Easter - Meditations for the Days of Lent - book and music CD

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BOOK

A Guide to Personal Preparation for Easter

Lent is a season of spiritual development. The forty days are a long retreat whereby we are led into the practice of a more Christ-like life. Before us is the example of Christ; in the devotion of daily prayer and meditation, we unite ourselves with him in order to share in his redemption. We combat that which takes us away from the Christ within, so that, in the finality, we may know the secret source of divine life hidden in the mystery of Golgotha.

Meditations for the Days of Lent tells us how that great heavenly drama resonates within our lives. Each day a different aspect of the mission of Christ is presented so that, step by step, we can identify and nurture the Christ spirit within us.

"The writings in this book are in fact the meditations of my own heart and soul. They have been written as if I were talking to myself and to the Christ. I have taken the Gospel of St John as the foundation for my meditations, for this gospel - if read with devotion, intellect and mystical consciousness - will open up new depths and heights within the soul ... I hope and pray that the contents of this book will bring you nearer and closer to him who brought about a renewal in the universe through the great act which we celebrate as the mysteries of Golgotha and Easter." - Rev Mario

This beautifully presented hard-cover book contains meditations for each day of Lent and the Holy Week, culminating on Easter Sunday. It commences with Ash Wednesday and includes instructions for a service of Blessing for Ash Wednesday. It also contains a Service of Holy Communion and the music for the songs of Lent.

Rev Mario has created the Meditations for the Days of Lent to assist us to inwardly walk the road to the cross and so deepen our connection with the redemptive process of Easter. This beautifully presented and illustrated book contains Rev Mario’s own daily mystical meditations on the life of Christ, as pictured in St John’s Gospel, with litanies, prayers, accompanying opening and closing songs and the liturgy for the service of Holy Communion.

Meditations for the Days of Lent can be used by an individual or a group.

Keywords
Easter, Festival, Lent, preparation.

Book Details
Book, hardcover with protective cover.
High quality printing on embossed soft-coloured pink paper.
205 pages, 16 cm by 23.8 cm (slightly bigger than A5).

Author: Rev Mario Schoenmaker.
Published by ICA Press, first edition, October 1992.

MUSIC CD

To be used in conjunction with Meditations for the Days of Lent

Each meditation for the days of Lent begins with a song and ends with a song. The first song changes through the weeks, but the last song, O Love that Knoweth of No Fear accompanies us throughout the forty days.
 
The choir of the Independent Church of Australia sings the songs of Lent for you.

O love that knoweth of no fear,
O love that sheds a joyous tear,
O love that makes me whole and free,
Such love shall keep and hallow me.

The CD begins with an introduction by Rev Mario Schoenmaker. After each song for the week, the song 'O love that knoweth of no fear' is repeated to make it easier to use this CD with the meditation each day. This gives 18 tracks of songs. The last track is a 24 minute meditative piece on the organ.

* Introduction by Rev Mario Schoenmaker
1. From the heart of Christ is flowing
2. Breathe on me, breath of God
3. Out from his wounded side
4. Take up your cross
5. Have thine own way, Lord
6. Lord, make Calvary real to me
7. God’s love is wonderful
8. Christ now dwells among us
* O love that knoweth of no fear - this song is repeated after each of the above songs
* Meditative piece played on the organ - 24 minutes

Keywords
Devotional, Inspirational, Music

CD Details
Sung by The choir of the Independent Church of Australia.
Published by ICA Press, second edition 2009

Single CD
Packaged in a clear plastic CD cover with coloured insert.
CD: 46 minutes total

This CD is in standard CD format and therefore plays in computer drives and all DVD and CD players.

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