Hear the Ancient Wisdom
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Hear the Ancient Wisdom

A Meditational Reader for the Whole Year from the Early Church Fathers up to the Pre-Reformation

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Hear the Ancient Wisdom

A Meditational Reader for the Whole Year from the Early Church Fathers up to the Pre-Reformation

About this book

There is a hunger in the modern world for spirituality. One vast resource of spiritual wisdom comes from the pre-Reformation church--from the martyrs of the first centuries of Christianity, through the long tradition of monasticism, to the medieval Christian mystics. These are the deep wells of Christian reflection from persons such as John Chrysostom, Augustine, Benedict, Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Bernard of Clairvaux, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, and Julian of Norwich, to mention just a few. The spiritual insights of over seventy men and women of pre-Reformation Christianity are found in these pages. From these figures we can learn more about the practices of prayer and contemplation, a life of following Christ, the relevance of community, the challenge of asceticism, the movement of withdrawal and engagement, the love of God for God's own sake, living the gospel, sacrificing for the kingdom of God, the longing for union with God, the practices of justice, and a life of prophetic witness. For us, so embedded and shaped by the modern world, this ancient wisdom will come as refreshing water and as a breath of fresh air, with the wings of the Spirit and whispers of angels.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. January -
  5. 1 - Psalm 103:1–5
  6. 2 - Psalm 42:1
  7. 3 - 1 John 3:18
  8. 4 - Psalm 69:16–17
  9. 5 - Romans 5:3–5
  10. 6 - Matthew 6:33
  11. 7 - Isaiah 57:18–19
  12. 8- Exodus 20:18–21
  13. 9 - Romans 5:8
  14. 10 - Isaiah 48:17–18
  15. 11 - 1 Corinthians 7:29–31
  16. 12 - 1 Corinthians 7:17
  17. 13 - 1 Samuel 20:17
  18. 14 - Romans 8:12–13
  19. 15 - 2 Timothy 4:7
  20. 16 - Galatians 6:14
  21. 17 - 1 Corinthians 13:13
  22. 18 - Isaiah 44:22
  23. 19 - Acts 2:44–46
  24. 20 - Psalm 65:9–13
  25. 21 - Matthew 6:9–10
  26. 22 - James 3:17–18
  27. 23 - Psalm 27:4
  28. 24 - Acts 17:28
  29. 25 - 1 Corinthians 13:3
  30. 26 - John 12:26
  31. 27 - John 10:27–29
  32. 28 - Isaiah 55:6
  33. 29 - Hosea 6:1
  34. 30 - Mark 10:45
  35. 31 - Psalm 19:1
  36. February -
  37. 1 - Romans 8:35–39
  38. 2 - Ephesians 3:1–6
  39. 3 - Psalm 119:81–82
  40. 4 - Ephesians 4:25–27
  41. 5 - Ephesians 1:22–23
  42. 6 - Matthew 19:12
  43. 7 - John 2:23–25
  44. 8 - John 15:15
  45. 9 - 1 John 1:9
  46. 10 - Psalm 61:5–6
  47. 11 - John 10:10
  48. 12 - Ephesians 1:7–10
  49. 13 - Acts 1:4–5
  50. 14 - Hebrews 12:1
  51. 15 - Jeremiah 23:3–4
  52. 16 - 2 Corinthians 13:4
