Mystics

by Bodo, Murray

• ISBN13: 9780867167467
• ISBN10: 0867167467
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-15
• Publisher: Franciscan Media

Summary

"We read the mystics for the same reason we read the Bible, because we find there an articulation of intimacy with God. Abraham and Moses have experiences of God; the writers of Genesis and Exodus relate the experiences. The prophets experience God; their prophecies find words to express that experience. We read the prophets to learn what God told them. But we also read, hoping, through them, to have a vicarious experience of God."

Author Biography

MURRAY BODO, O.F.M., is a Franciscan priest and member of the Franciscan Academy. The award-winning author of numerous books, including Landscape of Prayer and the best-selling Francis: The Journey and the Dream, and three books of poetry, Sing Pilgrimage and Exile, Icarus in Assisi and The Earth Moves at Midnight, Bodo has had his poems, stories and articles published in magazines and literary journals in the United States and Ireland. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, and spends summers in Assisi as a staff member of Franciscan Pilgrimage Programs.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How the Mystics Show Us the Ways of God	p. 1
Mary, Mother of Mystics	p. 9
Francis of Assisi, The Practical Mystic	p. 27
Julian of Norwich, The Goodness of God	p. 49
Jacopone da Todi, The Madness of God	p. 63
Catherine of Siena, The Hidden Things of God	p. 79
John of the Cross, Prisoner of Love	p. 95
Therese of Lisieux, The Little Way	p. 109
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Immortal Diamond	p. 127
Simone Weil, The Marvelous Dimension and Baptism of Desire	p. 147
Robert Lax, A Sort of Bliss	p. 165
Afterword	p. 199
Bibliography	p. 207
Notes	p. 209
Index	p. 217
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