The Liturgical Year, Joan Chittister
The Liturgical Year, Joan Chittister
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The Liturgical Year
The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life - The Ancient Practices Series

Author: Joan Chittister, Phyllis Tickle

Narrator: Karen Ireland, Deborah Seidel

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 06/14/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

A journey of the soul through the map of Christian time.The liturgical year, beginning on the first Sunday of Advent and carrying through the following November, is the year that sets out to attune the life of the Christian to the life of Jesus, the Christ.What may at first seem to be simply an arbitrary arrangement of ancient holy days, or liturgical seasons, this book explains their essential relationship to one another and their ongoing meaning to us today. It is an excursion into life from the Christian perspective, from the viewpoint of those who set out not only to follow Jesus but to live and think as Jesus did.And it proposes to help us to year after year immerse ourselves into the sense and substance of the Christian life until, eventually, we become what we say we are—followers of Jesus all the way to the heart of God. It is an adventure in human growth; it is an exercise in spiritual ripening.A volume in the eight book classic series, The Ancient Practices, with a foreword by Phyllis Tickle, General Editor.A study guide is included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Joan Chittister

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, is a Benedictine nun and an international lecturer. In her more than 50 years as a nun she has authored 40 books, including her most recent, the critically acclaimed The Gift of Years.  Sister Joan is the founder and current executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality that located in Erie, PA.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on December 20, 2022

A tour guide to the Christian year “LIKE A GREAT WATERWHEEL, THE LITURGICAL YEAR goes on relentlessly irrigating our souls, softening the ground of our hearts, nourishing the soil of our lives until the seed of the Word of God itself begins to grow in us, comes to fruit in us, ripens in us the spirit......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on January 06, 2022

Definitely not what I was craving or expecting. Very repetitive, elusive, and ethereal. Not much explanation or detail regarding the different seasons or celebrations, and almost no practical application with practices or traditions. Mostly poetic musings about observing the liturgical year in gener......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on February 07, 2011

As a life-long Southern Baptist who has loved visiting Episcopal churches, the introduction made me long to attend a liturgical church. This book covers the seasons, feasts, and ordinary time of the liturgical year. But beware, it is not a book to introduce you to or tell you what the liturgical yea......more

Goodreads review by Joel Daniel on January 04, 2011

I was generally disappointed by this book. I think, perhaps, I walked into it with the wrong expectations, but I'm not sure what the right set of expectations would have been. I was hoping for a book that would explain both the practice and the beauty of the liturgical year for a quaker (ie non-litu......more

Goodreads review by Elora on July 23, 2013

Coming from a place where I knew nothing of the liturgical calendar, I loved this book. Highly recommended, especially if you want to learn more.......more

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