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The most scholarly of the remarkable nuns of Helfta composed these meditations, rituals, prayers, instructions on how to pray, chants, hymns, and litanies in the late thirteenth century. Her mastery of poetic prose attests to the level of women's education in the highly cultured abbey she entered as a child of five and never, so far as we know, left even once.

In the Early Middle Ages, the Irish temperament 'individualistic, poetic, and deeply loyal to family 'produced great and learned saints and a unique monastic literature. Before the Norman Invasion, the isolation of the island allowed the development of traditions quite different from those of the continent or Britain. The rules, maxims, litanies, and poems of early Irish monks convey the spirituality of the Isle of Saints in the sixth to eighth centuries.

Written in the fifth century, during one of the most formative periods of christian monasticism in Egypt and Palestine, The Ascetic Discourses show a strong influence of the Scripture, both Old and New, and of Early monastic writers. They are marked by a faithfulness to tradition, yet equally by a note of originality distinctive to the Gaza region. Abba Isaiah has set forth a practical guide for monks, ever aware of the challenges that interpersonal relationships present within monastic communities.

John Chryssavgis is a Professor of Theology at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox...

Professor-emeritus of the Pontifical Oriental Institute at Rome, Tomas Spidlak dedicated his scholarly life to studying and teaching the theology and spirituality of the Christian East in the hope of reconciling Eastern and Western Christian traditions. In this encyclopaedic overview of Eastern spiritual teaching he has created abridge by which Western Christians may pass over centuries of misunderstanding and obliviousness.

Help teens answer the questions and deal with the doubts they may have about the Church and Catholic practices.

Ants and can'ts...cannons and cans...heroes and heretics, papal bulls and bumblebees, lions and legends, and a whole lot more.Got a minute? Good That's all it will take to treat yourself to fun facts, daffy definitions, and saintly surprises Plus riddles, tongue twisters, and answers to questions like these:

- Do you know why you can't drown in the Dead Sea?

- Do you know which saint had a horse named Geraldine?

- Do you know how many drops of water it takes to fill a teaspoon?

- Do you know what the word "footle" means?

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You might be surprised to learn about the saint who rode a donkey backwards, the saint who helped a -criminal- escape from prison, the saint who was afraid of water, the saint who was kidnapped by pirates, and lots more Learn how ordinary men and women did extraordinary things and became known as saints. Ifyou th ink you already know all there is to know about saints, you might decide to think again. Written for grades 1-6. Whimsically illustrated.