Reading this book, one will awaken to the deeper symbolic dimensions of each hour and thereby be able to redirect one's energy towards a fuller, faith-filled, cosmic participation." - Cistercian Studies Quarterly It offers an effective antidote to the monotony and distraction that can imperceptibly drain daily prayer of life and meaning. "A wonderful resource for those who routinely pray the hours, whether communally or privately. Velma Frye and Macrina Wiederkehrs collaborative project grew from Macrinas book and Velmas music. Three tracks are offered for each of seven times of day for a total of 21 songs and chants. Time stops for a moment as people pause to pray. Muslims are well known for their calls to prayer issued by the muezzin from Mosques around the world. Pausing for prayer at set times during the day is a universal practice. offers inspiration galore to feed the soul in simple, yet profound everyday-hourly-ways." - Religion Teacher's Journal TALLAHASSEE, FL (DECEMBER 28, 2007) - The inspiring poetry of author and retreat leader Macrina Wiederkehr is set to music on 'Seven Sacred Pauses, Singing Mindfully Dawn Through Dark' by Velma Frye. Velma Frye and Macrina Wiederkehrs collaborative project grew from Macrinas book and Velmas music. Her discussion of the seven daily prayer times is very inspiring and useful. "This terrific book brings the ancient prayer of the Church into modern focus as the author invites the readers to mark the moments of the day with prayer. Macrina Wiederkehr shows you a way out." - David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B. Author and retreat leader Macrina Wiederkehr opens the monastery door and invites readers to come in and learn how the practice of consciously pausing for prayer at.
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"'Time is money, and money is scarce.' All who are driven by this double misconception get squeezed into a frantic rat race. Buy a cheap copy of Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully. With over 25,000 copies sold of the hardcover version, this paperback edition of Macrina Wiederkehr’s bestselling book, Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day, invites readers to learn how to pray the hours through the practice of consciously pausing at the seven sacred moments of each day, making their daily passage through time a more sacred pilgrimage. "You are holding in your hands not only a book of readings and instruction for the journey, but one monastic's heart of love held out to a searching world." - Paula D'Arcy, Author of Gift of the Red Bird (from the foreword)
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