"Each volume has been critically chosen, lucidly translated and
excellently introduced by internationally acknowledged scholars.
(The publisher) must be praised for its selectivity, overall book
format, original cover designs by contemporary artists, and indexes
for each volume." Theological Studies Hadewijch: The Complete Works
translation and introduction by Mother Columbia Hart, O.S.B.,
preface by Paul Mummers, S.J. "May God give us a renewed mind For
noble and free love, To make us so new in our life That Love may
bless us And renew, with new taste, Those to whom she can give new
fullness; Love is the new and powerful recompense Of those whose
life renews itself for Love alone." Hadewijch (A Beguine of the
13th Century) Belonging to the early thirteenth century, Hadewijch
brings us a spiritual message of extraordinary power. She was
endowed in no less degree than St. Teresa of Avila with the gifts
of visionary mysticism and literary genius. She felt herself
strongly a woman, as can be seen from her choosing to join the
women's movement of her day, that of the Beguines, who dedicated
themselves to a life of true spirituality without taking the veil.
Hadewijch understood that she was called to communicate to others
the profound knowledge of the things of God granted to her in her
mystical life. She directed her apostolate to some younger
Beguines, and nearly all her writings, both prose and poetry, were
intended for them. She mentions other spiritual friends, some in
distant countries. Her experiences and her message, however ,
however, remained hidden; she attained to no celebrity among her
contemporaries. The way of immediate fame was for other women
mystics. St. Hildegard (1098-1179), the visionary and writer,
enjoyed high reputation Clairvaux, and crowned heads. Hadewijch's
contemporary, St. Lutgard (1183-1246), was widely known for her
visions of the Sacred Heart, which won her the friendship of
persons like the Master General of the Dominican Order and Duchess
Marie of Brabant (daughter of King Louis VIII of France), and after
her death made her tomb a place of pilgrimage. Where Hadewijch was
buried, however, no one knows and her writings, after passing
through the hands of John of Ruusbroec and his circle, were lost to
sight until the nineteenth century. Since the rediscovery of
Hadewijch, her importance has been progressively appreciated, and
the hidden dimension of her life is now open so that we may share
it according to the particular needs of our own day.
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