Book Review: Circle of Grace

 Information about the book

Jan Richardson. Circle of Grace.  Wanton Gospeller Press, Orlando, Florida, 2015.  (Amazon)

Summary

From the Amazon description: "Within the struggle, joy, pain, and delight that attend our life, there is an invisible circle of grace that enfolds and encompasses us in every moment. Blessings help us to perceive this circle of grace, to find our place of belonging within it, and to receive the strength the circle holds for us." -from the Introduction.  Beginning in Advent and moving through the sacred seasons of the Christian year, Circle of Grace offers Jan's distinctive and poetic blessings that illuminate the treasures each season offers to us.

The book is a book of poetry blessings.  They move through the year, from Advent to Ordinary Time. The author calls the poems "blessings."

Impressions

This is a very lovely book.  I think it would be best read as in small bits, so that one could savor each poem-blessing.  Richardson writes well.  Each poem is very accessible on the surface, and then plunges to the depth of the spirit, bringing us profound understandings.   I highly recommend.  Be sure to also read the introduction for a wonderful description of what a blessing is.

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