Book Reviews
Members of the St. Benedict Catholic Worker will share book reviews on this page.

Oblation, Meditations on St. Benedict's Rule (Paraclete Press, 2006) by Rachel M Srubas is the first book reviewed on this page. A Preface and Introduction by the author chronicle a journey of both spiritual reading and spiritual writing informed by the Benedictine practice of lectio divina.

Oblation takes the form of a series of poetic reflections on excerpts from St. Benedict's Rule. An excellent choice for those who pray or write and for all who desire a deeper understanding of Benedictine practice.

Oblation, Meditations on St. Benedict's Rule is one of several new offerings on Benedictine spirituality available from several new offerings on Benedictine spirituality available from Paraclete Press.

Love--A Glimpse of Eternity, by Ernesto Cardenal (1970), was released in September 2006 in an updated translation by Dinah Livingstone. Thomas Merton (Cardenal's mentor at the Abbey of Gethsemani) writes in the preface, "With the depth of conviction Cardenal speaks again and again of that which simply is. Love is. All else is not, because in the same measure in which things partake of being, they partake of love."

Also of interest is Paraclete Press' site on Gregorian chant resources, including a list of publications from Solesmes.