A Little Book of House Blessings (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781853118296)

The act of blessing is a powerful one in Christianity with deep biblical roots, reaching back to the early chapters of Genesis. It expresses a very basic human instinct - the longing for protection, peace and happiness. So it is not surprising that the world is full of blessings for that most basic of human provisions - a place to call home. Peter Watkins has collected together over 100 house blessings from widely differing cultures and sources - the Bible, Celtic spirituality, Latin prayers (translated here!), prayers of St Francis and other saints, poems of blessing from Robert Herrick and other literary figures, contemporary liturgies for rites of blessing for each room of a home - and much more.

Author: Peter Watkins
ISBN-10: 185311829X
ISBN-13: 9781853118296
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2007
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.59h x 4.98w x 0.48d