Paul Murray (poet)

Paul Murray, O.P.
Religion Roman Catholic
Order Dominican
Other names "Father Paul"
Personal
Nationality Irish
Born (1947-11-26) 26 November 1947
Newcastle, County Down
Religious career
Ordination 1973
Profession 1967
Present post Rome, Italy

Paul Brendan Murray, O.P., S.T.M.[1](born 26 November 1947), is an Irish Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, poet, writer, and professor. Murray was born at Newcastle, County Down, in Northern Ireland. In 1966 he joined the Irish Dominican Province, and was ordained a priest in 1973. Since 1994 he has lived in Rome, Italy, where he teaches the literature of the mystical tradition at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum.[2][3][4][5]

Bibliography

Prose

  • The Mysticism Debate (1977)
  • T.S. Eliot and Mysticism: The Secret History of the Four Quartets (1991)
  • A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment (2002)[6]
  • Preachers at Prayer (2003)[7]
  • The New Wine of Dominican Spirituality: A Drink Called Happiness (2003)[8]
  • "I Loved Jesus in the Night": Teresa of Calcutta, A Secret Revealed (2008)[9][10]
  • Door into the Sacred: A Meditation on the Hail Mary (2010)[11]
  • Praying with Confidence: Aquinas on the Lord's Prayer (2010)[12]
  • In the Grip of Light: The Dark and Bright Journey of Christian Contemplation (2012)[13]
  • Aquinas at Prayer: The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry (2013)[14]
  • Scars: Essays, Poems and Meditations on Affliction (2014)[15]

Poetry

  • Ritual Poems (1971)
  • Rites and Meditations (1982)
  • The Absent Fountain (1992)
  • These Black Stars (2003)
  • Stones and Stars (2013)[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/paul-murray-op
  3. ↑ http://www.paracletepress.com/paul-murray-a.html
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.irishwriters-online.com/murray-paul/
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-new-wine-of-dominican-spirituality-9780860124177/
  9. ↑ http://www.paracletepress.com/i-loved-jesus-in-the-night-teresa-of-calcutta-a-secret-revealed.html
  10. ↑ http://www.darton-longman-todd.co.uk/titles/1534-9780232527469-i-loved-jesus-in-the-night
  11. ↑ http://www.darton-longman-todd.co.uk/titles/1574-9780232527957-door-into-the-sacred
  12. ↑ http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/praying-with-confidence-9781441147134/
  13. ↑ http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/in-the-grip-of-light-9781441145505/
  14. ↑ http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/aquinas-the-unread-vision-9781441107558/
  15. ↑ http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/scars-9781441137463/
  16. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  • Irish Poetry of Faith and Doubt:The Cold Heaven, p. 187, ed. John F. Deane, Wolfhound Press, 1990.
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