The Celtic Way of Prayer | Free Book
Esther de Waal introduces readers to monastic prayer and praise (the foundation stone of Celtic Christianity), early Irish litanies, medieval Welsh praise poems, and the wealth of blessings derived from an oral tradition that made prayer a part of daily life. Through this invigorating book, readers enter a world in which ritual and rhythm, nature and seasons, images and symbols play an essential role. A welcome contrast to modern worship, Celtic prayer is liberating and, like a living spring, forever fresh.
In The Press
"In what will undoubtedly be a classic on Celtic spirituality and
prayer, Esther de Waal leads her readers to a rediscovery of the
beauty and richness of the Celtic way of life."
--Rosemary Rader,
OSB
"What Esther has written is superb, because the
combination of Esther's own spirituality and early Celtic spirituality
is bound to be superb...I have read every word slowly, carefully,
enjoying, being nourished. It isn't just that Celtic spirituality with
its loving immediacy is appealing, it is that it is necessary at this
time of violence and indifference and greed in the Western world. It
can, indeed, be our salvation."
--Madeleine L'Engle
"Esther
de Waal's unique contribution to Celtic Christian studies is that she
is never outside her subject. Her constant ability to apply the life
of those earlier centuries to her own devotional life makes it
possible for those of us who read her to encounter those people in
such a way that their Christian journey can become food and drink for
us in the hunger and thirst of our own century."
--Herbert
O'Driscoll, author of A Doorway in Time
"A rich
tapestry of learning, personal experience of prayer, empathy with
monastic endeavor and a real understanding of what inspiration is
needed by so many of the laity also in their journey of Christian
prayer today."
--Patrick Barry, OSB, Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey
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