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.

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.