Grief's Liturgy: A Lament

By Gerald J Postema

At once a lament-psalm and a love song, Grief's Liturgy records Gerald Postema's work and worship of grief upon the loss of his wife, a year's work aided by the companions--poetry and prayers, icons and images, music and silence--that sat patiently with him. Structured around the liturgy of the Divine Office, reflections in each "hour" take on a distinctive expressive and emotional tone and fall into a jagged, broken rhythm over the course of each "day" yielding ultimately an understanding of the life-affirming necessity of grief.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498259456
• ISBN13: 9781498259453
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"