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The Glory of God Is a Person
FULLY ALIVE !*
*St. Irenaeus, theologian of the second century A.D.
An online retreat prepared by
Eleanor Lincoln, CSJ, and Catherine Litecky, CSJ
Women at the Well Ministry
(C) copyright 2007
This online retreat will give you the opportunity to reflect on how everyone is called to live in the glory of God. You will pray with six great figures in Christianity who show how to be "fully alive" in and for the glory of God. Click on any of the parts to start the retreat.
Part 1 - How to be fully alive in God's glory!
Part 2 - Paul the Apostle (1st century A.D.) who set Christianity on its course
Part 3 - Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) who saw God in all creation
Part 4 - Francis of Assisi (1182?-1226) who lived the glory of God in all things
Part 5 - Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) who knew Love in everything
Part 6 - Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) who was both scientist and mystic
Part 7 - Dorothy Day (1897-1980) who worked for peace through love
Read/reflect/pray at your own pace as you begin to acquaint or reacquaint yourself with each of these fully alive persons. Before you begin each part of the retreat take time to breathe deeply, to quiet yourself by sitting comfortably, lighting a candle, and perhaps putting a picture or a plant in front of you.
Brief bibliographies to accompany each section of the FULLY ALIVE! retreat.
General
Ellsberg, Robert, The Saints Guide to Happiness (North Point Press, 2003).
Martin, James, My Life with the Saints (Loyola Press, 2006).
McBrien, Richard P., Catholicism (HarperSanFrancisco, 1994).
New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, ed. Michael Downey (Liturgical Press, 1993).
Paul the Apostle
New Testament: Acts of the Apostles
New Testament: Letters of Paul
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias (English translation), (Sante Fe: Bear and Company, 1986).
Hildegard of Bingen, Mystical Writings (English translation),(Crossroad, 1990).
Hildegard of Bingen, Illuminations; with commentary by Matthew Fox (Bear and Company, 1995).
Durka, Gloria, Praying with Hildegard of Bingen, (St. Mary's Press, 1991).
Gottfried and Theodoric, The Life of the Holy Hildegard (English translation), (Liturgical Press, 1980).
Francis of Assisi
Francis and Clare: the Complete Works, (Paulist Press: The Classics of Western Spirituality, 1982).
Blum, Marci, Living Like Francis Today (Good Ground Press, 2005).
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich, Showings (Paulist Press: The Classics of Western Spirituality, 1978).
Bradley, Ritamary, Julian's Way: A Practical Commentary on Julian of Norwich (HarperCollins, 1992).
Cooper, Austin, Julian of Norwich: Reflections on Selected Texts (Twenty-third Publications, 1988).
Durka, Gloria, Praying with Julian of Norwich (St. Mary's Press, 1989).
Julian: Woman of Our Day, ed. Robert Llewelyn, (Twenty-third Publications, 1987).
Llewelyn, Robert, All Shall Be Well: The Spirituality of Julian of Norwich for Today, (Paulist, 1992).
Pelphrey, Brant, Christ Our Mother: Julian of Norwich (Michael Glazier The Way of the Christian Mystics Series, 1989).
Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, The Divine Milieu (English translation, Harper, 1960).
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, Hymn of the Universe (English translation, Harper, 1969).
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, The Human Phenomenon (originally translated as The Phenomenon of Man) (English translation, Sussex Academic Press, 1999, 2003).
Fabel, Arthur and Donald St. John, eds., Teilhard in the 21st Century: the Emerging Spirit of Earth (Orbis, 2003).
King, Ursula, Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin (Orbis, 1996).
Dorothy Day
Day, Dorothy, The Long Loneliness (first published 1952) (HarperSan Francisco, 1997).
Day, Dorothy, Little by Little: The Selected Writings of Dorothy Day (ed. Robert Ellsberg) (Knopf, 1983).
Day, Dorothy, Loaves and Fishes (Harper and Rowe, 1983).
Day, Dorothy, Therese (Templegate, 1979).
Day, Dorothy, On Pilgrimage (Catholic Worker Books, 1949).
Allaire, James and Rosemary Broughton, Praying with Dorothy Day (Saint Mary's Press, 1955).
Merriman, Brigid O., Searching for Christ: The Spirituality of Dorothy Day (University of Notre Dame, 2001). |
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