{"product_id":"the-reed-of-god","title":"The Reed of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Caryll Houselander\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe one thing that Our Lady did and does is the one thing\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat we all have to do, namely, to bear Christ into the world. \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCaryll Houselander)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBehold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be unto me according to thy word.\u003c\/i\u003e” With this humble declaration, a woman named Mary accepted a vocation to the infinite: becoming not only the mother of God, but also the mother of all the living. In illustration of this mystery, Caryll Houselander invokes three symbols that represent the unique quality of the Blessed Virgin Mary: a reed through which the Eternal Love was to be piped as a shepherd’s song; a flowerlike chalice into which the purest water of humanity was to be poured, mingled with wine, changed to the crimson blood of love, and lifted up in sacrifice; and a warm nest rounded to the shape of humanity to receive the Divine Little Bird. The result is a tender meditation on the majesty of Mary, the Reed of God, in and through whom flows the infinite music of God’s love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eRegularly hailed since its publication in 1944 as Houselander’s finest work, \u003ci\u003eThe Reed of God\u003c\/i\u003e presents in plain yet powerful prose the Blessed Mother as the model for everyone and every life and as the guarantor of intimacy with God, “whose law is the lovely yoke of the one irresistible love.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaryll Houselander\u003c\/strong\u003e (1901–1954) was an English Roman Catholic artist and author. A convert at age six, she left the Church as a teenager, returning as an adult and be­coming a fixture of twentieth-century Catholic culture. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Dry Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flowering Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Rocking-Horse Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685955090\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50949268111579,"sku":"978-1685955090","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_695.jpg?v=1793110797","url":"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-reed-of-god","provider":"Cluny Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}