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A retreat with Gerard Manley Hopkins and Hildegard of Bingen : turning pain into power / Gloria Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Gloria

A retreat with Gerard Manley Hopkins and Hildegard of Bingen : turning pain into power / Gloria Hutchinson

turning pain into power

St Anthony Messenger Press (Dec 1995)
9780867162516
| Paperback
124 pages | 146 x 222 mm | USA | English
$ 8.95 | Value: $ 5.78
Dewey 269.6 HUT
LC Classification BX2375 .H88 1995
LC Control No. 96114558

Subject

  • Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179
  • Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889
  • Spiritual retreats

Plot

Jesuit priest/poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and abbess Hildegard of Bingen are the directors of this fourth in the "A Retreat With . . ". series. Hopkins suffered from frequent bouts of melancholia and depression, but remained hopeful and ever faithful to Christ. Hildegard, gifted with visions sinch childhood, recorded her wisdom, guiding readers through the mysteries of the Bible, the complexities of the moral life and the narrow gate of the Kingdom.