Showing 181–210 of 237 Books
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Integrating recent biblical scholarship with spiritual and pastoral reflections, the author shows that Luke’s Gospel is, above all, a story of joy, peace, forgiveness and salvation.
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In this brief but beautiful exposition of scripture, the author gives readers significant insights into the spiritual depths of Matthew’s Gospel. With a masterful touch he leads those studying the Gospel along sound lines of interpretation.
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The commentaries offered here are meditations that bring us the thought of the ages and many traditions – medieval, reformation, counter-reformation and contemporary. It is a rich harvest of Christian spirituality.
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This is the first in a three-volume set of carefully chosen gospel commentaries. It conveys a profound richness from a variety of experts.
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Spiritual commentaries on Paul’s Letters to Philemon, the Philippians and the Colossians aimed at the non-specialist who wants to understand Paul’s message in terms of daily living.
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The author offers an exposition of Paul’s letter to the Romans which is full of insight and reflects on its significance for Christian life today.
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This work is a wonderful description of how Jesus started his ministry proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven is at hand now and eternally.
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Gloria Hutchinson not only reminds us of this master spiritual fact, she shows us how to foster good relationships - with Jesus, ourselves, fellow pilgrims, and God.
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This book contains a study of the rich wisdom and theological doctrine in the thoughts and writings of Chiara Lubich whose discovery of God as a God of love was fundamental to the foundation of the Focolare Movement.
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Uniting his own expertise in Christian spirituality with the psychology of Carl Jung, Maloney hopes to correct the false image of the dehumanizing (and often unchristian) humility taught in the past. A lively view of what humility really means for the 21st-century Christian.
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The author invites the reader to a deeper prayer life. This book is a practical aid to anyone who wishes to put Christianity into practice.
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Using his profound experience and acute insight, George Maloney offers a theological and scriptural basis for the often unaddressed subject of Christian joy. He draws from such sources as the early eastern mystics and reveals the treasure of joy that God wants to give to each and every one of us.
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This volume, 15 Days of Prayer With Saint Katharine Drexel, introduces readers to the Philadelphia socialite who became a nun and a missionary to the poor and oppressed.
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Knowing wealth but no stranger to poverty, devoted spouse and mother, committed religious, generous heart – Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton has become a model of sanctity to people in all walks of life in America and throughout the world.
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In Pathways to Community, well-known author Robert F. Morneau helps readers to focus on their relationships to others and to the larger society by offering a month worth of daily reflections on prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
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Today, more and more people of different religions have the chance to meet. How should they interact with each other in order to foster mutual understanding and respect? What problems might this new world of dialogue create? Will it lead to compromising one’s faith? Cardinal Francis Arinze answers these and many other timely questions in this engaging and enlightening interview.
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This book deals with all the essentials of Catholic social teaching in a concise way, but without oversimplification.
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A fresh and refreshing look at the meaning of “communion” in the documents of the Second Vatican Council. John Markey has laid out a bold and insightful theological vision of the Church that will help guide us.
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This work is composed of essays by significant scholars in Franciscan theology, history, and hagiography.
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This anthology offers special insights into the sufferings and joys we meet as we grow in maturity, whether as a result of passing years or of spiritual experience. The contributors range from Teresa of Avila to Mother Teresa, from Julian of Norwich to Teilhard de Chardin.
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This is the moving, true story of Lesley Gosch, sent to death row in Texas after being accused, questionably, of murder. It is based on the exchange of letters between him and the author, a Welsh nun, who also visited him.
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Richard Deats’ analysis of Gandhi’s search for God and the value of nonviolence is very readable and insightful. Gandhi always believed one cannot find God without first understanding and living a nonviolent lifestyle. This book shows us the way to higher thinking and higher living.
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This collection of texts highlights the powerful action of the Holy Spirit at the beginning of the Focolare Movement. It helps us to enter into the intimacy of Chiara Lubich’s relationship with the Holy Spirit and how she communicated to others her passion that he, the ‘unknown God’ may be known, welcomed and loved.
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Chiara Lubich sees the Church as a living reality, an event of communion, and she gives a stimulating answer to the question, ‘What is the Church?’ She responds that it is not a ‘what’ but a ‘who’ because the Church is Jesus in the midst of his people. And the task of the Church is to be, within humanity, a catalyst for unity.
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Not only was Pavan a principal collaborator of John XXIII in the drafting of the encyclicals Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris, but he also had a vital role in the preparation of two of the most important conciliar documents: the pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes and the declaration on religious freedom.
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This is a work from Augustine’s early life, just after his conversion, in which are visible all the seeds of his future writings. Here we see him as a philosopher, a thinker and a budding theologian. It is his personal prayer to his God of love and mercy.
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Those seeking an excellent introduction, either to the thought of the mature Augustine, or those needing material for catechetical instruction in the parish would do well to consult this timeless classic.
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Using the language of economics, the articles in this volume convey the principles at the root of the Economy of Communion and explain its unique characteristics within the context of current and historical economic thought and practice at both the micro and macro levels.
