The heart as an image of love is found everywhere in popular culture, yet devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is often dismissed as excessive piety. This rich and deep tradition, that is rooted in scripture and reaches back to the earliest Christian centuries, springs from an understanding of the name and nature of God as love.
At a time of austerity and profound concern for human rights, this book honours the quiet radiance of love, sanctity of existence, and silent background of being. It is based upon the life of Clare Cameron, a gifted English mystic and nature poet at the peak of her creative powers during the exuberant decade of the 1960s.
Jo Swinney's exploration of the idea of home is a heartfelt blend of personal memoir and deep pondering on this important question that will help us all in the quest to find somewhere we belong.
Images of Pilgrimage collects six retreat addresses by the late priest and theologian Robert Crouse, connected by the theme of pilgrimage and representing the spiritual depth and simplicity of one of the finest contemplative theological minds of our age.