Spiritual Exercises: Volume 49 - Paperback

$34.51

Spiritual Exercises: Volume 49 - Paperback

Name: Spiritual Exercises: Volume 49 - Paperback
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by Gertrud the Great of Helfta

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Book Overview

The remarkable monastery of Helfta was a 'place where learning and art, courtesy and holiness flowered in a dark season' of interregnal warfare.* The nuns drew their inspiration from the twin roots of Citeaux: the Rule of Saint Benedict and the constitutions of Citeaux; their spirituality, liturgy, customs, and habits were modelled on those of the White Monks, even though juridically they were not part of the Cistercian Order.

Under the guidance of the thirteenth-century abbess Gertrud of Hackeborn, the nuns of Helfta steadfastly pursued learning and holiness. Among them were three outstanding women whose works have come down through the centuries: Mechtilde of Hackeborn, Mechtilde of Magdeburg, and the scholarly Gertrud the Great.

Having entered monastic life at the age of five, Gertrud combined a deep knowledge of the Church Fathers and earlier medieval writers, an intimate familiarity with Scripture, and innate common sense. Her Spiritual Exercises--prayers, litanies, meditations, and hymns--articulate a spirituality that is both traditionally monastic and authentically, but unself-consciously, feminine.

Hers is a mysticism of light and love, of humility and commitment, of freedom and discipline and--most of all--of joy.

*M. Jeremy Finnegan OP, 'The Women of Helfta', Peace Weavers, Medieval Religious Women, 2:212.

ISBN	9780879074494
Author	Gertrud the Great of Helfta
Publisher	Liturgical Press
Genre	Biography and Religion & spirituality
Format	Paperback
Published	November 1989
Language	ENG- English
Pages	180
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print