Mechthild of Hackeborn
Subtitle: The Book of Special Grace
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780809106370
Subjects: Catholic church; Mysticism, germany
Description: Mechthild's Book consists of visions and revelations about liturgical feasts, saints, and the Blessed Virgin, along with many other revelations experienced by the mystical nun as recounted to her sisters especially her close friend, St. Gertrude the Great. These visions reveal the deeply communal, optimistic spirituality of the Helfta nuns, which revolved around their sacramental and liturgical life and asserted strong, durable bonds between the living and the dead.