The Living Spirit: Prayers and Readings for the Christian YearMargaret Hebblethwaite The Living Spirit is a richly diverse anthology of prayers and readings which offers round-the-year spiritual sustenance as it follows the seasons of the Christian year and remembers the witness of those who have left a mark on our lives, from the great saints of the past to those who have challenged the evils and injustices of our own age. Many women are commemorated here and devotional material is included for such occasions as the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Remembrance Day and Homelessness Sunday. In her preface, Margaret Hebblethwaite writes, "the liturgical year is the spiritual air that we breathe...It gives us a balanced diet in which every aspect of our faith finds its appropriate place, saving us from the tyranny and smallness of our preoccupations of the moment. The liturgical year reflects the seasons of waiting and penance, the measured pace of Jesus' ministry, the climaxes of joy and the exuberance of mission...It builds up a store of spiritual responses in us that can be drawn upon year after year was we live through the familiar cycle." The imaginative variety of this collection makes it ideal as a resource for worship and intercession, and as an inspiration for personal devotion throughout the year. |
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Contents
1st Sunday of Advent | 1 |
Dorothy Day 29 November | 3 |
C S Lewis 29 November | 5 |
Etty Hillesum 30 November | 7 |
Jean Donovan 2 December | 9 |
Migrants Day 3 December | 11 |
2nd Sunday of Advent Bible Sunday | 13 |
Immaculate Conception 8 December | 15 |
3rd Sunday of Easter | 215 |
3rd week of Easter | 217 |
Julian of Norwich 13 May | 219 |
4th Sunday of Easter World Day of Prayer for Vocations | 221 |
4th week of Easter | 225 |
5th Sunday of Easter | 227 |
5th week of Easter | 229 |
6th Sunday of Easter | 231 |
Human Rights Day 10 December | 17 |
Thomas Merton 10 December | 19 |
3rd Sunday of Advent | 21 |
St John of the Cross 14 December | 23 |
4th Sunday of Advent Expectant mothers | 25 |
Christmas Eve 24 December | 27 |
Christmas Day 25 December | 29 |
St Stephen 26 December | 34 |
St John the Evangelist 27 December | 36 |
Holy Innocents 28 December | 38 |
Josephine Butler 30 December | 43 |
New Years Eve 31 December | 45 |
Jubilee 1 January | 48 |
World Day of Prayer for Peace 1 January | 52 |
Mary Mother of God 1 January | 55 |
1st week of the year | 57 |
Epiphany 6 January | 59 |
2nd week of the year | 65 |
3rd week of the year | 67 |
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 1825 January | 69 |
4th week of the year | 74 |
St Francis de Sales 24 January | 76 |
St Angela Merici 27 January | 78 |
St Thomas Aquinas 28 January | 80 |
Homelessness Sunday | 82 |
5th week of the year | 84 |
Mary Ward 30 January | 86 |
St Brigit of Ireland 1 February | 88 |
Presentation of the Lord 2 February | 90 |
Pedro Arrupe 5 February | 92 |
6th week of the year | 94 |
St Scholastica 10 February | 96 |
World Day for the Sick 11 February | 98 |
7th week of the year | 100 |
St Valentine 14 February | 102 |
Education Day 3 Sundays before 1st Sunday of Lent | 104 |
8th week of the year | 106 |
Michael Hollings 21 February | 108 |
9th week of the year | 110 |
St David I March | 112 |
1st Friday of March | 114 |
Sunday before ist Sunday of Lent | 119 |
St Perpetua and St Felicity 7 March | 121 |
Ash Wednesday | 123 |
1st Sunday of Lent | 127 |
1st week of Lent | 129 |
St Patricks Day 17 March | 131 |
2nd Sunday of Lent | 133 |
2nd week of Lent | 135 |
Lent Fast Day | 137 |
