Prayers and liturgical material Books
Messenger Publications The Deep End: A Journey with the Sunday Gospels
Book SynopsisThe Deep End invites readers to come on a journey through the story of Luke’s Gospel and to follow Jesus as he makes his way to Jerusalem. Through a series of reflections on the Sunday Gospels of Year C, it offers a fresh perspective for anyone who wants to explore how the Gospels are relevant for today. Jane and Tríona believe the Word is alive and active (Heb 4:12) and through it we can reflect on the complexities of our lives. Today, in a world threatened by ecological break-down, inequality and division, the message of Jesus as presented by Luke has much to say to us. Jesus is someone who has come to deeply challenge people’s expectations and bring about God’s dream for the world, where the last will be first. We are invited to hear God’s voice within and find our way as followers of Jesus of Nazareth, cultivating inclusiveness, compassion and a love which can turn the world upside down. The book includes tips for prayer and meditation to nourish ourselves along the way, as well as practical suggestions for building communities of welcome and love. There is a particular focus on our call to care for God’s creation. There will be many surprises and challenges as we travel through the year; Luke’s Gospel offers a radical vision which inspires and gives hope and invites us to continue the narrative. Trade Review‘...intelligent, thought-provoking...I recommend this book to families and parishes, to the gentle seeker and the well-read.’ Reality -- Noirín Lynch * Reality magazine *"Inviting, accessible and inspiring, this new book is a wonderful invitation to enter into the Gospel of Luke, with two experienced and lively guides. Highly recommended."-James Martin, SJ, author of Learning to Pray -- James Martin SJ‘There’s treasure here! I cannot recommend this double-act authorship of Triona and Jane too highly... a boon to anyone who wants to deepen their love and knowledge, not just of Luke, but of all the authors they give us a glimpse of. Catholic South West -- Denis Blackledge SJ * Catholic South West *‘...experience in both academic and practical theology is displayed in pithy and incisive inflections and choice of quotations...a readily-accessible volume.' The Furrow * The Furrow *'This stimulating and thought-provoking publication deserves a place in every home or parish library.’ -- Fr Paul Clayton-Lea * Intercom magazine *‘a well-structured and very readable book...which will be a meaningful contribution for both Advent and throughout the year.’ * Transforming Ministry *
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Messenger Publications Occasional Prayers for the School Year
Book SynopsisThe book is intended for busy teachers, chaplains or anyone who often reaches for a prayer or service, but finds themselves grabbing material from many different sources. The author has worked a Jesuit school for over 20 years, where school gatherings are common and are always prefaced with prayer. She has regularly searched for and written different prayers to suit moments in the school year, to suit a moment in time. Sometimes she had time to prepare and other times, she found herself running along corridors to pull something from her files or turning to the internet while the bell was ringing! She often wished she had a book under her arm that she could trust would always have something to suit. So she put her prayers together as a "go to" for people who lead prayer, who provide calm and stillness for others but may have felt frantic in ‘finding the right piece.’ She has also included a couple of poems from young people as an example of how they continue to inspire her. Trade Review‘...a godsend to school chaplains’ * Catholic South West *‘A resource such as this is so valuable and really is a must-have for busy teachers’. * The Furrow *‘A useful single source for all who are regularly or occasionally called to preside for a ceremony or event in school.’ * Intercom magazine *Table of ContentsIntroduction.......................................................................................9 SEPTEMBER Opening of the School Year....................................................11 Working Together...................................................................12 Blessings on All......................................................................13 Adaptation of Psalm 1............................................................14 Wellness Check as You Return to School................................15 OCTOBER Mission Month: Head, Heart and Hand.................................16 Mission Month: Make Friends with the Unlikely...................17 Mission Month: The Marginalised..........................................18 Mid-term Break......................................................................19 Giving Thanks........................................................................20 Be with Us Today, Lord..........................................................21 NOVEMBER A Farmer’s Reflection..............................................................22 In Thanks for the Harvest.......................................................23 Finding Comfort When There Is Loss.....................................24 For the Holy Souls..................................................................25 God Didn’t Make Death.........................................................26 DECEMBER Advent: A Time of Waiting.....................................................27 Advent Wreath.......................................................................28 Is Christmas for Holy People? Are You Holy?.........................29 Christmas Carols....................................................................30 Advent, the Pink Candle: for Joy............................................32 JANUARY A New Year: Begin Again........................................................33 Beatitudes for the Adolescent..................................................35 Catholic Schools Week: Hope................................................36 FEBRUARY St Brigid’s Day........................................................................37 