  53. 17 - Romans 5:1–2
  54. 18 - Psalm 84:1–2
  55. 19 - Psalm 69:1–3
  56. 20 - James 2:1–5
  57. 21 - Psalm 119:124–25
  58. 22 - Hebrews 12:3
  59. 23 - 1 Corinthians 3:11
  60. 24 - Ephesians 4:26–27
  61. 25 - Deuteronomy 5:15
  62. 26 - Job 1:18–19
  63. 27 - Psalm 91:4
  64. 28 - Philippians 2:22
  65. March -
  66. 1 - Galatians 2:19–20
  67. 2 - Ephesians 3:16–19
  68. 3 - Isaiah 40:10–11
  69. 4 - Proverbs 8:30–31
  70. 5 - 1 Timothy 3:16
  71. 6 - 1 Chronicles 28:9
  72. 7 - Mark 1:32–39
  73. 8 - James 1:13–15
  74. 9 - 2 Corinthians 5:18–19
  75. 10 - Isaiah 55:6–7
  76. 11 - 2 Timothy 1:13–14
  77. 12 - Luke 22:19–20
  78. 13 - Romans 8:5–6
  79. 14 - Psalm 61:4
  80. 15 - John 17:15–16
  81. 16 - Ephesians 4:25–28
  82. 17 - Psalm 139:1–3
  83. 18 - John 6:35
  84. 19 - 1 Timothy 2:1–3
  85. 20 - Hebrews 12:2–3
  86. 21 - Luke 15:3–7
  87. 22 - 1 Thessalonians 5:21
  88. 23 - John 20:23
  89. 24 - Mark 10:21
  90. 25 - Luke 12:31
  91. 26 - Romans 12:3
  92. 27 - Deuteronomy 6:5
  93. 28 - Galatians 3:28
  94. 29 - Deuteronomy 15:12–15
  95. 30 - Acts 8:18–19
  96. 31 - John 3:34
  97. April -
  98. 1 - Matthew 23:23
  99. 2 - Hebrews 13:17
  100. 3 - Matthew 22:37–39
  101. 4 - Galatians 6:15
  102. 5 - 2 Thessalonians 2:13
  103. 6 - Mark 8:34–35
  104. 7 - Philippians 4:8
  105. 8 - Ephesians 1:17–19
  106. 9 - Genesis 1:28–30
  107. 10 - 2 Timothy 1:5–6
  108. 11 - Psalm 84:1–2
  109. 12 - John 17:20–21
  110. 13 - Psalm 138:7–12
  111. 14 - Galatians 6:17
  112. 15 - Exodus 33:19
  113. 16 - 2 Timothy 2:12
  114. 17 - 1 Corinthians 12:4–6
  115. 18 - Psalm 16:1–2
  116. 19 - Hebrews 13:15–16
  117. 20 - Psalm 119:105
  118. 21 - 2 Corinthians 9:6–8
  119. 22 - 1 Corinthians 10:31
  120. 23 - Romans 12:12
  121. 24 - Revelation 7:11–12
  122. 25 - Psalm 46:1–3
  123. 26 - Psalm 51:1–2
  124. 27 - Colossians 3:3
  125. 28 - Jeremiah 18:5–6
  126. 29 - Luke 7:47
  127. 30 - Galatians 4:19
  128. May -
  129. 1 - 2 Chronicles 2:6
  130. 2 - Matthew 22:21
  131. 3 - Psalm 69:29
  132. 4 - 1 Timothy 6:18
  133. 5 - Titus 2:11–13
  134. 6 - John 15:16
  135. 7 - Revelation 22:1–2
  136. 8 - Luke 18:13
  137. 9 - Job 13:24
  138. 10 - Hebrews 12:1–2
  139. 11 - Psalm 46:10
  140. 12 - Romans 12:3
  141. 13 - Proverbs 8:14
  142. 14 - Isaiah 45:22
  143. 15 - Numbers 6:24–26
  144. 16 - Hebrews 13:2
  145. 17 - Ephesians 5:18–20
  146. 18 - Psalm 37:39
  147. 19 - Isaiah 6:1–5
  148. 20 - Isaiah 42:6–7
  149. 21 - Exodus 15:26
  150. 22 - Jeremiah 1:4–5
  151. 23 - Luke 16:18
  152. 24 - John 17:22
  153. 25 - Luke 6:32–36
  154. 26 - 1 Corinthians 15:45–48
  155. 27 - 2 Thessalonians 2:13
  156. 28 - Romans 8:22–23
  157. 29 - 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8
  158. 30 - Hebrews 10:32–36
  159. 31 - Isaiah 57:15
  160. June -
  161. 1 - John 21:15–19
  162. 2 - Matthew 9:14–15
