{"product_id":"moling-in-meditation-a-psalter-for-an-early-irish-monk-hardcover","title":"Moling in Meditation: A Psalter for an Early Irish Monk - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese quiet, surprising, amazing poems deliver to the reader fresh contact with wisdom for life--lessons we should have known had we paused a little more and looked, things we may have known and lost track of, insights we perhaps sense and now can finally grasp with these words of Moling--of Paul Murray--sharing with us his thoughts, his prayers, his stories of struggle and grace. These poems are \"the hidden lost language of the soul\" revealed. \u003cbr\u003e Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B. Abbot of Mount Angel Abbey \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul Murray's poetry is always a miracle of compression and economy without ever seeming sparse or austere. These luminous meditative pieces have the richness that comes from an intent focus on the everyday and the material as carrying immeasurable grace. \u003cbr\u003e Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The present work contains poems and meditations voiced by Paul Murray for Moling, an Irish monk and poet of the 7th century. In the Irish tradition, Moling is the figure who most resembles St Francis of Assisi. He is a man, a saint, whose presence resists linear history, who yet walks toward us in wonder and myth. In \u003ci\u003eMoling in Meditation\u003c\/i\u003e, the poems, though quiet in their form and expression, represent nevertheless a fresh and, at times, bold exploration of states of soul and psyche which, in almost every age, accompany the spiritual journey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFr Paul Murray is an Irish Dominican friar. He lives and works in Rome, Italy, where he teaches the literature of the Western mystical tradition at the Angelicum University. Works in the field of spirituality and literature include: \u003ci\u003eT.S. Eliot and Mysticism: The Secret History of Four Quartets\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003eGod's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision \u003c\/i\u003e(2019\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has published five books of poetry. Dennis O'Driscoll, in a review of \u003ci\u003eThe Absent Fountain, \u003c\/i\u003eremarked: 'It is in every sense an inspired work.' And Fred Johnston, reviewing \u003ci\u003eThese Black Stars, \u003c\/i\u003e noted: 'There is a lovely elegant simplicity to Murray's poems ... This is a wonderful book, a must for anyone who believes that poetry and spirituality should enjoy a definite symbiosis.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767456203040,"sku":"9781587315190","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1bdf92771b8c7a72ef142506b7233bd0.webp?v=1780311436","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/moling-in-meditation-a-psalter-for-an-early-irish-monk-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}