A Month of Healing...............................................................38 Springtime Contemplation.....................................................39 Valentine’s Day.......................................................................40 Christian Unity......................................................................41 MARCH Seachtain na Gaeilge...............................................................42 Lent: Lenten Promises............................................................44 In Thanks for Food and Water................................................45 St Patrick’s Day.......................................................................46 APRIL Lenten Reflection...................................................................48 Holy Week with Prayers of the Faithful..................................49 On the Day of a Match..........................................................53 Slow to the Beat.....................................................................54 MAY Exam Preparations..................................................................55 Our Lady................................................................................57 Prayer in the Muslim Tradition...............................................58 In Thanks for the Experience of Transition Year......................59 The Examen...........................................................................60 JUNE God Has a Plan for You..........................................................62 JULY Past Pupils..............................................................................63 AUGUST An Adaptation of Pope Francis’s Message in Laudato Si’..........64 Prayers and Reflections For Any Time in the School Year Finding God in Nature...........................................................65 Board of Management............................................................66 When a Loved One is Sick.....................................................67 On Lighting a Candle.............................................................68 I Don't Want a Labrador........................................................69 Prayer of St Ignatius...................................................................70 A Special Introduction to the Examen........................................71
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Messenger Publications Our Wounded God: Beyond, Beside and Within Us
Book SynopsisThe Stations of the Cross etch a story of pain and humiliation in the life of Jesus. There are parallels closer to home as well as across our world, be it in Ukraine, Nicaragua, Iraq or Pakistan that are ‘twinned’ with Gethsemane and Golgotha. This book invites us on a journey as we discern and dialogue for new horizons of gospel service as a church on a Synod path. We are part of a body that is greater than our own individual bodies. We have hearts and souls. Through Baptism, the Eucharist, the shared commitment of our resources, the living out of radical forgiveness, the inclusive service of compassion to all and the willingness to make sacrifices with the lowest, the least and the lost will lead us to be called the ‘body of Christ.’ This book invites you to consider, if as a church, we are part of the un-noticed, the un-recognised and the forgotten that makes us feel their pain and humiliation. This book helps us to discover the paschal (‘pass over’) significance of the cross as a response to the suffering that sears many lives today. Here we can embody the words of Jesus: ‘This is my body given for you.’ Through this proclamation, we can call ourselves the Church. This book sees Jesus as the guardian of the wounded and the tortured. It invites us, like Simon of Cyrene and Veronica to embrace and caress the open wounds that scar innocent lives. The Stations of the Cross lead us, like the Centurion who pierces the side of Christ, to recognise divinity at the heart of humanity.Trade Review‘a rich, if eclectic, source of rare sensitivity, astute insight and hope-filled companionship...’ * The Pastoral Review *
£6.60
Messenger Publications Journeying to the Light: Daily Readings through
Book SynopsisJourneying to the Light is intended to be read daily through the period from Advent Sunday to the Epiphany. It is largely based upon one of the Eucharistic readings each day. There are variations, and it can be adapted to be used whatever the length of Advent, and for individual or group use. The author weaves contemporary trends with biblical themes and with events of his own life. It has at its heart the Incarnation; anticipated by the prophets; joyfully experienced through the words of Luke, and proclaimed to the nations through the visit of the Magi, as recorded by Matthew. The author is an Anglican priest, but as this book is based upon the the Revised Common Lectionary, it is ecumenical in its reach, as many of the readings coincide with those appointed for both the daily Mass in Roman Catholic Churches and in Anglican Churches. Equally, the daily reflections, may be of use to all individuals who are seeking to establish a regular period of contemplation and space through Advent and Christmas, which is traditionally full of distraction and busyness. Bishop Brendan Leahy is joined by Archbishop John McDowell of the Church of Ireland in commending the book for our use, and two Church of England bishops add their voices to suggest that a deepening of our reflection, throughout these days of joyous hope, helps us to seek further the source of the light that was coming to humanity, that is Jesus, son of Mary, redeemer of the world. A Church-goer, a seeker after truth or, quite possibly in these tumultuous days, a Christian soul whose path has become darkened or distracted in recent years will find some thing in these pages to encourage them beyond written texts of any kind to set their eyes towards the light and their heart to the divine.Trade Review‘a light touch, balancing profound commentary with personal anecdote’ * Search Journal *‘Filled with striking insights based on experience, this is a book to buy, read and, in time, reread.’ * The Irish Catholic *‘What a genuinely lovely thing this is. [Mann’s] writing reflects both the heart of a priest and the pen of a poet, [with] thoughtful, eloquent, and generative reflections on Scripture. There are many lovely touches, including gentle and wise prayers to use before and after engaging with the readings.’ * Church of Ireland Gazette *
