The Reed of God
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Christian Classics
Published: October 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780870612404
Subjects: Christian religious experience; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Spirituality - General; Christian Life - Inspirational - Catholic; Christian Theology - Mariology; Inspirational - Catholic; Christianity - Catholic; Blessed Virgin, Saint; Mary,; Meditations; Christianity - Catholicism
First sentence: WHEN I was a small child someone for whom I had a great respect told me never to do anything that Our Lady would not do; for, she said, if I did, the angels in heaven would blush.
Description: First published over half a century ago, Caryll Houselander's The Reed of God is a spiritual classic that deserves to be rediscovered by a whole new generation of readers. Houselander's beautiful and profound mediation depicts the intimately human side of Mary, Mother of God, as an empty reed waiting for God's music to be played through her. She shares her insightful and beautiful vision of Mary on earth, Mary among us, Mary as a confused but trusting teenager whose holiness flowered with her eternal "Yes."