Easter Sundays 2-4, Years A, B, C: Contemplative Reading of Scripture 13

Easter Sundays 2-4 (Years A, B, C)This book is the thirteenth in the series Contemplative Reading of Scripture. It discusses the readings for Easter Sundays, 2-4 (Years A, B, C). This book follows the method of prayer introduced in earlier books of the series, called the “Prayer of the Heart to the Trinity,” giving again a description of this “Prayer.” In this prayer we place a veil over the busy activities of our brains and draw our inner attention to our hearts where we enter into prayer with the Trinity. Second, it follows the pattern of reading Scripture, called CLASP. These letters stand for: Cor, Lectio, Auditus, Suspiria, and Pax. We begin in our “heart” with prayer. We “read” through our Scripture passage. We “listen” to what this passage says to our hearts. We express in “sighs” to the Holy Spirit our longing to understand the Scripture more deeply. We end our prayer time in “peace.” In this book we introduced a new way of praying with the Gospel readings called “gazing with love.” We explain this pattern of prayer in Chapter 1.Following this pattern of contemplative prayer and reading of Scripture, the Chapters treat the readings for Easter Sundays, 2-4 (Years A, B, C). Each chapter begins with a selection from Oswald Chambers, God’s Workmanship and ends with verses from Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Wreck of the Deutschland, Part 1, accompanied by notes. Chapter 12 gathers together all the material on this poem of Hopkins. The final Chapter gives Bibliography.All royalties from this book will go to support the Carmelite Sisters in Armstrong, BC. Read more