The Vigil: Keeping Watch in the Season of Christ's Coming

Wright, Wendy M.

Religion & Spirituality

Upper Room

Seasons of a Family's Life: Cultivating the Contemplative Spirit at Home

In Seasons of a Family's Life, Wendy M. Wright-- parent, Church historian, and follower of the contemplative tradition-- offers a reflective, story-filled, and inspirational examination of the spiritual fabric of domestic life. This practical and insightful book explores family life as a context for nurturing contemplative practices in the home. Rooted in an appreciation of our deep and wise spiritual traditions that probe the sacred alongside everyday human experience, Seasons of a Family's Life challenges us to wrestle with the great religious questions that shape our lives and offers parents a model for integrating family life and spiritual awareness. 
Every chapter in Wendy M. Wright's thoughtful book is a lesson in gaining an awareness of the joy in our experience as families and letting the sacred be more present in our frantically paced daily lives. Wright shows us how to pay attention to the silence that underlies our lives and encourages us to be sensitive to the ordinary moments that connect us. She reveals a family life replete with sacred spaces, rituals that enrich our time together, shared family stories, and much more. Interwoven throughout the book is a wealth of inspiring, personal stories.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

Reflects on the nature of the Catholic imagination as viewed through the figure of Mary and suggests that she might be considered the global Catholic Church s point vierge a provocative phrase that opens up a dimension of both the Catholic imagination and the mystery of Mary in an intriguing manner.

Mary and the Catholic Imagination: Le Point Vierge (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality 2010)

Christian Books & Bibles

Paulist Press

The Lady of the Angels and Her City recounts Wendy Wright's visitations to her hometown's many Marian churches and shrines. But it is much more than a personal pilgrimage narrative. It offers important glimpses into the history of Los Angeles Catholicism, American Catholic culture, and Mary's place in Catholic theology and tradition. It peeks into the heroic labors of the religious orders that went on mission there and the waves of immigrants who have arrived on American shores. With Wright, readers will consider:
Readers who know the geography of Los Angeles Catholicism will surely enjoy Wright's reflection on familiar places. But there is much here that will fascinate anyone interested in either the history of Christianity in America or devotion to Mary by those who love her today.

The Lady of Angels and Her City: A Marian Pilgrimage

History

Americas

Liturgical Press

The story of the extraordinary spiritual friendship between Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal is recounted in this welcome addition to the Saints by Our Side series. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was a priest, bishop, founder of Salesian spirituality, and a renowned spiritual director. Jane de Chantal (1572-1641) was a wife, a mother, a nun, and the founder of a religious community.

Francis de Sales & Jane de Chantal(sos) (Saints by Our Side)

Biographies & Memoirs

Pauline Books & Media

In this lyrical and revelatory book, Wendy Wright shows how we are each profoundly formed (in the religious sense of the word) in the rough and tumble of family life. We learn to love with a little bit of the spaciousness of divine love by being stretched and prodded and broken open by our children. We grow wise as we have our foolishness exposed by the spouses that bear with us through it all. Every reader will be able to recognise themselves and their families in Sacred Dwelling - in all the gritty, heart-rending and beautiful poignancy of discovering that it really is true: God is with us.

Sacred Dwelling: A Spirituality of Family Life

Crossroad Pub. Co

A companion for the liturgical season surrounding Easter, The Rising is designed to help readers discover Jesus' resurrection in the fabric of everyday life. The book offers a unique blend of theology, poetry, hymns, and insightful personal stories. A follow-up to Wright's book The Vigil, The Rising is divided into five parts and is inspired by scripture found in the Common Lectionary. Designed for study and reflection for either individuals or groups, the readings contained in this lyrical book focus on the themes of reconciliation, forgiveness, love, community, and the mystery of pain and brokenness. This book is also available in the Wendy Wright Seasonal Trilogy.

The Rising: Living the Mysteries of Lent, Easter, and Pentecost

Ordinary Time 2008 began May 18 and ends November 23. The 30+ Sundays of this season are used by churches to focus on the many aspects of faith, especially the mission of the church in the world. Observe the actually extraordinary season of Ordinary Time by reflecting upon and responding to the basic principles of the Christian faith. Read more. It doesn't mean what you think: boring, uneventful, undistinguished, everyday, filler. In fact, the liturgical season of Ordinary Time is a chance for you to find beauty in the everyday and to live your spirituality to its fullest. The time after Epiphany and after the Day of Pentecost is a season for celebrating the risen Christ and for considering what it really means to follow Christ. In The Time Between, Wright shows how God is at work in our lives and in the saints of old during the nonseasonal liturgical year. Drawing from scripture, art, and classic theological works, Wright relates them in an accessible way to help you discover God's call for your life. And there's nothing ordinary about that! As Wright says, ""Monet saw that each lily in each season at each time of day was an irrepeatable astonishment. What Monet saw when he gazed on his water lilies, God must see when beholding creation. Beloved."" Find the extraordinary in the Ordinary this year. This book is also available in the Wendy Wright Seasonal Trilogy.

The Time Between: Cycles and Rhythms in Ordinary Time

"Exploring Spiritual Guidance: The Spirit of Christ presents an overview of the different ways to give and receive spiritual guidance - from a one-on-one relationship with a spiritual mentor to congregational or small-group accountablility. Learn how to grow together as a part of a Christian community and how small groups become settings for guided spiritual development.  This book is the fifth segment of a five-volume study of the original 28-week Companions in Christ resource. The five-piece participant series is designed for groups who will take breaks between the other four volumes:  spiritual formation in Embracing the Journey  scripture in Feeding on the Word  prayer in Deepening Our Prayer  vocation in Responding to Our Call

Exploring Spiritual Guidance, Participants Book, Vol. 5: Companions in Christ

Upper Room Books

Your directors for this retreat, Befriending Each Other in God, are Francis de Sales, charismatic bishop of Geneva and author of the popular devotional guide, Introduction to the Devout Life; Jane de Chantal, wife, mother, widow and foundress of the religious community for women, the Visitation of Holy Mary; and Aelred of Rievaulx, twelfth-century prior of the Cistercian monastery of Rievaulx in England and author of On Spiritual Friendship. With Francis, Jane and Aelred, you will explore the dynamics and texture of the spiritual friendships so essential to becoming more open to God and helping you become who you want to be.

A Retreat With Francis De Sales, Jane De Chantal, and Aelred of Rievaulx: Befriending Each Other in God (Retreat With-- Series)

Franciscan Media

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