  163. 3 - Ephesians 1:17–20
  164. 4 - Colossians 4:12
  165. 5 - Psalm 91:1–4
  166. 6 - Isaiah 6:1–5
  167. 7 - Psalm 143:8–10
  168. 8 - James 5:16
  169. 9 - Romans 8:14
  170. 10 - Ezekiel 34:11–12
  171. 11 - Hebrews 12:1–2
  172. 12 - Psalm 51:10–13
  173. 13 - James 1:13–16
  174. 14 - Romans 8:18
  175. 15 - Mark 12: 29–31
  176. 16 - Luke 7:47
  177. 17 - Psalm 27:8
  178. 18 - 2 Samuel 11:13
  179. 19 - Mark 8:34
  180. 20 - Matthew 5:4
  181. 21 - Romans 6:8
  182. 22 - Psalm 42:1–2
  183. 23 - Matthew 5:4
  184. 24 - Psalm 37:7
  185. 25 - Psalm 19:1
  186. 26 - Matthew 7:3–5
  187. 27 - Isaiah 11:1–5
  188. 28 - Proverbs 8:27–31
  189. 29 - Psalm 103:2–5
  190. 30 - Psalm 141:2
  191. July -
  192. 1 - Galatians 4:19
  193. 2 - 1 John 3:18
  194. 3 - Matthew 3:1
  195. 4 - Titus 2:11
  196. 5 - Psalm 55:17
  197. 6 - Matthew 22:37–40
  198. 7 - John 3:8
  199. 8 - Psalm 25:8–10
  200. 9 - Romans 6:3–4
  201. 10 - Romans 12:1–2
  202. 11 - Ephesians 3:18–19
  203. 12 - Deuteronomy 5:12–15
  204. 13 - Deuteronomy 31:6
  205. 14 - Proverbs 9:6
  206. 15 - Psalm 46:10–11
  207. 16 - 1 Samuel 15:23
  208. 17 - Galatians 5:16
  209. 18 - Romans 13:8–10
  210. 19 - 1 Samuel 3:10
  211. 20 - 1 Corinthians 13:1–3
  212. 21 - Deuteronomy 29:29
  213. 22 - John 15:11
  214. 23 - Isaiah 44:28
  215. 24 - John 20:26–29
  216. 25 - 1 Corinthians 11:23–26
  217. 26 - Luke 7:33–35
  218. 27 - Luke 6:20–26
  219. 28 - Mark 8:34
  220. 29 - Exodus 3:7–10
  221. 30 - Luke 19:8–10
  222. 31 - John 1:35–42
  223. August -
  224. 1 - Ephesians 3:14–17
  225. 2 - Acts 20:17–21
  226. 3 - Mark 1:35–39
  227. 4 - Genesis 12:1
  228. 5 - John 20:22
  229. 6 - Revelation 12:9
  230. 7 - 1 Timothy 6:17–19
  231. 8 - Romans 7:21
  232. 9 - Jeremiah 1:4–8
  233. 10 - Matthew 26:38–39
  234. 11 - Acts 17:22–28
  235. 12 - 1 Corinthians 12:13
  236. 13 - 1 Corinthians 15:53–56
  237. 14 - Luke 14:23
  238. 15 - 2 Samuel 12:1–7
  239. 16 - Ephesians 2:19
  240. 17 - John 8:3–11
  241. 18 - 2 Chronicles 6:12, 26–27
  242. 19 - John 6:35
  243. 20 - Romans 12:1
  244. 21 - Psalm 63:1
  245. 22 - John 10:27
  246. 23 - Mark 9:41
  247. 24 - Matthew 17:1–8
  248. 25 - Hebrews 3:12–15
  249. 26 - Revelation 21:3–4
  250. 27 - Ephesians 3:18–19
  251. 28 - Ephesians 2:20
  252. 29 - Revelation 19:6
  253. 30 - 1 Corinthians 13:3
  254. 31 - 1 Timothy 1:12–14
  255. September -
  256. 1 - Psalm 90:9–12
  257. 2 - Psalm 63:1
  258. 3 - Genesis 3:15
  259. 4 - Joel 2:28–29
  260. 5 - Psalm 42:7
  261. 6 - John 15:4–5
  262. 7 - Genesis 18:22–33
  263. 8 - Ephesians 1:7–9
  264. 9 - Psalm 37:4
  265. 10 - John 11:25–27
  266. 11 - Matthew 9:14–15
  267. 12 - Mark 15:34
  268. 13 - Jeremiah 6:20
  269. 14 - 2 Peter 3:13
  270. 15 - Ephesians 2:8–9
  271. 16 - John 13:12–15
  272. 17 - 1 John 4:7
  273. 18 - Psalm 46:10
  274. 19 - 1 Samuel 8:10–18
