Macrina Wiederkehr, author of the popular A Tree Full of Angels (HarperCollins) and Seven Sacred Pauses (Ave Maria), is well known for her creative spiritual writings and retreat ministry. She is also a regular columnist for Stepping Stones, the Little Rock Scripture Study newsletter. She has lived monastic life for fifty years and makes her home with the Sisters of St. Scholastica, a Benedictine monastery in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Writing and retreat ministry have become a part of her evolving call.
Whether you are a pro at lectio divina or are still struggling to
understand the practice, this book will inspire you.Cistercian
Studies Quarterly
Abide is an inspiring and imaginative collection of meditations,
questions, and reflections on the Word of God. Our quest for the
Holy One is a daily one which is played out in our ordinary lives
and not in some magnificent cathedral. . . . Wiederkehr opens fresh
ways of perceiving tradition: for example, each time we prayerfully
walk through a Scriptural passage, we are on our own private
pilgrimage. Each time we sit down at ‘the altar of our own lives to
evaluate our growth in Christ,’ we are on a pilgrimage.Spirituality
& Practice
This rich trove of reflections on the Scriptures is the fruit of
Macrina Wiederkehr’s many years of faithful attentiveness to the
Word. In Abide, readers are invited to allow themselves to be
formed by the Word through the practice of lectio divina, using
five steps: wait, read, listen obediently, pray, and abide.
Wiederkehr’s insights into the biblical text and well-formed
questions aid readers to deepen in their ability to be led by the
Spirit into abiding presence with the Word of God, encountered both
in the Scriptures, and in every person.Barbara E. Reid, O.P.,
Ph.D., Author of Abiding Word: Sunday Reflections for Year B and
Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke
It doesn’t take long to recognize that this is a book in which
every page has been born of prayer. Page by page, word by word,
Macrina Wiederkehr fashions a guesthouse for the reader fortunate
enough to cross the threshold. Here is a place of hospitality where
she invites us in and keeps vigil with us, inspiring us in turn to
become, in our own lives, a place of welcome for the Word. With her
rich imagery, poetic sensibility, reverence for language, and
practical wisdom, Macrina reawakens us to the lively power of the
scriptures, and reminds us of their purpose: to be a place of
meeting where we encounter the living God.Jan Richardson, author of
In the Sanctuary of Women: A Companion for Reflection & Prayer
Sister Macrina invites us to enter into the biblical Word of God as
if coming into the warm shadows of a sanctuary to spend time with
God “in the silent cathedral of our beings.” She makes us conscious
of a living presence as she opens selected passages with
beautifully written meditations, sharing her own daily journey of
faith. With her help we learn to slow down and listen, waiting
patiently and confidently for the Lord to speak to our hearts.Abbot
Jerome Kodell, OSB
Our reading and study of the Bible must move into personal
reflection and contemplative prayer if we desire Scripture to do
its transforming work within us. Macrina Wiederkehr shows us how to
let God's Word make its home in our hearts and become an instrument
of our healing, encouragement, and hope. This inspiring work offers
us the fruit of her lifelong romance with the Word of God so that
the Word may also become our heart's greatest desire.Stephen J.
Binz, biblical scholar, author, and speaker
John Michael Talbot is not only a troubadour of God, but over 25
years ago founded a modern community of men and women. In this book
he returns to the roots of Christian monasticism and, based on his
own lived experience, comments on the Rule of Benedict, to make its
spiritual riches fruitful for us contemporary men and women. He
reads the Rule with a modern eye and opens it up as much for people
who live in a community as those living in the world of everyday
work. For this reason, these meditations are also suitable for
Benedictine secular oblates. A life based on the principles of the
Rule of Benedict makes the world a more Christian and more human
place. And with this, Benedict himself becomes a blessing for our
times.Notker Wolf, OSB, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Order
This handy introduction to the Rule of Benedict would be an ideal
gift for someone seeking an overview of St. Benedict’s teaching.
The brief chapter by chapter commentaries take the mystery out of
unfamiliar terms and usages from the sixth century. The book
explains the original application of the monastic norms and shows
how they may be adapted in our time for use in communities and
families.Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSB, New Subiaco Abbey
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