Our Father Prayer and Praxis

About the Book

“A running theme in Father St. Rose’s collection of poems is a simple but profound expression of the diversity in creation and its oneness in the Godhead. It’s a reminder of the need to promote and protect the integrity of all of creation because, in the Godhead, there are no accidents—all of creation has value and purpose. What Father St. Rose has done in this collection is to place before the reader those everyday experiences we take for granted and a chance to see them in their totality, because it is only then that we can appreciate the fuller value of the individual experiences” (Everistus Jn Marie). “Meditate upon the lines of the Our Father through a series of poems and be willingly crafted in the hands of God, the master sculptor. A former teacher and ever prolific, the poet usefully dissects the Our Father, delivering it to us in word and deed from a living perspective, often in all-too-familiar contexts” (Nahdjla Bailey; teacher, author, and editor). “This book is a phenomenally deep presentation of a vast cohesion of Jesus Christ’s divine teaching, which should be our lifetime curriculum while on earth in order to help us reach our heavenly destination one day. This book is a work of love!” (Loyola Devaux, teacher and editor).

About the Author

Famous for his profound sermons and homilies delivered with sterling clarity, the author has undoubtedly captured the hearts and minds of his listening audiences over the years. Now in his new incarnation as poet and novelist, he is raising eyebrows and stimulating the consciousness of his reading audience to an all-new level. In his anthology, Helen and Her Sister Haiti—a theological reflection on the social, historical, economic, religious, political, and national consciousness with a call to conversion—he has challenged the peoples of St. Lucia and Haiti to take cognizance of their struggles, their victimhood, and their formation as a people in a postindependence era. He further dared them to translate their sojourn into a new religious experience in a manner that will prove they are active participants in the incarnation with Christ Jesus and to experience themselves as dynamic contributors to their ongoing furtherance and development as a people of God. In a recent novel, In Turbulent Waters (a best seller at home), he has unearthed the darkest side of his people’s culture and history and again appealed to their good sense to seek the path to conversion and peace. This anthology—Our Father Prayer and Praxis—is again another daring exposé of the existing disparity between prayer, spirituality, and social justice. A mind boggling discovery that begs the question, why? Why do we not practice what we pray, and why do we always do the opposite of that for which we pray?