  275. 20 - Galatians 5:1
  276. 21 - John 15:4
  277. 22 - Mark 9:33–37
  278. 23 - Jeremiah 29:7
  279. 24 - Jeremiah 4:19–22
  280. 25 - Luke 18:9–14
  281. 26 - Leviticus 27:16
  282. 27 - 1 Corinthians 9:19–22
  283. 28 - Acts 7:54–60
  284. 29 - Colossians 3:5, 12
  285. 30 - Matthew 25:34–40
  286. October -
  287. 1 - Isaiah 1:18–20
  288. 2 - Luke 19:8–10
  289. 3 - Isaiah 61:1–3
  290. 4 - 1 Peter 2:10
  291. 5 - Psalm 90:13–17
  292. 6 - 1 Kings 10:23–24; 11:1
  293. 7 - Psalm 96:7–9
  294. 8 - Genesis 22:8
  295. 9 - Romans 12:1
  296. 10 - Ecclesiastes 7:15–18
  297. 11 - Psalm 25:7
  298. 12 - Colossians 2:13–15
  299. 13 - Philippians 4:8–9
  300. 14 - Galatians 6:1–2
  301. 15 - Mark 10:45
  302. 16 - Colossians 3:9–10
  303. 17 - John 15:7
  304. 18 - James 1:2–4
  305. 19 - Philippians 1:9–11
  306. 20 - John 14:18
  307. 21 - 1 Corinthians 12:4–7
  308. 22 - Zephaniah 3:17
  309. 23 - Psalm 34:7
  310. 24 - Numbers 6:1–4
  311. 25 - 1 Corinthians 11:23–26
  312. 26 - Deuteronomy 15:12–15
  313. 27 - John 20:26–29
  314. 28 - Matthew 11:28–30
  315. 29 - Luke 6:30
  316. 30 - Isaiah 65:17–25
  317. 31 - Genesis 3:24
  318. November -
  319. 1 - Colossians 3:5–12
  320. 2 - Matthew 26:40
  321. 3 - Matthew 23:8–12
  322. 4 - 1 Corinthians 2:14–16
  323. 5 - Luke 6:32–36
  324. 6 - Psalm 145:3
  325. 7 - Luke 12:15
  326. 8 - John 11:33
  327. 9 - Psalm 77:11–15
  328. 10 - Psalm 103:1–3
  329. 11 - Hebrews 12:1–2
  330. 12 - Genesis 5:1–2
  331. 13 - Psalm 34:8
  332. 14 - John 17:20–21
  333. 15 - John 11:11
  334. 16 - Matthew 7:1
  335. 17 - Lamentations 3:25–26
  336. 18 - John 17:26
  337. 19 - Romans 16:19
  338. 20 - Hosea 6:1
  339. 21 - Deuteronomy 34:10
  340. 22 - Psalm 42:11
  341. 23 - Acts 9:1–4
  342. 24 - 2 Corinthians 5:10
  343. 25 - Romans 10:4
  344. 26 - Colossians 3:9–10
  345. 27 - Psalm 63:5–8
  346. 28 - 1 John 3:18
  347. 29 - 1 Corinthians 2:2–5
  348. 30 - Isaiah 66:2
  349. December -
  350. 1 - Luke 1:38
  351. 2 - Psalm 51:3, 6
  352. 3 - Acts 2:44
  353. 4 - Psalm 103:3
  354. 5 - John 6:27
  355. 6 - Deuteronomy 8:3
  356. 7 - James 2:22
  357. 8 - Galatians 6:17
  358. 9 - Colossians 1:15–16
  359. 10 - John 3:17
  360. 11 - 2 Timothy 3:16–17
  361. 12 - Philippians 2:12–13
  362. 13 - 1 Corinthians 2:7–8
  363. 14 - 1 John 1:9
  364. 15 - Psalm 8:3–8
  365. 16 - Matthew 5:17–18
  366. 17 - Ephesians 4:21–23
  367. 18 - 2 Corinthians 8:9–14
  368. 19 - Matthew 27:15–19
  369. 20 - Mark 10:43–45
  370. 21 - Luke 15:21–23
  371. 22 - Psalm 8:6–8
  372. 23 - Galatians 5:22–25
  373. 24 - Philippians 2:9–11
  374. 25 - Matthew 1:21
  375. 26 - Matthew 6:13
  376. 27 - Colossians 3:5, 12
  377. 28 - Philippians 3:12–14
  378. 29 - Psalm 85:8–9
  379. 30 - Daniel 3:24–25
  380. 31 - Revelation 21:1–4
  381. Endnotes
  382. A Brief History of Authors and Writings Cited