Chapters of Gold by Rachel Billington

Chapters of Gold by Rachel Billington

Chapters of Gold is a book of meditations on the life of Our Lady for modern busy people today. The short chapters are based on an episode in the life of Our Lady, the Annunciation, The Birth of Christ, the Finding of Christ in the Temple right through to the witness to the Resurrection of Christ. The chapters consist of a short narrative and meditation and are each illustrated with beautiful four colour plates based on the mosaics from the Lady Chapel at Westminster Cathedral. These have been specially photographed for this book. A preface by Archbishop Rowan Williams demonstrates the growing devotion to Our Lady in non Catholic Western traditions and is itself an ecumenical gesture of some significance. At the end of the book, the author has gathered a collection of prayers and devotions to Our Lady, Drawing from all Christian traditions. Devotion to Mary in the Eastern Orthodox tradition is every bit as strong as in the Roman Catholic Church (maybe even stronger) and she plays a growing part in the devotional lives of Anglicans. This is a book for people of all Christian traditions. Both Cardinal Murphy O'Connor and Archbishop Gregorios endorsed the book.

Rachel Billington is a novelist, writer and journalist. She is the daughter of Lord and Lady Longford and comes from a family of writers. Among her many novels have been Beautiful and A Woman's Age. Gered Mankowitz is the son of the celebrated author and playwright Wolf Mankowitz, and is a world renowned photographer. His work includes images of many famous rock artists, including The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush and Jimi Hendrix.

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ISBN 13	9780860123897
ISBN 10	0860123898
Title	Chapters of Gold
Author	Rachel Billington
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2005-07-07
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.