Paul Murray Op

Scars (eBook, PDF)

Essays, Poems and Meditations on Affliction

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Produktbeschreibung

A powerful reflection on human affliction in the stories of some remarkable individuals.

Paul Murray is not only an academic, a preacher and published poet, he is also a superb pastor. During his ministry, he has dealt with some extraordinary people - not least a South African who was convicted of murder and hanged under Apartheid. Drawing on this remarkable experience, the reader is offered here a sustained meditation on the meaning of affliction and suffering in a way that is ultimately the story of human triumph and the ultimate victory of the Cross. The book concludes with Paul Murray's extraordinary meditations on the Seven Last Words from the Cross in which the wealth of his pastoral experience is fully brought to bear.

Scars is the account of men and women of all ages who have survived major crises or tragedies of one kind or another: the scourge of drug addiction, the misery of long-term imprisonment, severe illness, the burden of remembered violence, and the tragedy of child abuse. The most striking thing about such people is that, whether or not they are aware of the reality of God in their lives, they are people of extraordinary compassion. They seem to have been initiated into a new dimension of themselves and to have discovered a new wealth within.

As Murray says in his introduction 'the voices which I have begun to hear are voices to which I myself am still learning to listen'. These are not just accounts of triumphs and of tragedy - they are powerful meditations on something much more profound.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441119773
• Artikelnr.: 40614467

Autorenporträt

Paul Murray is an Irish Dominican and a poet. He works in Rome, Italy, where he teaches the literature of the mystical tradition at the Angelicum University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Part One - Impossible Words: Essays on
affliction 1. The fourth friend 2. Bad health - good news? 3. 'I have tears
and hope' 4. A friend dying Part Two - The dark hours: Songs for the
afflicted Introduction Part Three - The Scars of God Introduction 1
'Father, forgive them for they know not what they do' 2 'Today you will be
with me in Paradise' 3 'Behold your mother!' 4 'My God, my God, why have
you forsaken me?' 5 'I thirst!' 6 'It is finished!' 7 'Father, into your
hands I commend my spirit.' Notes