£11.35
Sacristy Press Prayers for Living: 500 Prayers for Public and
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£17.99
Sacristy Press Prayers for Living: 500 Prayers for Public and
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£21.25
Sacristy Press Peace is a Doing Word: Prayer Patterns for
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£15.29
Abingdon Press Purpose, Pattern, and Character of Worship, The
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£26.99
Abingdon Press Better Sundays Begin on Mondays
£15.75
Abingdon Press Liturgies from Below
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£21.59
United Methodist Publishing House 365 Devotions for Women
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£15.19
BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship) Garden Song
Book SynopsisA fresh, vibrant interpretation for today.Garden Song brings together original artwork by artist Micah Hayns and reflections and prayers by Reverend Clare Hayns. Leading the reader through 30 selected psalms, the mother-son duo capture the essence of this ancient text the worship, the grieving and the joy and open up new ways to engage with its riches. There is also a playlist of suggested music to accompany the reflections.
£12.34
Wild Goose Publications The Road Chosen: Poems, stories and reflections
Book SynopsisJesus unflinchingly walked the road that he had chosen, knowing its cost. In our lives we find ourselves on roads not always of our choosing, often puzzling, sometimes full of light when faith seems easy, sometimes darkened and troubled. As we journey through the events of Holy Week we find Jesus sharing that human perplexity and struggle, always fully engaged, determined to accompany us on the journey that lies ahead, giving us confidence to pray and act for the needs of those close to us and for the needs of the world. Janet Killeen uses a variety of perspectives to get close to the events of Holy Week. Some of the events are far from holy: treacherous, hostile and increasingly isolating for the Man at their heart, who comes to us in his isolation, in confrontation and rejection, in the sorrow and anguish he experienced, so that we might never be alone. Janet Killeen studied English and American literature, and taught in a London comprehensive school for over thirty-five years. She has published poems, short stories and two novels, and is a regular contributor to Wild Goose books.
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Wild Goose Publications Julian of Norwich’s Teabag: Poems and prayers
Book SynopsisMytripisthisteabag,givingupitsloveThisperforatedplanet,inmysteamingmug'Everydayisapoem. From the first cup of tea in the morning as the recycling lorry trundles down the street to those final random thoughts before we drop off at night. As the children grow up and someone we love dies; as we rage against life and love brings us home. DearLife,DearAll,DearMe,DearYouAprayer,asign,someshysynchronicitySomedaysallweaskforissomekindofclue'Martin Wroe lives with Meg, a painter, in North London where their devotion to each new day begins with tea. At one time on staff at The Independent and later The Observer and a former chair of the Greenbelt Arts Festival, Martin is an associate member of the Iona Community and a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day.
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Wild Goose Publications Redeeming Our Cracks: Prayers, poems, reflections
Book SynopsisLiturgical and practical resources from Iona Community members, friends and others designed to create more awareness and understanding about mental health. I have never known anyone who hasn't experienced a mental health problem at one time or another. So to me this book is simply about being human. There are worship resources for services on mental health here, but I think a lot of the resources could, should be used in any worship service. And I hope some of it the beautiful gutsy poems and powerful reflections is used well beyond church. Much of it comes from the edge anyway 'From the IntroductionRedeeming Our Cracks is a book about seeing beauty in brokenness and strength in vulnerability.You come,walking amongthe brittle fragmentsof our broken lives,gathering up every sharp shard,to fashiona new and beautifulmosaic. Sandra Sears, from Redeeming Our Cracks
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Wild Goose Publications Like a Root Out of Dry Ground: Reflections and
Book SynopsisLike a Root Out of Dry Ground offers daily readings, prayers and meditations for Holy Week, with an additional resource section of poems, prayers and reflections.Contributors include Emma Major, Jimi and Julaine Calhoun, Martin Wroe, Kathy Galloway, Katharine M. Preston, Urzula Glienecke, Jan Sutch Pickard, Stef Benstead and Church Action on Poverty, Alex and Jo Clare-Young, Janet Killeen, Janet Lees, John McCall, Peter Millar, and other members, associates and friends of the Iona Community.Someone once said that what they appreciate about books like this is all the different voices. Reading collections like this, they said, helped them to feel part of a little community of hope'.May this book accompany you on your journey through Holy Week and beyond.May it help you to feel part of a community of hope.And now I would like to invite you to imagine hard ground a pavement or concrete. Or dry desert floor, cracked and hard. Imagine it in as much detail as you can: how it looks, the colours, how it would feel beneath your feet or if you touched it with your palm. Maybe imagine how it would smell. Then imagine a plant breaking through the hard ground ' (Urzula Glienecke)
£10.44
Wild Goose Publications Blessed Be God
Book SynopsisA collection of blessings offering words of grace, wonder and hope for life's joys and sorrows, from everyday encounters to significant milestones. Includes practical guidance on writing blessings and running a blessings workshop.
