September 23, 2019



“Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night,
and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ;
give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted,
shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.”

― Phyllis Tickle, 
Poet and compiler of the Divine Hours prayerbook.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of her death in 2015.



***  WATCH these superb video 
clips of Phyllis Tickle





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*** New Book Releases – Week of 23 September 2019

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Bentley Hart, Kate DiCamillo, Chris Ware, MORE


Elizabeth Genovise –
Posing Nude for the Saints – Review

When Life Breaks Open. A Review of
Posing Nude for the Saints: Stories
by Elizabeth Genovise
Paperback: Texas Review Press, 2019
Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl

 

Raina Telgemeier – Guts – Interview

This new graphic novel, one of the best new releases last week, 
takes an important look at the effects of anxiety, 
and how we handle and talk about them…
Guts by Raina Telgemeier  (Paperback: Scholastic, 2019.)
These two very brief interview clips of Raina Telgemeier 
talking about the book offer a solid introduction…

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*** Christian Spirituality – Ten Free Classics !

Today is the birthday of Henri Nouwen, one of the greatest Christian spirituality
writers of the twentieth century. If you have benefited from Nouwen’s work,
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