Catholic Poetry as a Spiritual Exercise with host Frances Harry, OCDS and Guest, Tim Bete, OCDS

Frances chats with Tim Bete, poet and Secular Carmelite, about the how poetry can increase your faith, its relationship to Scripture and what some of the Carmelite saints said about poetry. Tim is also poetry editor for the Catholic Poetry Room feature at IntegratedCatholicLife.org.

Resources

• Catholic Poetry Room @ IntegratedCatholicLife.org
• Tim's book, The Raw Still of Heaven at Amazon
• Some of Tim's poetry recommendations (this is always being updated)
• The Carmelite Poet & Contemplative Blog
• Other poems by Tim
• The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (ICS Publications)
• CatholicPoetry.org