£10.44
Wild Goose Publications Prayers Poems for Advent Christmas
Book SynopsisA wee book of some favourite Wild Goose poems and prayers for the Advent and Christmas season a reading for each day of December and the first part of January, up to Epiphany.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd A Liturgical Play for the Medieval Feast of
Book SynopsisA newly identified medieval play for the Feast of Fools, with a new English translation and musical edition ready for performance. Scholars and non-scholars alike have long been fascinated by the medieval "Feast of Fools", the annual celebration on or around the New Year that came to be known for its inversion of established hierarchies, its boisterousness, and its scurrilous, even sacrilegious, clerical behaviour. However, we now know that many of the most obscene and subversive practices associated with the feast were, in fact, the misunderstandings, exaggerations, or even fabrications of overzealous ecclesiastical reformers. Our most reliable information about the Feast comes from the scant extant liturgical items that clerical communities actually used during their celebrations. This book shows that the twelfth-century Ordo Joseph from Laon, in France - a play long-known to scholars, telling the story of Joseph the patriarch and his brothers -- is in fact a drama for the Feast of Fools, long hidden in plain sight, intended for performance at Epiphany. It situates the play within the context of the cathedral community's history of biblical exegesis under its school-master Anselm of Laon, proposing "performative gloss" as an important new tool for understanding how medieval liturgical dramas generated meaning. It Includes a new Latin edition of the text, accompanied by an English translation, as well as a musical reconstruction that harnesses the music of Laon's liturgy and finally makes possible a performance of this spectacular, newly identified Feast of Fools drama.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on the Text List of Abbreviations Introduction: A New Play for the Feast of Fools Part I: Study 1: The Ordo Joseph in Context 2: The Scriptures and the Staging 3: The Joseph Story as Model and Reversal 4: Anti-Jewish Sentiment and the Passion Part II: Text, Music, and Commentary Text and Translation The Music of the Ordo Joseph Notes and Commentary Bibliography Index
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Kevin Mayhew Ltd Dedication Prayers
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Kevin Mayhew Ltd Christening Prayers
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Women's Books of Hours in Medieval England
Book SynopsisEnglish translation of a variety of texts from women's books of hours, with introduction, notes, and an interpretive essay. The book of hours is said to have been the most popular book owned by the laity in the later middle ages. Women were often patrons or owners of such books, which were usually illustrated: indeed, the earliest surviving exemplar made in England was designed and illustrated by William de Brailes in Oxford in the mid-thirteenth century, for an unknown young lady whom he portrayed in the book several times. This volume brings together a selection of texts taken from books of hours known to have been owned by women. While some will be familiar from bibles or prayer-books, others have to be sought in specialist publications, often embedded in other material, and a few have not until now been available at all in modern editions or translations. The texts are complemented by an introduction setting the book of hours in its context, an interpretive essay, glossary and annotated bibliography.Trade ReviewHas something of interest to those interested in women writers [.] is also a helpful text for those interested in medieval women readers. * YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Women's Books of Hours in Medieval England
Book SynopsisEnglish translation of a variety of texts from women's books of hours, with introduction, notes, and an interpretive essay. The book of hours is said to have been the most popular book owned by the laity in the later Middle Ages. This volume brings together a selection of texts taken from books of hours known to have been owned by women. While some will be familiar from bibles or prayer-books, others have to be sought in specialist publications, often embedded in other material, and a few have not until now been available at all in modern editions or translations. The texts arecomplemented by an introduction setting the book of hours in its context, an interpretive essay, glossary and annotated bibliography.Trade ReviewHas something of interest to those interested in women writers [.] is also a helpful text for those interested in medieval women readers. * YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *
£19.99
Four Courts Press Ltd Latin Psalter Manuscripts in Trinity College
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Canterbury Press Norwich Making the Sign of the Cross: A Creative Resource
Book SynopsisThis illustrated workbook arises out of many years of leading retreats, study and quiet days on the theme of the cross in many contexts from an English Cathedral city to a South African township. The symbol of suffering and sacrifice, the cross also stands for the triumph of love over hate, life over death, hope over despair. This includes complete outlines with prayers, readings, guided meditations and instructions for making crosses on the following themes: Crosses from around the world, Holy People, Holy Places & Crosses: Bridget, Francis, Andrew and others, Good Friday Pilgrims: living the cross, Making Crosses: yours and mine, Meditating with Crosses, and Following The Way of the Cross.
