The Listening Heart: Hymns with Biblical Reflections

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The Listening Heart: Hymns with Biblical Reflections by Genevieve Glen, OSB. Pordand, OR OCP Publications, 2006. 168 pp. No ISBN. U.S. $20.00.

OCP has produced two previous collections of hymns by Sister Genevieve, prioress of the Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, CO. This volume contains 35 texts, all, as the subtide suggests, scripturally based. The poems are rich and varied, overflowing with detailed images. Sister Genevieve describes features of the natural world with a geologist's precision. She substitutes narrators for a fresh telling of a familiar story, such as the first-person account by one of the disciples who fished all night. And she fills in the gaps in the …