Enduring
Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics
By Flinders, Carol L.
1993/06 - HarperSanFrancisco
0060626453 - Trade Paper, 243pp.
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The coauthor of Laurel's Kitchen feeds today's spiritual
hunger with striking and sustaining depictions of seven
extraordinary women. From Julian of of Norwich to Clare of
Assisi to Therese of Lisieux, here are inspiring examples of
women in community, conviction, courage, and serenity.
Publisher
Astonishingly
relevant portraits of the lives of seven women mystics
Known to more than a million readers as the coauthor of the
classic vegetarian cookbook Laurel's Kitchen, Carol Lee
Flinders looks to the hunger of the spirit in Enduring Grace.
In these striking and sustaining depictions of seven remarkable
women, Flinders brings to life a chorus of wisdom from the past
that speaks with remarkable relevance to our contemporary
spiritual quests.
From Clare of Assisi in the Middle East to Thérése of
Lisieux in the late nineteenth century, Flinders's compelling
and refreshingly informal portraits reveal a common foundation
of conviction, courage, and serenity in the lives of these great
European Catholic mystics. Their distinctly female voices enrich
their writings on the experience of the inner world, the
nourishing role of friendship and community in our lives, and on
finding our true work.
At its heart, Enduring Grace is a living testament to
how we can make peace with sorrow and disappointment and bring
joy and transcendence into our lives.