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An inspiring and comforting new work from the author of the international bestseller, Anam Cara.
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'We have fallen out of belonging. Consequently, when we stand before crucial thresholds in our lives, we have no rituals to protect, encourage and guide us as we cross over into the unknown. For such crossings, we need to find new words. What is nearest to the heart is often farthest from the word. This book is an attempt to reach into that tenuous territory of change that we must cross...'
In sharing words of profound grace and wisdom, master storyteller John O'Donohue's Benedictus offers blessings to shelter us as we confront the many challenges we face on our journey through life.
Living in an anxious world - a world so often dominated by unwelcome change, unhappiness and even despair - many readers will find comfort in John O'Donohue's illuminating introductions, covering areas such as Beginnings, Desires, States of the Heart, Callings and Beyond Endings, and the blessings themselves provide an inspiring and reassuring new vision of possibility. It is also a vision of hope and belonging for this sometimes troubled world.
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A modern book of blessings,
This review is from: Benedictus: A Book Of Blessings (Hardcover)
John O'Donohue's death earlier this year was a sad, sad loss.
Heard him at Greenbelt in 2007 and he was simply awesome. If you've not read any of his books, then I would not advise you starting with this one. Start with Anam Cara, which in my view is his masterpiece. This book of blessings will make much more sense after you've read Anam Cara and perhaps one of his other books first, like Eternal Echoes. If you have read one of his earlier books then this book will be a treasured resource for you to dip in and out of. John O'Donohue is a wordsmith of the highest order and his turn of phrase is delightful. He covers themes such as Beginnings, Desires, Thresholds, Homecomings, States of Heart, Callings and Beyond Endings. It is a book of poetic blessings in his unique Celtic style. I have used the blessings to encourage family and friends and I too have found solace in the wonderful imaginative depth of his words. It receives 4 stars, as Anam Cara must rank higher with 5 stars.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a very gratefully received gift,
By Nick (London, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Benedictus: A Book Of Blessings (Hardcover)
My new father-in-law bought this for us when we married last month and, though I don't myself share the Christian background John O'Donohue's writings clearly spring from, I'm finding it a very subtle, touching book. The sentiments are sincere and tangibly deeply felt, the words carefully and very skilfully chosen to open up a topic and expose it to fresh, revealing light. Has made me re-view a few things, anyway! One of the other customer reviews compares the style to a greetings card but, though I'm not entirely comfortable with organised religion myself, and though I concede this is hardly T S Eliot, I do think that that reviewer may just have an issue with people so uninhibitedly expressing a spirituality that they don't value.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Benedictus: A Book Of Blessings (Hardcover)
Excellent! As are all of J.O'Donohue's writings. However when I also purchased 'Blessing the space between us' I discovered that this was the same book as 'Benedictus'published by an Amercian company but they were being sold side by side by Amazon without reference to this fact and it was more expensive! As it was a Christmas Gift I had no alternative but to keep it. From choice I prefer the format of the original publication.
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