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Joint Liturgical Studies Ordo Romanus Primus: Text and Translation with Introduction and Notes
Book SynopsisOrdo Romanus Primus (ORP) is a descriptive account in Latin of the papal mass at Easter in Santa Maria Maggiore, probably at some time in the seventh or eighth century. It is the first such account, and differs from earlier evidence of the Roman rite by its relative disregard for the spoken text, which is usually only cited in ORP as providing cues for the ceremonial action. The ‘action’, however, is detailed, is often surprising, and gives a three-dimensional approach to a rite which, in its textual form, only tells the half of what was happening. The whole action is set on a large canvas, so that the account starts with the procession of the papal household from the Lateran. As Alan Griffiths put it ‘the nature of ORP is to be a key to ritual business, not to text’, and he adds ‘one might describe it as an “events management” document.’ There has been no full edition of the text in English since that of Atchley in 1905, and his translation has today a highly dated look to it. Alan Griffiths has drawn upon the Latin text collated by Michel Andrieu in his French edition of the ordines Romani in 1948, and has provided his own fresh and contemporary translation of it into English, running in parallel columns with the Latin. It makes a valuable addition to the series of Joint Liturgical Studies which have made such a large range of patristic liturgical materials available to students who work largely in English.
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Canterbury Press Prayer at Night
Book SynopsisJIM COTTER, concerned to shape afresh some of the prayers of the Christian inheritance, has compiled books of prayers for morning, day, and night, and a new version of some of the Psalms. In a second series of books he aims to make connections between Christian faith and everyday life through an exploration of such issues as sexuality and healing.
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Kevin Mayhew Ltd The Book of Uncommon Prayer
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Banner of Truth Trust A Way to Pray: A Biblical Method for Enriching
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Wild Goose Publications Dancing in the Desert
Book Synopsiseflections, meditations, prayers, activities and liturgies for Lent. Includes a liturgy for Mother's Day, worship for Ash Wednesday, an all-age service for Shrove Tuesday for making and sharing pancakes, and other all-age resources ...
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Wild Goose Publications The Soft Petals of Grace
Book SynopsisA collection of communion liturgies and other resources covering Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity and Transfiguration.
£11.50
Wild Goose Publications The Sun Slowly Rises: Readings, reflections and
Book SynopsisBible readings, reflections and prayers for the days of Holy Week, and a large section of resources, including 'Prayers on the seven words from the Cross', 'A service of lamentation to liberate us for action', poems, meditations, and reflections ...
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Wild Goose Publications The Wild Goose Big Book of Worship Resources
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging collection of resources for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Transfiguration, Harvest, Holocaust Memorial Day, Mothering Sunday, and other special days, and on areas of concern, like refugees and peacemaking.Worship rooted in city and country, in work and in schools, in peacemaking and the eradication of poverty, in churches and the Iona Community resident group So as always with the Iona Community worship which is contextual, prophetic, with a strong justice and peace edge.
