British Catholic writer and artist Caryll Houselander lovingly explores Mary’s intimately human side, depicting Our Lady as a musical instrument who makes divine love known to the world. This refreshed edition is rich and rewarding reading for all Christians who wonder what Mary was really like.While the Second Vatican Council led to a renewed interest in the theology and person of Mary, Caryll Houselander offered a simple yet profound reflection on the Mother of God almost fifteen years before the council began.Confronting the static, surreal “Madonna of the Christmas card,” Houselander provides instead an intuitive, warmly human, and approachable image of the Mother of God. Through the central image of a reed that is played for music, Houselander demonstrates how Mary chose to make herself an instrument for the divine plan, giving her inmost being to the proclamation of God’s greatness. In sharing her distinctive vision of Mary, Houselander offers the Mother of God as a model for all people seeking to be instruments of the Divine.The essays and poems in The Reed of God also reflect on the mysteries of Mary’s life and her impact on salvation history. In the book’s four parts, Houselander explores key events of Mary’s life, including her fiat, finding Jesus in the Temple, and the Assumption, as well as the themes of fruitful emptiness and the eternal search for union with God.

    Fraser"Back cover: "The stories of struggles and victories of missionary pioneers are exciting and interesting. Behind The Ranges is no exception. From James Fraser's days of youthful adventure in England to his glorious home-going while working among his beloved Lisu, his biography throbs with the excitement of God's work in one individual."This magnificent portrayal gives glimpses of his call to missions, the challenge to selflessness, the guiding hand of God, and the change in lives as a result of his ministry. Twenty-six chapters trace this godly missionary's life. Among the many incidents which add to the adventure are a pagan marriage festival among Lisu tribespeople and a 'revolution which made the cities of the Yangtze run with blood.' But outstanding is the account of the remarkable answers to the prayers of the 'Apostle to the Lisu.' Referring to the latter, W. H. Aldis writes, 'The chapter The Prayer of Faith is almost a classic commentary on intercessory prayer.'"Today, decades after the establishing of Christ's church among the Lisu of Southwest China, it can be said that 'by the tens of thousands the Lisu tribespeople of southwest China have responded to the Gospel. This movement of God in villages high on the ridges of the Mekong and Salween canyons is one of the brightest spots in modern missionary annals.'"

    Weatherhead to his congregation in 1944 on the question of the will of God.

    Imelda was delighted, but still she asked, \"I was wondering if I could have just one more present.\" \"Greedy girl!\" laughed her father. Unfortunately, her parents could not give her this one present--Our Lord in Holy Communion. But Imelda decided to ask Our Lord Himself. What would He reply? This book gives the answer and tells how little Imelda came to be the Patroness of First Communicants.