THE COLLECTED POETRY OF SISTER MARY IGNATIA PEACH, V.H.M. - Pasture on Parnassus - Book Review

Oct 13, 2026

Collected devotional and lyrical poems by Sister Mary Ignatia Peach, V.H.M., published under the writing name “Sister Mary of the Visitation.” The volume opens with dedication, introduction, and preface, then presents a structured sequence of poems and villanelles that reflect Christian themes, prayer, and contemplative reflection. Titles reference Christmas, Advent, Corpus Christi, resurrection, angelic imagery, vocations, and liturgical forms, including recurring Latin invocations and scriptural citations.

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Dedication

Introduction

Preface

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To Isaias, Seer

Holly Around the Crib

Emmanuel

Corpus Christi

A Christmas Prayer and Wish

In Exitu Israel

Simeon Speaks to Anna

Orate Fratres

Litany for Aviators

Distances

Resurrection

As One Finding Peace

Queen of Apostles

Advent Villanelle

Assumption Villanelle

The Pattern

A Book of Hours

A Cloister Carol

Jubile Sequence

Offertory

Carol Of Serendipity

A Pilgrimage of Grace

To Our Lady in the Atomic Age

The Message

The Spirit and the Bride

Candlemas

Lights on a Television Tower

Contemplatives

Recessional

Angelus

Sursum Corda

Let Us Go Down to Bethleh

Notre Dame in Maryland

Mystical Garden

Visitation

Other Magi

The Holy Souls in Heaven

Cor Jesu Fons Totus Consolationis

THE COLLECTED POETRY OFSISTER MARY IGNATIA PEACH,V.H.M. written as "Sister Mary of the Visitation" MoUNT DE SALES ACADEMYCATONSVILLE,MARYLAND https://archive.org/details/collectedpoetryo0000unse_IOn4 5oa, 死yon peeauwu THE COLLECTED POETRY OFSISTER MARY IGNATIA PEACH,V.H.M. written as “Sister Mary of the Visitation” MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMYCATONSVILLE,MARYLAND THE COLLECTED POETRY OF SISTER MARY IGNATIA PEACH, V.H.M. written as“Sister Mary of the Visitation” MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND Dedication…………… Introduction………… Preface………………………………… Pasture on Parnassus - Book Revic To Isaias, Seer……………………… Holly Around the Crib…………… Emmanuel…………………………………… Corpus Christi……………………… A Bundle of Myrrh Is My Bel A Christmas Prayer and Wish In Exitu Israel………………………………… Simeon Speaks to Anna……………… For a Gift of Bulbs………………… For the Sake of the Words of Thy Gifts………………………………… To a Mountain Climber A Tree Has Hope. A Garden Enclosed. Orate Fratres………………… Litany for Aviators Distances…………………… Of Rock Gardens. Resurrection ………… …………………………………1 …………………2 ……………………3 …………………9 ……10 ……11 ……11 · ……12 ……14 ……16 ……17 ..18 ..20 ..21 ..22 …………25 ……26 ……………27 ……28 ………30 ………31 ………………………………32 …………………………33 As One Finding Peace…………………… Queen of Apostles……………… Advent Villanelle ……………… Assumption Villanelle……… Isaias 51:16……………………………………… The Pattern………………………… A Book of Hours………… To a Dead Bumble-Bee A Cloister Carol ……… Giving and Taking .. Makers of Altar Linens. Jubilee Sequence………………… Offertory…………………………………………… Colloquy…………………………… Carol Of Serendipity.. A Pilgrimage of Grace……… Friends ……………………………………… From Neglect of Thy Inspirations In No Strange Land…………… To Our Lady in the Atomic Age The Message………………………… I Shall Know Being Old .. The Spirit and the Bride.. White Gladioli……………………… Carol for a Satellite Christmas Contemplatives……………………… Candlemas…………………………………… Lights on a Television Tower. A Carol of the Hay ……………………………… White Dogwood ………………………… Desire of the Everlasting Hills……… Merces Vestra(Copiosa Est in Coelis). Recessional……………………………………………… …………………………34 …………37 ……38 ………39 ……40 ……42 ..43 .. 44 ……45 ………46 ……49 ………50 ……51 ..52 ………53 …………54 …………55 …………56 ………56 ……57 ………58 ………61 ……62 ……63 ..64 ..64 ………65 ………66 ……67 ·………· ……………………………68 ……………………………70 Angelus……………………………………… A Sylvan Carol…………………………… Friar Cricket Goes To Choir Red and White ………………………… When I Consider the Heavens Songs of the Spirit……………………… Another Little Te Deum………… Variations on the Psalms of Lauds. The Gleaner …………………………… Subvenite For Autumn…… The Door and the Key. Vocation ………………………… Recluse…………………………… A Social Sequence.. A Welcome……………… Christmas Carol of Doves For Rosemary …………………… A Carol of Stars and Snow Singularly in Hope . Wisdom 13:3………………… Sursum Corda………………… Let Us Go Down to Bethleh Notre Dame in Maryland In Tenebris …………………… Mystical Garden…………… Fifty Years of Love…… Visitation……………………………… Other Magi…………………………… A Song of Time for the Timeless The Holy Souls in Heaven………………… Cor Jesu Fons Totus Consolationis Cor Jesu Vita et Resurrectio Nostra.. Cor Jesu Virtutum Omnium Abyssus.. ………………………………71 ………74 ……………75 ………76 …………78 ………80 ………82 ………83 ………84 ………84 ………85 ………86 …………90 ……………91 ……………91 …………92 ………93 ………94 ..95 ………96 ………98 ………99 ……100 ……101 ……104 …………………………………104 …………………………………………105 Cor Jesu,Dives in Omnes Qui Invocant Te……… Cor Jesu Spes in Te Morientium ……………… Cor Jesu Deliciae Sanctorum Omnium. Cor Jesu Pax et Reconciliatro Nostra.. Cor Jesu Victima Peccatorum …… Cor Jesu Salus Sperantium ……… Cor Jesu, Fili Patris Aeterni……… Requiescat……………… ……………………105 …………………106 ………………106 ……………………10

FAQs

Who is the author featured in this collected poetry volume?

The volume presents poems by Sister Mary Ignatia Peach, V.H.M., written as “Sister Mary of the Visitation.”

What sections appear at the beginning of the book?

It includes Dedication, Introduction, and Preface before the poems begin.

What themes recur across the poem titles?

The titles repeatedly reference Christian liturgical and devotional themes such as Christmas, Advent, Corpus Christi, resurrection, prayer, angelic imagery, vocation, and Latin devotional invocations.

Oct 13, 2026

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