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Wild Goose Publications Wild Goose Big Book of Liturgies
Book SynopsisLiturgiesfor Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter, Transfiguration, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, All Saints', St Columba's Day, Father's Day; on hunger, economic witness, peacemaking, the environment, pilgrimage, welcome, hospitality and friendship. Includesa blessing liturgy for a marriage or partnership,a wedding/partnership ceremony andresources for amemorial event.Full communion services and shorts acts of worship; liturgies for small groups and all-age gatherings; worship rooted in church life and the Iona Community's resident group on Iona, in social justice and pastoral work. So as always with the Iona Community worship which is contextual, with a strong justice and peace edge.Originally published as single digital downloads by Wild Goose, these are now all brought together for the first time in the second of at least two Big Books of resources and liturgies.Contributors include John Harvey, Nancy Cocks, Tom Gordon, Jan Sutch Pickard, Joy Mead, Chris Polhill, Ian M Fraser, Thom M Shuman, Alison Swinfen, Annie Heppenstall, Norman Shanks and others.God of the rhinoceros and the midge,God of the Large Hadron Collider and the iPhone,help us to sense your presence in and through all things.God whose grace is sufficient for all our needs,help us to be people of compassion, justice and peace.(Norman Shanks, from A liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration')
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Wild Goose Publications Known Unknowns: 100 contemporary texts to common
Book SynopsisSinging a new song is not an optional extra, but a faithful response to a divine command. This command is the opening phrase of Psalms 96 and 98. And, St John the Divine says, this is what the saints in heaven are doing all the time. But, on earth, things are not so easy. Sometimes it's because the latest new song in the old hymnbook is two centuries old. Or the congregation has been told by some sadist that it doesn't sing well'. Or sometimes the organist can only play what s/he hears on the radio. Or the guitarist can do anything, as long as it's only three major chords. However, even in such dire straits, the divine command has to be obeyed. So what if we kept familiar tunes hymn tunes or folk tunes and set words to them in 21st-century idioms? What if we gave some ancient psalms a makeover, replaced threadbare wedding and funeral songs or dealt with the things that people actually talk about when they're not in church? And what if most of the suggested tunes were so well known that even if musicians took the huff people could still sing the verses on their own?What if you looked under the covers of this book and began to upset the quiet of the place in which you are presently standing by beginning to hum?This book amounts to a modest proposal from the Wild Goose Resource Group on how to make the most of minimal congregational song resources in an accessible and resilient way.
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Wild Goose Publications Strange Majesty: The hymns of Leith Fisher
Book SynopsisIf ever a book was written about Leith Fisher's life, it would need numerous chapters to cover his many gifts, interests and life experiences. Leith was a parish minister in the Church of Scotland in Glasgow and Falkirk, a member of the Iona Community, a broadcaster, contributing to BBC's Thought for The Day; he served on presbytery committees, and was Convener of the General Assembly's Panel on Worship. He was a gifted speaker (and also a gifted listener) and his pastoral abilities were legendary. In a tribute to him following his death in 2009 Leith was described as one of the ablest ministers of his generation'. For all his activity, Leith was also at his desk, sometimes late into the night, writing poems, articles, reports, life-changing letters, gospel commentaries, prayers and hymns. Seven of these were included in the fourth edition of the Church Hymnary (2005), and hymns like For your generous providing' and Christ is our light' are now established in the song of the church. At his death Leith left a number of unpublished songs and hymns, the best of which editor Douglas Galbraith has had the privilege of bringing together here, with Leith's pieces from CH4, in this collection. Like most good hymns, these started life in a local parish or situation, and explore themes not easily found in the standard repertoire. They are set not only to known hymn tunes but to traditional Scottish melodies, including from the Hebridean tradition, which was a much-loved part of the author's musical landscape. It is hoped that these songs will add to the quality and breadth of the praise and prayer of the church. Douglas Galbraith has edited several publications, including Leap, My Soul, hymns from Africa gathered by Tom Colvin; Worship in the Wide Red Land; The Church of Scotland Year Book; the church music magazine Different Voices, and was on the editorial committees of Common Ground and the Church Hymnary (CH4). He is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland and of the Uniting Church in Australia, and is a member of the Iona Community.