Oscar Romero 24 March | 142 |
Annunciation 25 March | 144 |
3rd Sunday of Lent | 146 |
3rd week of Lent | 148 |
4th Sunday of Lent Mothering Sunday | 150 |
4th week of Lent | 152 |
Martin Luther King 4 April | 154 |
5th Sunday of Lent | 156 |
5th week of Lent | 158 |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer 9 April | 160 |
Palm Sunday | 162 |
Monday of Holy Week | 165 |
Tuesday of Holy Week | 167 |
Wednesday of Holy Week | 169 |
Maundy Thursday | 171 |
Good Friday | 176 |
Holy Saturday | 182 |
Easter Sunday | 188 |
Easter Monday | 193 |
Easter Tuesday | 195 |
Easter Wednesday | 197 |
Easter Thursday | 199 |
Easter Friday | 201 |
Easter Saturday | 203 |
St Catherine of Siena 29 April | 205 |
2nd Sunday of Easter | 207 |
2nd week of Easter | 209 |
St Joseph the Worker I May | 211 |
Donald Nicholl 3 May | 213 |
6th week of Easter | 233 |
St Joan of Arc 30 May | 235 |
Visitation 31 May | 237 |
Ascension Day Thursday after 6th Sunday of Easter | 239 |
7th Sunday of Easter World Communications Day | 244 |
7th week of Easter | 246 |
Pentecost | 248 |
Cardinal Basil Hume 17 June | 253 |
Trinity Sunday | 255 |
11th week of the year | 260 |
Corpus Christi Thursday after Trinity Sunday | 262 |
St Thomas More and St John Fisher 22 June | 267 |
Birth of St John the Baptist 24 June | 269 |
12th week of the year | 271 |
St Peter and St Paul 29 June | 273 |
Sacred Heart 2nd Friday after Trinity Sunday | 275 |
Immaculate Heart of Mary 2nd Saturday after Trinity Sunday | 277 |
13th week of the year | 279 |
Sea Sunday 2nd Sunday in July | 281 |
14th week of the year | 283 |
St Benedict 11 July | 285 |
15th week of the year | 287 |
St Mary Magdalene 22 July | 289 |
16th week of the year | 291 |
17th week of the year | 293 |
St Ignatius of Loyola 31 July | 295 |
18th week of the year | 297 |
Transfiguration 6 August | 299 |
St Dominic 8 August | 301 |
St Edith Stein 9 August | 303 |
St Clare II August | 305 |
Florence Nightingale 13 August | 307 |
Assumption 15 August | 309 |
20th week of the year | 312 |
St Bernard 20 August | 314 |
21st week of the year | 316 |
St Monica 27 August | 318 |
St Augustine 28 August | 320 |
St Aidan 31 August | 322 |
Diana Princess of Wales 31 August | 324 |
22nd week of the year | 326 |
Mother Teresa of Calcutta 5 September | 328 |
Birth of the Virgin 8 September | 330 |
Racial Justice Sunday 2nd Sunday in September | 332 |
23rd week of the year | 334 |
Exaltation of the Holy Cross 14 September | 336 |
Home Mission Sunday 3rd Sunday in September | 338 |
24th week of the year | 340 |
St Matthew 21 September | 342 |
Henri Nouwen 21 September | 344 |
Harvest Festival Sunday between 22 and 28 September | 346 |
25th week of the year | 348 |
Sunday for Older People Sunday nearest 1 October | 350 |
26th week of the year | 352 |
St Teresa of Lisieux 1 October | 354 |
St Francis of Assisi 4 October | 356 |
Harvest Fast Day 1st Friday of October | 358 |
week of the year | 363 |
Mechthild of Magdeburg 8 October | 365 |
28th week of the year | 367 |
St Teresa of Avila 15 October | 369 |
World Mission Sunday penultimate Sunday in October | 371 |
29th week of the year | 373 |
30th week of the year | 375 |
All Saints 1 November | 377 |
All Souls 2 November | 381 |
31st week of the year | 384 |
Remembrance Day 2nd Sunday in November | 386 |
32nd week of the year | 390 |
St Margaret of Scotland 16 November | 392 |
St Elizabeth of Hungary 17 November | 394 |
Prisoners Sunday 3rd Sunday in November | 396 |
33rd week of the year | 401 |
Sunday before Advent | 403 |
Sunday before Advent | 405 |
Acknowledgements | 410 |
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