St. Paticks Day - Celtic Saints
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In "Praying With Celtic Holy Women", Bridget Mary Meehan and Regina Madonna Oliver introduce us to Celtic holy women, both familiar and unfamiliar. Based on the Irish-American coauthors' first hand research in Ireland and Wales, this book reveals a new slant on the Celtic spiritual traditions that have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the past few years. Part One of "Praying With Celtic Holy Women" discusses the theological underpinnings and origins of Celtic spirituality. Part Two narrates the legends and stories surrounding the primary Celtic holy women of the fifth through eighth centuries, reflecting especially on the pertinence to twenty-first century life. Each section includes prayers and reverent exercises appropriate to each woman saint.
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Celtic Spirituality is the "Forgotten Faith" of the West. It is essentially joyful and holistic and holds together the two basic human faculties of reason and intuition. There is no "airy-fairy" mysticism in it (true mysticism is anything but that!) and there is no spirit-numbing rationalism either.
The Celtic Saints were intuitives whose feet were very firmly planted on the ground. It is their equilibrium as human beings that gives much of their appeal, and in this, as in the holiness their lives display, they are Christlike.
This book examines the lives of the Celtic Saints and the sacred places in the landscape that have become associated with them.
It also includes directions to some of the holy sites.
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This book features short entries describing the lives, temptations, insights, and struggles of Celtic saints but also Celtic prophets, martyrs, and poets. Arranged weekly by either feast day, birth date, date of death, or alphabetically, each selection is preceded by a quotation from or about the saint, prophet, martyr, or poet and concludes with a thought to ponder. When appropriate, each entry is accompanied by a descriptive listing of significant sacred sites, museums, or other important landmarks. From Patrick and Columba to Seamus Heaney and William Butler Yeats, this is a timeless and timely, practical and wise book. Use it as your spiritual guide throughout the year.
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Throughout the Celtic World, in Britain, Ireland, and France, the legacy of the Celtic saints remains visible. Churches, place names, standing stones, carved inscriptions, healing springs, and local lore all stand as a testament to those men and women who helped establish the Christian Church in their native lands. Who were these saints, and what drove their search for spiritual fulfillment? Using archaeological and literary evidence, Elizabeth Rees presents the fascinating stories of some of the best known Celtic saints--St. Patrick and St. Bridget in Ireland, St. David in Wales, St. Columba in Scotland, and St. Aidan and St. Cuthbert in Northumbria--as well as lesser-known monks, nuns, missionaries, and martyrs. From St. Michael's Mount, Madron's well, and the Ile de Batz in the south to Iona, Lindisfarne, and Loch Leven in the north, the author takes us on a spiritual tour of the sacred places where the saints chose to pray, preach, and study--dramatic headlands, sheltered valleys, forest clearings, holy springs, and peaceful lakeshores. Much of this landscape still remains, especially in the remoter parts of Britain and Ireland. As the book explores these mystical sites, the Celtic saints of legend come alive.
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Hardcover: 216 pages, Publisher: Sutton Publishing September 2001 by Elizabeth Rees
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