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Wild Goose Publications Open Our Hearts: Daily prayers for Lent and Holy
Book SynopsisOpen Our Hearts is a series of Bible readings, prayers and colour images for each day of Lent and Holy Week, to invite reflection, contemplation and action in the world. Ann's images are icon-like in their depth and focus; her prayers are poetic and prophetic. Follow this special and very original book through Lent and Holy Week to open up space to meet God anew; and to open our hearts to God's all-inclusive love and the call to feed the hungry, work for peace and build communities of love. Some comments on Ann's previous book, Open Our Eyes: Daily Prayers for Advent:The captivating images and the prophetic prayers emerge from the enacted spiritual practices of one who dwells with regularity and mindfulness in the presence of the divine and who lives her faith in engagement with those who are poor and vulnerable This book will draw one in, making the reader into a listener and the viewer into a seer. Jan Rippentrop, Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoAnn's gorgeous art carries me to the intersection of love and justice Rev. Bradley Schmeling, St. Paul, Minnesota The artwork is beautiful, the colors vivid and entrancing This is a gorgeous book to sit with and meditate. Rev.Lisa Bodenheim, Author of Disturbing Complacency: Preparing for Christmas104 pages
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Wild Goose Publications Grace Will Walk Us Home
Book SynopsisWe may read the Bible to score political points. We may read it to get ideas for addresses and talks. But how often do we read the Bible to feed our heart and soul?In over 30 years of ministry Thom Shuman had taught studies on just about every book in the Bible and had gone through the cycle of Sunday readings many times. He'd spent a lot of professional' time in the Bible, but realised he'd never really read the Bible from beginning to end to feed his spiritual life. So that's what he did, each day discovering a word, phrase or verse which spoke to him, letting it play around in his mind, and then writing a short prayer or nudge'. At the end of the year, he had 365 of them, which are shared with you here. I hope they speak to your heart and soul in some way,' Thom says. you begin bycrafting graceout of chaos;grace isthe best friendwho never abandonsus;grace will walkus home toyou.
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Wild Goose Publications Wild Goose Big Book of Worship Resources volume 2
Book SynopsisAnother wide-ranging collection of resources, including material for Advent, Christmas, Lent and Holy Week. Also includes a reflection, meditation and prayer for Holocaust Memorial Day; resources and ideas for remembering the Bible with women; prayers by and for kids; all-age resources for Pentecost and Ascension, and Christmastime; harvest prayers; a meditative look at climate change, the sacredness of all life and human responsibility; a blessing for a new car; stories and reflections for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel; a reflection and prayer on racial justice; prayers for Remembrance Sunday; a reflection, meditation, and ideas for taking action on homelessness So as always with the Iona Community worship which is contextual, prophetic, with a strong justice and peace edge. Originally published as single digital downloads by Wild Goose, these are now all brought together for the first time in this second Big Book of Worship Resources. Contributors include Isabel Smyth, Jan Sutch Pickard, Ruth Burgess, Thom M Shuman, David Osborne, Roddy Cowie, Janet Lees, Joy Mead, David Coleman, Iain Whyte, Isabel Whyte, Peter Millar, Elaine Gisbourne, Richard Skinner, Ewan Aitken and others. God of justice and joy,help us to be faithful to our calling to walk in the footsteps of Jesus,to be people of hospitality, integrity, justice and compassion. AmenNorman Shanks
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Wild Goose Publications Journeys in Community: Father-daughter
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Wild Goose Publications Voices Out of Lockdown
Book SynopsisDuring the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, many people turned to writing: diaries, letters, cards, poems. Human words, sent out across the void of our isolation, shouted into the storm over which we had no control. What we could do was communicate with each other, raise our voices against the silence of separation, argue with our own doubts, call out to God, express our fragile hope. Here are the voices of just a few members and associates of the Iona Community with poems, psalms, songs, affirmations of faith and prayers written during a full and fraught ten weeks. We offer these human words believing that when the darkness seems overwhelming, light dawns; that into the silence of our worst fears God speaks a living Word. Also contains the song We Will Meet' by John L Bell & Hans-Olav Moerk.
£9.93
Wild Goose Publications The Adventure is Beginning: Readings, prayers,
Book SynopsisDaily readings, with prayers, poems and actions, for Advent and Christmas from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community. Contributors include Ruth Harvey, Brian Woodcock, Katharine M Preston, Tim Gorringe, Jan Sutch Pickard, Thom M Shuman, Martin Wroe, Iain and Isabel Whyte, Susan Miller, Alex Clare-Young, Nancy Cocks, Peter Millar, Janet Lees, Emma Major, Ruth Burgess and others. PrayerGive us the courage to follow your lightalong the road of compassion, of peace, of community,so that we can become the people you created us to be. God says: Here I am knocking on your door.'The door opens the New Year is ahead the adventure is beginning. (Isabel Whyte)
£11.99
Wild Goose Publications How shall we pray this morning? For what shall we
Book SynopsisWorship for a time of lockdown, of partial lockdown, of adjusting to the new normal': worship that can be adapted to these ever-changing times. When the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, and church buildings were closed, Thom Shuman began composing a series of morning and evening liturgies to share with his congregation on Zoom expressing what was happening in the life of the community, in his own life and in the life of the world. How shall we pray this morning? For what shall we pray this night? includes some of those liturgies, along with two weeks of Bible readings and poems, to make up a month of worship resources for a time of pandemic. Thom M Shuman is a pastor in Ohio, USA, and the author of several books, including Grace Will Walk Us Home (Wild Goose).
