The Coming of God - Softcover

Boulding, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853114111 ISBN 13: 9781853114113

Publisher: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Rich with an Advent theme, this work explores the many different ways in which God comes to us. Its central message is that God comes to the needy and empty. Whether our poverty is material or spiritual, the book aims to bring hope and promise.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book was first published nearly 20 years ago and has been out of print and difficult to find for the last five years. The Printery House is proud to publish a new third edition of this treasured classic. The book has been completely re-typeset and modest changes have been made to improve language inclusivity and conformity to American spelling and usage.

“This is an impressive book. It is well organized and clearly presented. More important than that, however, is the author’s familiarity with scripture, her unfolding of its message, her use of non-scriptural material to bolster and explain in other ways the central message of the word of God. She especially uses patristic sources well, and quotations from later writers [...] are particularly appropriate.” Abbot Timothy Kelly, O.S.B., St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. Taken from Weavings

“Rarely does one find a book of such spiritual insight and depth as is found in The Coming of God. Maria Boulding demonstrates the art of lectio divina brought to its rich fulfillment in reflections on a treasury of scriptural, patristic, and other spiritual classics. The reader comes to the realization of how the mysterious yet wondrous comings of God into our lives are the sheer gift of divine grace. This book is destined to become a spiritual classic.” Abbot Gregory Polan, O.S.B., Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri.

About the Author:

Maria Boulding was one of a large family, and became a Benedictine nun at Stanbrook Abbey in England. The joy of God’s Word in scripture, discovered especially through monastic lectio and liturgy, is central to her life. Convinced that Christian tradition invites us all, whatever our particular vocation, to contemplative union with God, she has tried to spread love of the Word through her writings. Since 1985 she has lived as a hermit with the support of her community, praying, growing vegetables, and working for the Augustinian Heritage Institute as a translator.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1853114111
• ISBN 13: 9781853114113
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 218