The Christian Year

Name: The Christian Year
Author: John Keble

By John Keble

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A cycle of devotional poems arranged to follow the Church’s year, offering morning and evening reflections for Sundays, feasts, and seasons. Each piece meditates on scriptural texts or liturgical themes, exploring penitence, praise, prayer, and the believer’s spiritual journey in plain, reverent language. Recurring motifs include daily mercy, humble sacrifice in ordinary life, and the movement from sorrow toward hope through seasons such as Advent, Lent, and Easter. Written for private devotion and parish use, the poems aim to deepen worship, provide comfort and instruction, and supply contemplative focus throughout the successive days and observances of the Christian calendar.

About the Author

John Keble

John Keble was an influential English clergyman and poet, best known for his role in the Oxford Movement, which sought to revive the Catholic heritage of the Church of England. His most notable work, "The Christian Year," published in 1827, is a collection of poems reflecting on the Christian liturgical calendar, blending deep spirituality with poetic expression. Keble's sermon, "National Apostasy," delivered in 1833, addressed the moral and spiritual state of the nation, marking a significant moment in the history of English religious thought. His contributions to literature and theology continue to resonate within Anglicanism and beyond.