Centering Prayer
and Inner Awakening
Cynthia Bourgeault
Perhaps the best book in print on the practice, experience, and theology of contemplative prayer and its integration into ordinary life. Highly recommended.
Cowley Press.
Available now.
$16.95
A Lesson of Love
Fr. John-Julian OJN
Fr. John-Julian’s well-known and much loved translation of Mother Julian’s Revelations of Divine Love. Helpfully arranged for daily reading and broken into poetic sense-lines for meditative prayer. Includes a superb introduction to Julian of Norwich. iUniverse.
Available now.
$21.95
Words for Silence:
A Year of Contemplative Meditations
Fr. Gregory OJN
Arranged according to the liturgical year, these mediations are adapted from weekly Chapter Talks that Fr. Gregory has given to the monks and nuns of the Order of Julian of Norwich on spiritual issues in monastic and contemplative life. Rewritten for a non-monastic audience, these words for silence aim to help everyone live more deeply into the union with God that Julian says is already ours ‘from without beginning. Preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Paraclete Press.
Available now.
$21.95
Through Julian’s Windows
Elizabeth Ruth Obbard OCD
In Julian's cell were three windows - one looking into the sanctuary of the church, one opening on to a secluded garden where she could attend to her own physical needs and a third where she conversed with all who came for help. Sr Elizabeth relates the three different aspects of these windows to the three things that Julian desired of God - contrition, compassion and longing for God.
Available now. $12.99
Two Women Facing Death: Julian of Norwich and Etty Hillesum
Canon Melvyn Matthews
From the Julian Festival lecture for 2008, Canon Melvyn Matthews relates themes of self-emptying and participation with the insights of some of the great mystics and thinkers of the past in order to suggest a style of being and seeing for the contemporary Christian.
Available now. $5.00
THE COMPLETE
JULIAN OF NORWICH
Fr. John-Julian, OJN
The Complete Julian is the first book to offer a modern translation of all of Julian’s writings (including her complete Revelations), a complete analysis of her work, as well as original historical, religious, and personal background material that helps the reader comprehend the depth and profundity of her life and work. Paraclete Press.
“[Julian’s Revelations] may well be the most important work of Christian reflection in the English language.”
— Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Available now.
$24.99
LOVE’S TRINITY:
A COMPANION TO JULIAN OF NORWICH
Frederick Roden, AOJN
Alongside Fr. John-Julian’s translation of Julian’s Showings, OJN Associate Fred Roden has written a beautiful commentary on the text, designed to “draw the reader more fully...[into] the truth Julian summarizes at the end of the Showings: ‘Love was his meaning.’”
Available now.
$39.95
Prayers from Revelations of Divine Love
David McDermott
This UK author from Liverpool has written a collection of prayers, each based on a single chapter from Dame Julian’s book. There is a short synopsis of the chapter and then a meditation on that work. The author’s proceeds from the book will go to the UK Friends of Julian.
Available now.
$12.95
Into the Present Moment
(Audio CD)
CAIM, a UK singing group comprised of OJN oblate Heather Ponting and Belfast native Jacynth Hamill, collaborated with Fr. Gregory OJN in 2007 to produce Into the Present Moment: Celtic Music and Meditations. The music on this CD is a selection of CAIM’s most meditative a capella singing, while the meditations are Fr. Gregory’s reflections on the Order of Julian’s motto: await, allow, accept, attend. The combination of spoken word and spirited music is centering and joyful. Available now.
$12.95
The Ordo Kalendar for 2009-2010
A liturgical tool for daily office and Eucharistic commemorations for the 2009 liturgical year, indicating readings according to the Book of Common Prayer and Lesser Feasts & Fasts, and instructions for Eucharistic celebrations and the Order’s own festal commemorations with additional collects.
Available now. $1.00
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Why Julian Now?
Sheila Upjohn
A Sheila Upjohn classic explores reasons for the resurgent interest in the medieval mystic's writings today. Outlining Julian's understanding of sin, suffering, and the existence of Satan, the author reflects on how Julian's modern appeal lies not only in her feminine images of God as divine mother but more broadly in her optimistic views on the human predicament.
Available now.
$15.00
STARS IN A DARK WORLD
Fr. John-Julian, OJN
Stars in a Dark World is the most comprehensive and detailed collection of the biographies of the saints and background information about the holy days of the Episcopal liturgy available today. This 700-page book is the result of over seven years of research and study, and covers all liturgical commemorations approved for use through 2006. Outskirts Press.
Softcover; 792pp.
Available now.
$33.95
At right is a PDF of all current Shop titles, including liturgical/devotional aids and music. A full catalogue of Shop offerings will appear later in 2010.
Tonguebones
Poems by Shelly L Hall
The first book of poems by the Order’s longtime friend, neighbor, and sometime affiliate, the late poet Shelly Hall. Autobiographical verse, Divine Wisdom, poetics, insightful reflections and asides from the pen of a master wordsmith.
Popcorn Press
Available now. $6.50
Mind of Cups
Poems by Shelly L Hall
The second published volume, with more challenging and distilled verse drawing from diverse inspirations including I Ching and symbolic cosmology.
“Shelly Hall has raised the stakes of poetry to a new level with her fascinating collection of poems: Tough, thoughtfully tender, skillful poems inspired by unexpected themes....From generous ‘love’ poems to ‘worldly’ poems of loss and declaration, you’ll bite deep into Hall’s poetry and I promise you won’t go away hungry.”
—Ellen Kort, Poet Laureate of Wisoncsin 2000-2004
Popcorn Press
Available now. $7.95
