Meditations Year

"Mercy is radical kindness", Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book, Hallelujah Anyway. It's the permission you give others - and yourself - to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult. In Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy Lamott ventures to explore where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by "facing a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves". It's up to each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy everywhere.

Discover 366 bite-sized chunks of wisdom from history's most practical spiritual thinker, James Allen.

All of us - we are people with a mission. All that unites us and all that we, as human beings, have in common is the desire to be happy. Genuinely happy. Happy inside. We all want to have a light heart, enjoy life, be able to find the best in every situation, and always be in a good mood. But as we know, happiness is a path, and it is only thanks to moments of sadness that we can fully appreciate it. The ideal way to keep our happiness threshold as high as possible is to stay focused on what makes us happy and do actions that can improve our mood.

A year of reading, reflection, and prayer with Jesus, with commentary from one of the world’s most respected theologians and ministers.

Award-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book that takes a deep look at the forgotten world of herbariums and the people who amassed collections of plant specimens in the 19th and 20th centuries. From Emily Dickinson’s and Henry David Thoreau’s collections to the amateur naturalists whose names are forgotten but whose collections still grace our world, herbariums are the records of the often-humble plants that are still with us and those that are lost.

In A Year with the Popes, award-winning author Fr. Jeffrey Kirby gives an original exposition of the nobility and enduring power of the papacy. This manual feels like an engaging parade through the history of the papacy, showing its biblical foundations in Sacred Scripture and providing portions of Saint Peter’s own letters from the New Testament, before pivoting to recount the twists and turns of the papal ministry and the various men who have served as successors of Saint Peter.

One of the greatest modern writers on faith and spirituality, Walter Wangerin, Jr., is the author of more than 40 books and the recipient of the National Book Award. In Acts of the Almighty, Wangerin's deep biblical insight and poetic heart help us explore how the Bible fits together into one grand story. This 365-day devotional invites us to understand more fully God's redeeming works through five sections: Genesis and Exodus, David and Solomon, the prophets, the life of Christ, and the birth of the Church.

A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance offers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar. With fresh insights on familiar stories, these essays surprise and inspire, challenge and comfort, and will be savored year after year.

These soliloquies are profound reflections inspired by Joseph’s meditations and revelations about life, spirituality, and the human journey. Rooted in the balance between divine insight and personal experience, they explore themes such as resilience, the role of shepherding others, the significance of wisdom gained through trials, and the cycle of learning and returning to the Father. Each piece contemplates Joseph’s own path—marked by hardship, insight, and redemption—as a means to inspire others to look within and embrace their unique roles in the story of existence.

Recently named one of the top 10 holistic health icons in the world, Julie Montagu knows a thing or two about health and happiness. In Recharge, Montagu shares an abundance of guidance, tips and advice designed to help you keep self-care at the forefront of your mind and support you on your journey to a well-rounded sense of wellness. Recharge is your month-by-month self-care bible to help replenish your mind, body and soul. Each month of the year covers a specific area of self-care including mindful eating, managing stress, digital detox, rebuilding self-esteem, finding your passions and more.

The feeling was continuous: She had it while she read, while she drove, while she ate, and while she played with her child. And when the feeling left, it was a great disappointment. It was the feeling of connection with the Divine, and Mollie Player wanted to hold on to it forever. But how? What was the key to continuous meditation?

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As a psychiatrist, Brendan Kelly is used to extolling the benefits of a daily meditation practice, but following his own advice is a different story. Finding the time to sit quietly every day isn’t easy when you’re already trying to juggle a stressful job, a busy family life, a cinema addiction, a cake habit, a high-maintenance cat and low-level feelings of guilt over an unused gym membership. But this is the year he is going to do it.

A Year and a Day is a journal of grief kept for a year and a day after I lost my wife suddenly. It is meant to help others who have suffered a grievous loss.

The Bible tells us of Jesus' birth and of His being in the temple in Jerusalem when He was a boy of 12. But then there is no further mention of Him until about 20 years later when He starts His ministry. Where was He? Why did the Bible not say? After an intensive search and study of The Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient documents, I found where God gave instructions, through His Prophets, for the preparation of a place in the wilderness for His Son Jesus. The instructions were followed. A place was prepared.

Share My Pleasant Stones offers personal insights and practical guidelines for expanding one's relationship with Jesus Christ through daily listening and meditation. Each entry - one for every day of the year - is headed by a quotation from the Bible and followed by notes the author has written in the margins of her own Bible over the years. It is, perhaps, Eugenia Price's most personal book. First published in 1957, and now reissued with a new preface by the author, Share My Pleasant Stones is a book Eugenia Price's listeners will want to play every day.

A Crash Course in Love and Life: Daily Meditations for the 40 Days of Lent or Any Time of Year is a short but powerful book designed to help you improve your spiritual and mental health. While the book is good for Lent season, the 40 days of contemplation between Ash Wednesday and Easter, it can help you any time you need a quick hit of inspiration. Each message concludes with a question designed to help you reflect on what truly matters in your life.

Allen Klein is a motivational speaker and author who believes strongly in the way words can influence how we feel mentally, physically, and spiritually. In this day of tweeting, texting, cyberspeak and the non-language of email, the written and spoken word has the power to touch our hearts and lift our spirit that is extraordinary. In this The Art of Living Joyfully, Jollytologist Allen Klein presents a compendium of advice and plain common sense comprising a guide to good cheer. This wonderful collection of quips, quotes, and instruction comes from a variety of people and from all eras of history.

Understanding that your empathy is a super power is the first step to changing your life. As an empath you take on the weight of the world, and sometimes you don't feel like you can bear it. Affirmations can be the best tool empaths have in order to bring peace, order, and joy back into one's life. They can be used to break you out of negative recurring thought patterns and also protect you from negative energy. Being able to use words to shift energy is something that comes easier to an empath--usually it's other people's words.