£11.63
Wild Goose Publications Love is Never Done: Reflections and resources for
Book SynopsisDaily reflections and resources for Holy Week from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community. Contributors include Warren R Bardsley, Ruth Burgess, Church Action on Poverty, Nancy Cocks, the Corrymeela Community, Murphy Davis, Carol Dixon, Craig Gardiner, Tom Gordon, Ruth Harvey, Martin Johnstone, Janet Killeen, Janet Lees, Emma Major, Peter Millar, Peter Phillips, Jan Sutch Pickard, Chris Polhill, Katharine M Preston, Sandra Sears, Thom M Shuman, Brian Woodcock, and others. Onthisday,wehaveseenitall. Everythingdies. Lifedies. Deathdies. Everythingisdone. Exceptlove. Onlyloveisnotdone. Onlylovewillnotdie. Everythingisfinishedexceptlove. Lovebearsallthings,believesallthings,hopesallthings,enduresallthings. Atsomepointeverythingwillbedone. Exceptlove. Loveisneverdone. MartinWroe
£11.99
Wild Goose Publications Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation
Book SynopsisFor celebrating Creationtide mindfully in an age of environmental emergency, a resource from the Iona Community's Common Concern Network on the Environment. Reflections, essays, hymns, songs and liturgical resources from more than twenty writers around the world, covering the twelve weeks from September, through the United Nations COP conference and future years. Creator God, we give thanksthat we have heard the Spirit of God in the freshening leavesand the rush of water. So we pray for the creation which nourishes and sustains all that lives. Renew in us the sense of its valuethat we may not squander its riches,or so bend it to our will that we find we have destroyed it. Kathy Galloway
£14.99
Bodleian Library Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian
Book SynopsisThe liturgical psalter is one of the most important medieval Christian books and the most frequently and richly illuminated of medieval liturgical manuscripts. In its simplest form the psalter included 150 psalms, preceded by a calendar and followed by the canticles for the daily offices, the litany of saints and collects. This basic structure was very stable throughout the Middle Ages and is found in an overwhelming majority of psalters from different countries. In spite of the similarity of core content, psalters were very variable in their size, decoration, choice of supplementary texts and style of presentation, reflecting the interests and requirements of a wide range of lay and religious patrons. Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian Library contains descriptions of 111 psalters from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain, ranging in date from the ninth to the sixteenth century. Each entry includes a description of contents, decoration, physical makeup and provenance, together with a bibliography. The entries are supplemented by comparative tables and indices to assist the study of illumination, manuscript presentation and the liturgical use of the psalms. Full colour images of pages from each of the manuscripts are also included, some of which are reproduced here for the first time. This catalogue brings together important information on a stunning selection of manuscripts held in the Bodleian Library, providing an invaluable resource for scholars.Trade Review'This is a splendid catalog. . . . Solopova is particularly to be congratulated for the precise and careful details she gives enumerating the many textual differences among the psalters and their range of purpose and usage. Important, excellent, and extremely helpful, . . . the impeccable entries demonstrate just how carefully and intelligently this catalog was developed and produced.' -- M. J. Toswell * Speculum *'This is a publication to be celebrated for its inspired vision and rigorous scholarship. . . . The introduction is succinct and lucid, and it provides a useful starting point for anyone new to the study of medieval psalters. . . . [But] the greatest achievement of this catalogue is the detailed yet manageable descriptions of the manuscripts. Many of the articles amount to scholarly articles, with the depth and breadth of research rarely matched.' * TLS *
£142.50
Oneworld Publications The Oneworld Book of Prayer: A Treasury of
Book SynopsisGathering together prayers from around the globe and down the centuries, including works from authors such as Rumi, Saint Theresa of Avila, Beethoven, and Michelangelo, this unique collection offers a treasury of inspiration for anyone seeking spiritual sustenance.
£9.49
Canterbury Press Norwich Daily with God
Book SynopsisDaily readings from Scripture and prayers.
£24.92
