'We have fallen out of belonging. Consequently, when we stand before crucial thresholds in our lives, we have no rituals to protect, encourage and guide us as we cross over into the unknown. For such crossings, we need to find new words. What is nearest to the heart is often farthest from the word. This book is an attempt to reach into that tenuous territory of change that we must cross...' In sharing words of profound grace and wisdom, master storyteller John O'Donohue's Benedictus offers blessings to shelter us as we confront the many challenges we face on our journey through life. Living in an anxious world - a world so often dominated by unwelcome change, unhappiness and even despair - many readers will find comfort in John O'Donohue's illuminating introductions, covering areas such as Beginnings, Desires, States of the Heart, Callings and Beyond Endings, and the blessings themselves provide an inspiring and reassuring new vision of possibility. It is also a vision of hope and belonging for this sometimes troubled world.
About the Author
John O'Donohue is an Irish poet and philosopher, and the author of the internationally acclaimed bestsellers, Anam Cara, Eternal Echoes, Divine Beauty and the collection of poetry, Conamara Blues. He has degrees in philosophy and English Literature, and was awarded a PhD from the University of Tubingen in 1990. He also lectures and holds workshops across Europe and the United States, and lives in the West of Ireland.
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An inspiring and comforting new work from the author of the international bestseller, Anam Cara.
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Benedictus
John O’Donohue
Even those people who have read and enjoyed other books by John O’Donohue will not believe the treasures that await them in this book. O’Donohue has prayers or poems that wind words around and give voice to so many aspects of life.
When you are falling in love, celebrating nature, making or losing a friend, have experienced the death of a child, are changing a job, ushering in a new day or dealing with aging or illness you will surely find some words in this book to help you add depth to that experience. Many more of the transitions from birth to death are explored and the writing is sheer joy.
This book has over 230 pages of John O’Donohue’s lyrical writing, where even the prose often reads like poetry. This is a book that you will find yourself returning to again and again and each time you will discover further treasures
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