Genevieve Glen, OSB, is a contemplative nun of the Abbey of St. Walburga in northern Colorado. She is a retreat director, composer of hymn texts, poet, and essayist. She writes regularly on prayer and Scripture for Give Us This Day and is the author of By Lamplight: A Book of Biblical Reflections and Sauntering Through Scripture: A Book of Reflections published by Liturgical Press.

“Through sacred Scripture, poetry, personal stories, and Benedictine wisdom, Sr. Genevieve’s reflection, The Word in Time, entices readers to join the faithful cloud of witnesses to take up the Liturgy of Hours as holy work. Clearly formed by her years in monastic life, she invites us to cooperate God’s faithful and fierce recreation of our very selves. However, she does not shrink from addressing the violence in the holy texts, or from approaching a God seemingly vengeful or absent, because she unveils for readers our own brokenness that distorts our listening with the ‘ear of the heart'. This hopeful volume will rekindle people’s commitment to listen, recognize, praise, and respond to God because of the way Sr. Genevieve models vulnerably and humanely how praying always with fidelity will transform us and the communities of our lives as the Body of Christ.”Alison Benders, PhD, Faculty Emerita, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University

• ContentsPreface   ixPrologue   xiiiPart One: What’s in a Name?   1Praying Always   7Praying in Time   9Praying with Words   27Praying in the Body   35Part Two: The Word Unfolding   41Before the Beginning   42Seeking God: The Root of Prayer   46Exploring the Landscapes   55Traveling through the Dark   63Wrestling with God   66Pestering God   84Sacrificing Praise   98Becoming the New Creation   103Epilogue: The Final Word   111Notes   113References   117

Genevieve Glen, OSB, is a contemplative nun of the Abbey of St. Walburga in northern Colorado. She is a retreat director, composer of hymn texts, poet, and essayist. She writes regularly on prayer and Scripture for Give Us This Day and is the author of By Lamplight: A Book of Biblical Reflections and Sauntering Through Scripture: A Book of Reflections published by Liturgical Press.

“Through sacred Scripture, poetry, personal stories, and Benedictine wisdom, Sr. Genevieve’s reflection, The Word in Time, entices readers to join the faithful cloud of witnesses to take up the Liturgy of Hours as holy work. Clearly formed by her years in monastic life, she invites us to cooperate God’s faithful and fierce recreation of our very selves. However, she does not shrink from addressing the violence in the holy texts, or from approaching a God seemingly vengeful or absent, because she unveils for readers our own brokenness that distorts our listening with the ‘ear of the heart'. This hopeful volume will rekindle people’s commitment to listen, recognize, praise, and respond to God because of the way Sr. Genevieve models vulnerably and humanely how praying always with fidelity will transform us and the communities of our lives as the Body of Christ.”Alison Benders, PhD, Faculty Emerita, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University

• ContentsPreface   ixPrologue   xiiiPart One: What’s in a Name?   1Praying Always   7Praying in Time   9Praying with Words   27Praying in the Body   35Part Two: The Word Unfolding   41Before the Beginning   42Seeking God: The Root of Prayer   46Exploring the Landscapes   55Traveling through the Dark   63Wrestling with God   66Pestering God   84Sacrificing Praise   98Becoming the New Creation   103Epilogue: The Final Word   111Notes   113References   117

Genevieve Glen, OSB, is a contemplative nun of the Abbey of St. Walburga in northern Colorado. She is a retreat director, composer of hymn texts, poet, and essayist. She writes regularly on prayer and Scripture for Give Us This Day and is the author of By Lamplight: A Book of Biblical Reflections and Sauntering Through Scripture: A Book of Reflections published by Liturgical Press.

“Through sacred Scripture, poetry, personal stories, and Benedictine wisdom, Sr. Genevieve’s reflection, The Word in Time, entices readers to join the faithful cloud of witnesses to take up the Liturgy of Hours as holy work. Clearly formed by her years in monastic life, she invites us to cooperate God’s faithful and fierce recreation of our very selves. However, she does not shrink from addressing the violence in the holy texts, or from approaching a God seemingly vengeful or absent, because she unveils for readers our own brokenness that distorts our listening with the ‘ear of the heart'. This hopeful volume will rekindle people’s commitment to listen, recognize, praise, and respond to God because of the way Sr. Genevieve models vulnerably and humanely how praying always with fidelity will transform us and the communities of our lives as the Body of Christ.”Alison Benders, PhD, Faculty Emerita, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University

• ContentsPreface   ixPrologue   xiiiPart One: What’s in a Name?   1Praying Always   7Praying in Time   9Praying with Words   27Praying in the Body   35Part Two: The Word Unfolding   41Before the Beginning   42Seeking God: The Root of Prayer   46Exploring the Landscapes   55Traveling through the Dark   63Wrestling with God   66Pestering God   84Sacrificing Praise   98Becoming the New Creation   103Epilogue: The Final Word   111Notes   113References   117