Paul Murray (poet)

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Father

Paul Murray

O.P., S.T.M.
Personal
Born (1947-11-26) 26 November 1947 (age 73)
Newcastle, County Down
ReligionRoman Catholic
NationalityIrish
Other names"Father Paul"
Profession1967
OrderDominican
Senior posting
Based inRome, Italy
Ordination1973
Profession1967
Present postRome, 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]
  • God's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision (2019)[16]
  • Saint Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom (2020)[17]

Poetry[]

  • Ritual Poems (1971)
  • Rites and Meditations (1982)
  • The Absent Fountain (1992)
  • These Black Stars (2003)
  • Stones and Stars (2013)[18][19]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Master of Theology - Fr Paul Murray, o.p." www.dominicanfriars.ie. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/paul-murray-op
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Paul Murray". www.dedaluspress.com. 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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-new-wine-of-dominican-spirituality-9780860124177/
  9. ^ "Paraclete Press | Christian Books, Music, and DVDS".
  10. ^ "I Loved Jesus in the Night".
  11. ^ "Door into the Sacred".
  12. ^ "Praying with Confidence".
  13. ^ http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/in-the-grip-of-light-9781441145505/
  14. ^ "Aquinas at Prayer".
  15. ^ "Scars".
  16. ^ "God's Spies: Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Other Poets of Vision".
  17. ^ "Saint Catherine of Siena: Mystic of Fire, Preacher of Freedom".
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Irish Poetry of Faith and Doubt:The Cold Heaven, p. 187, ed. John F. Deane, Wolfhound Press, 1990.
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