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The Love of Thousands invites us to understand both the conscious and unconscious influences saints, ancestors, and angels have on our lives. This retreat in ordinary life allows us to see how we can be in relationship with these figures and guided by them while also, especially in the case of our ancestors, work to heal the wounds that have been left on us by their imperfect lives. With the abbess of Abbey of the Arts, Christine Valters Paint...

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Amid the daily grind, the pain and loss, the fears and doubts, it's easy to lose sight of the firm bedrock of love beneath your feet. Christine Valters Paintner weaves together reflections from her own life with her signature poems, encouraging you to find your way forward as you start to see the beauty and wonder of the Creator's gifts all around you.

In this book Christine Valters Paintner, abbess of the online Abbey of the Arts, invites readers to better understand Mary and her heart through meditations based on thirty Marian titles"--

Christine Valters Paintner, abbess of Abbey of the Arts, introduces us to the spiritual practice of breath prayer and offers beautiful poem-prayers for walking, working, dressing, cleaning, sitting in silence, doing the dishes, living in community--breathing the divine into our daily lives.

In this book, Christine Valters Paintner guides readers in moving beyond their own lives and invites them to embrace the natural world and its rhythms that urge them toward rest, reflection, and growth"--

A doorway to intimacy with our inner wilderness, a call to sit and be present to what we discover beyond the borders of our neatly controlled worlds.

In Earth, Our Original Monastery, Christine Valters Paintner, shares how living contemplatively with an appreciation for the natural world can make readers more aware of the presence of God in every aspect of their lives. She explores monks, mystics, and saints who have experienced the goodness of the Divine in nature and invites readers to find solace and spiritual revelation in the wonder of God's creation"--

The poems in Dreaming of Stones are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired by the poet's time living in Ireland these readings invite you into deeper ways of seeing the world. They have an incantational quality. Drawing on her commitment as a Benedictine oblate, the poems arise out of a practice of sitting in silence and lectio divina, in which life becomes the holy text.No...

A bestselling Catholic author and online abbess for Abbey of the Arts uses reflections, stories, guided activities, prayer experiences, and a variety of creative arts to help readers patiently and attentively listen to God's invitation.

Whether you want to start a contemplative prayer practice or deepen your experience of lectio divina in new ways, you are invited to savor the gifts lectio divina has to offer your heart and spirit.

Lectio divina, which means sacred reading, is an ancient contemplative practice of listening deeply to the voice of God in sacred texts. In recent years there has been a reclaiming of the riches of contemplative prayer forms of Western traditions. Through the practice of lectio divina you become present to each moment in a heart-centred way. Gradually, the practice of lectio expands your capacity to sense God's presence until all of life becom...

The author invites readers to discover and develop their creative gifts, drawing on the traditions of Benedictine, Celtic, and desert spirituality to inspire their work.

Be inspired by the writings of ordinary Christians who chose to renounce the world in order to individually follow God's call. Insightful commentary and historical background illustrates how you can use this wisdom in your own spiritual quest.

The desert fathers and mothers were ordinary Christians living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Arabia who chose to renounce the world in order to deliberately and individually follow God s call. This probing and personal SkyLight Illuminations edition opens up their wisdom for readers with no previous knowledge of Weste...

As she did in The Artists Rule and Eyes of the Heart, Christine Valters Paintner once again helps readers travel to the frontiers of their souls to discover the hidden presence of God. In The Soul of a Pilgrim, Paintner identifies eight stages of the pilgrims way and shows how to follow these steps to make an intentional, transformative journey to the readers inner wild edges. Each phase of the exploration requires a distinct practice such as ...

Adapting the monastic practice of "lectio divina" (sacred reading) into a form of "visio divina" (sacred seeing), spiritual director and Benedictine oblate Paintner invites readers to a new way of viewing the world through the lens of a camera.

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