Mystics around the Manger

Advent Reflections on the Nativity of the Lord

Sundays of Advent, 4.30 –5.30 pm
Glenstal Abbey Library

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

The Nativity of Christ touches every Christian in profound but different ways. This series of Advent lectures explores the manner in which four outstanding figures of the Christian tradition have explored the mystery of Christ’s Incarnation and what their explorations have to say to Christians today.

Sunday, 2nd December
St. Hildegard’s theology of the Feminine, the Incarnation and the senses
Dr Noirín Ní Riain

Sunday 9th December  
The spirit of anonymity in the contemplations of the author of the Cloud of Unknowing.
Dr Eric Graff (NUI Galway)

Sunday, 16th December      
St Teresa of Avila and the Humanity of ChristProfessor Terence O’Reilly (UCC)

Sunday, 23rd December      
Meister Eckhart on the Eternal Birth—Now.
Fr Philip McShane OP

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