From Resurrection to Pentecost: Easter-Season Meditations (Crossroad Faith & Formation Book) [Hardcover]

Robert F. Morneau (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crossroad Faith & Formation Book | Publication Date: April 1, 2000

This third edition of Bishop Morneau's successful seasonal meditation series takes reader through the 40 days of the Easter season. Keyed to the Gospels, each meditation includes a brief Gospel reflection, a poem or inspirational passage from a beloved Christian poet such as Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jessica Powers, and R.S. Thomas, and a prayer from the church's liturgy. A poet himself, Bishop Morneau's meditations make for deep spiritual reading, yet are simple enough to inspire during a brief quiet time in a busy day.

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Robert F. Morneau has been an auxiliary Bishop for the diocese of Green Bay since 1979 and has lectured extensively throughout the United States.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: The Crossroad Publishing Company (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824518551
• ISBN-13: 978-0824518554
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,536,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, May 26, 2000

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This review is from: From Resurrection to Pentecost: Easter-Season Meditations (Crossroad Faith & Formation Book) (Hardcover)

Robert Morneau's latest book, From Resurrection to Pentecost: Easter-Season Meditations, is not for spiritual novices. But if you're interested in a book of meditations based on the Daily Office, there is none better. From Resurrection to Pentecost is the third of a series that I hope will eventually include the whole church year. Providing daily meditations for the seven weeks between Easter and Pentecost, Morneau's format is effective. Each entry offers a brief contextual comment on the Gospel reading assigned for the day, an antiphon that can be used as a mantra for centering prayer, a selection of poetry, a commentary on the poem, three questions for personal or communal reflection, and a concluding prayer.

The seven poets selected are the glory of the book. Some of them, like William Blake and Gerard Manley Hopkins, were familiar to me. Others, like Ralph Wright and Morneau himself, were delightfully new. The selection for the Friday of the Third Week of Easter was typical. Reading Anne Higgins' "The Space Window at the Washington Cathedral" allowed me to preen a bit in my Anglican identity, but, more importantly, it illuminated Morneau's insight that "the Eucharist is God's stained-glass window."