Celebrating the Saints (Paperback): Daily Spiritual Readings for the Calendars of the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal

By Christopher L. Webber

Book Overview

For every major feast, saint's day and commemoration in the calendars of the Anglican churches of the UK, this liturgical resource and spiritual companion offers a feast of readings that reflects the richness, depth and variety of the Christian tradition from the earliest years of the church to the present day. Writings from across the centuries represent the Eastern, Western, Roman and Celtic traditions and constitute a vibrant history of Christianity manifested in the lives of hundreds of holy men and women as diverse as first century martyrs, or twentieth century social reformers. A complementary volume to Exciting Holiness which provides scripture readings and prayers for the calendar, this is now updated to include the additional commemorations in the Church of England's calendar of saints.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848258828
• ISBN13: 9781848258822
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A good supplement to daily devotionals

As a non-liturgical evangelical Christian, I have missed the heritage of honoring those earlier generations of Christians who provide examples of piety, perseverance and sacrifice from which our generation could learn. Webber compiles writings by and about those earlier Christians who are honored by Episcopalians throughout the year, from the earliest martyrs, such as Stephen, James, the brother of Our Lord, and Polycarp, to adversaries in the Reformation such as Luther and Thomas More, to 19th and 20th century Christians. Many of these same figures are honored by Catholics, Orthodox and Lutherans by feasts on their calendars as well. There are not entries for every day of the year and I do not always read selections on those days with entries. Nonetheless, if one wants to learn more about 2000 years of saints who await us in eternity, this is an excellent resource.