the mythical unicorn and the Church’s calendar.

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Gentleness in John of the Cross

Thomas Kane

St John of the Cross tells us how God leads us from violence to gentleness until we are gentle enough to experience the awesome gentleness of the inner life of God.

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Prayers of Saint Isaac of Nineveh

Sebastian Brock

The scholarly investigations and translations of Prof. Sebastian Brock have been largely responsible for bringing Saint Isaac of Nineveh, also known as Isaac the Syrian, to public attention. Isaac was a seventh-century Syriac Christian bishop and...

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At the Lighting of the Lamps

Paul John McGuckin

The Church has always used hymns to express its spirit and doctrine. Free-verse translations of some well-known early hymns, alongside the original Greek and Latin texts.

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Letters of Ammonas, Successor of St Antony

2nd Edition

Derwas Chitty

The fourteen surviving letters of Ammonas, disciple of St Antony, on the gifts of the Spirit, spiritual direction and discernment of the will of God

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Anglo-Saxon Poets

The High Roof of Heaven

John Gallas

This anthology of Old English poetry brings together sacred texts from two of the great surviving Anglo-Saxon poetic codices: the Vercelli Book, including one of the most famous of medieval texts, the Vision of the Rood, and the Exeter Book, source...

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Middle English Poet

John Gallas

Middle English Lyrics are characterized by their brevity and intensity of expression. They were composed by men and women from both sacred and secular backgrounds and survive in numerous manuscript sources. This collection brings together works that...

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Shepherd and Servant

The Spiritual Legacy of St.Dunstan

Douglas Dales

A portrait of the scholar, artist and musician who was England's spiritual leader for almost 30 years and regarded as a saint in his own lifetime.

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God and Darkness

A Carmelite Perspective

Gemma Hinricher, Sister Avis Mary

There is a paradox in Christian life and prayer: that God’s light is darkness and God’s nearness is hiddenness. Jesus, the human face of God, is our way and orientation through that darkness and incomprehension which are so often part of our...

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Julian of Norwich

This book contains four papers read at a conference held on 2–3 February 2023 to mark 650 years of the Revelations of Divine Love. They show the breadth and reach of Julian’s inspiration in today’s world, from personal issues such as impatience and...

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Embertide

Encountering Saint Frideswide

Romola Parish

St Frideswide, or Frithuswith, was an important saint during the medieval period and is patron of the City of Oxford. Her shrine was a place of pilgrimage but was destroyed during the Reformation and since then she has largely disappeared from view....

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Mixed Life

Translated into Modern English by Rosemary Dorward

Walter Hilton, Rosemary Dorward

Clear, practical advice for Christians trying to balance duty to others with prayer and contemplation. The supreme example of the ‘mixed life’ is Christ himself.

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Eight Chapters on Perfection & Angels’ Song

Walter Hilton, R. Dorward

Eight Chapters on Perfection is Hilton’s translation of a Latin text by the Aragonese Friar Dom Lluis de Font, and is the only surviving record of that manuscript. It is a text of great humanity and wisdom about the possibilities of friendship and...

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