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\n\"Plucking the Strings is chock-full of graced nudges for Christianswho want to celebrate God's boundless love in their lives.It is adelightful,creative,practical resource for soul-nurturing and heart-healing.I especially appreciated the feminine imaging of God,the'contemporary'appeal,and musical tone of her psalms.What arich treasury of poetic prayer for the poet within all of us!”  \nBridget Mary Meehan,Author  \nGod Delights in You;Exploring the Feminine Face of God;andAffirmations from the Heart  \n\"This is truly a delightful book!The psalm-poems are not onlymost accessible,but also full of depth and inspiration.As a per-sonal,do-it-yourself psalm book,it can fit beautifully into a busywork day as well as a retreat and is sure to enrich anyone whofollows its simple but creative program.”  \nThomas G.Hand,S.J.Retreat Director and Meditation Teacher,Mercy Center,Burlingame,CA  \n\"In this personal journal,Joan Metzner provides us with anopportunity to be psalmists:to pray our love,our rage,our com-passion,our concern,our hopes,and our fears.In short,Joanhelps us pluck the prayer strings of our hearts.”  \nSandra DeGidio,O.S.M.Author,Sacraments Alive andPrayer Services for the Elderly  \n\"Joan Metzner's Plucking the Strings reflects something that onefinds in Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin,as well as in the Bookof Psalms:the truth that all creation bears 'vestiges'or 'traces'ofthe Trinity (as Aquinas has it);the ‘marks’or 'sparks'of theCreator(as Calvin renders it).This book is image-rich and expe-rience-based and relies on what we encounter every day allaround us to provide the impulse for prayer.”  \nSister Pamela Smith,SS.C.M.Director,Lay Ministry Programs,SS.Cyril and Methodius SeminaryOrchard Lake,MI  \n\"This book is not only inspiring,but also creative,as it gentlysuggests to readers that they can be psalmists of their personalspiritual journeys.It definitely comes from the heart and wit-nesses to ‘walking in the Spirit.\"  \nDr.Marcella Hoesl,M.M.Oblate School of TheologySan Antonio,TX  \n\"In this moving collection of original psalms,poet Joan Metznerinvites us to attend to the enlivening Spirit of God within and towrite our own words of truth,hope,and longing from the depthsof our personhood.Convinced that there is a psalmist withineach of us,Metzner encourages writing without fear and withabondonment.Her personal psalm journal is a rich resource forpersons seeking to deepen their spiritual lives.”  \nDr.Colleen M.GriffithInstitute of Religious Education and Pastoral MinistryBoston College  \n\"Plucking the Strings achieves its goal of helping readers quietdown to listen to the stirrings of the heart and then to celebratethe psalm/songs found there.Following the suggestions made bythe author at the end of each chapter,readers become trouba-dours of their own experience.  \n\"Sr.Joan dares to open herself before us.In the directness ofher poetry,she does not hide her pain,nor does she hoard herjoy.She calls us to do the same with the challenge,'Rememberwho you are.'The psalmist within each of us has an opportuni-ty to emerge and take its rightful place among the poets of thespirit.”  \nJo-Ann Iannotti,O.P.Wisdom House,Retreat &Conference CenterLitchfield,CT  \nPlucking the Strings…  \n# Aeersonal\n\nPSALMJournal  \nJOAN METZNER  \nTwenty-Third Publications185 Willow StreetP.O.Box 180Mystic,CT 06355(860)536-2611800-321-0411  \n◎ Copyright 1998 Maryknoll Sisters.All rights reserved.Nopart of this publication may be reproduced in any mannerwithout prior written permission of the publisher.Write to thePermissions Editor.  \nISBN 0-89622-733-2  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number 97-60533Printed in the U.S.A.  \n# Dedication\n\nI would like to dedicate this book to my MaryknollCommunity,as well as to all the psalmists in my life,budding and full-fledged.Thank you for bringing out","cbCaiowsID4xqeoS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiowsID4xqeoS","pdf",3091945,124,"English","# Dedication\n# 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