This Catholic Edition Bible includes the complete Catholic canon, as well as resources, book introductions, and maps to help you discover the treasures in its pages. Features include:
- Complete Catholic Bible in a compact easy-to-carry size - Anglicized text - Presentation page allows you to personalize this special gift by recording a memory or note - Articles providing an understanding of fundamental Catholic beliefs and practices - Bible book introductions provide a concise overview of the background and historical context of the book about to be read - Concordance for finding key verses - Bible Maps are a visual representation of the locations where key events take place in the Bible - Clear and readable 8.5 print
The Canticle of the Creatures "is Francis's love song. It is Franciscan wholeness, for in it is contained the depth of his prayer and of his life in Christ. In its singing he was singing his dying and his rising, for his song was a journey of praise and thanksgiving for his place of origin and his destination, the Most High, All-Powerful, Good Lord."--Murray Bodo
Using St. Francis's canticle as a framework, Murray Bodo, a Franciscan friar, and Susan Saint Sing, a secular Franciscan, reflect on the vision of Francis and Clare as it has played out over the course of their own lives. Susan's experiences of healing during trips to Assisi and praying in nature and Murray's deep understanding of Francis and Clare as poets and mystics come together in a duet that brings God's love song to life.
These deeply personal reflections explore the power of prayer and meditation, the sacredness of all creation, and the pull of sacred places. Such a meditative, reflective reading experience conveys a lifetime of lived Franciscan spirituality. It will draw you into exploring your own experience of the vision of Francis and Clare.
The full collection of conference talks from Pope Francis's appointed retreat master, Timothy Radcliffe, heard first during the historic October 2023 General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality.
Listening Together serves as a reminder of the themes of enduring relevance included in Radcliffe's retreat talks and synod meditations. In entertaining and engaging prose, Radcliffe encourage readers to think about conflicting hopes; different visions of the church as home; the need for unity; friendship; and above all, the importance of listening, discernment, and mission as a means for this synodal journey to continue to succeed.
In these pages, Radcliffe offers a "spirituality of listening" that can take us forward together on a journey of discovery and communion.
Means of Grace is a weekly devotional culled from the sermons of pastor and theologian Fleming Rutledge, organized according to the liturgical calendar. Each entry begins with a biblical passage and ends with a short prayer.
Rutledge's work indicates both her genuine empathy for human experience and her deep reverence for God. Anyone longing for the wise pastoral guidance of an adept veteran preacher, one who views Scripture not as bland life lessons or timeless teaching but as "the living God present and acting in the story of redemption", will find a meaningful companion through the seasons of their spiritual journey that they can return to year after year.
Called on the Way: The Daily Practice of Discipleship
Author/Artist:
KATHLEEN CAHALAN, LAURA KELLY FANUCCI
ISBN-13:
9798400801174
Publisher:
Liturgical Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$36.95
Description:
What does it mean to be called? What is a disciple? In Called on the Way: The Daily Practice of Discipleship, authors Kathleen Cahalan and Laura Kelly Fanucci explore through personal stories, Scripture readings, and prayer experiences, what it means to be called a disciple "on the way."
Through our roles and relationships, each person is blessed with many callings to heed God's invitation to follow the way of Christ. Calling is something we do, someone we are, and someone we become and the image of "the way" is the central biblical theme of our journey together. Called on the Way includes seven practical ways to understand and live out your own call to discipleship as a follower, worshiper, witness, neighbour, forgiver, prophet, and steward.
Each chapter includes a personal story, biblical foundation, and connections to saintly and sacramental practice. Reflection questions help identify how you and your parish community can live the life of discipleship to where God leads and calls you now.
Welcome the inspiriting opportunities of your older years!
Cunningham offers over 100 short, pithy, insightful quotes and reflections, one per page, in large print, with room to write responses. This gift book explores what spiritually engaged elders have become and can yet become. It divides into themes: Memory, Intimacy, Diminishment, Gratitude, and Acceptance.
The black-and-white line drawings accompanying each chapter are by Connie Meyer, septuagenarian artist, mother, grandmother, and retired teacher. A thought-provoking, down-to-Earth book for those of all religious and philosophical beliefs, no matter how many birthdays we have already celebrated.
Why is there so much suffering? How do I make sense of my pain?
Father Christopher Mahar responds to these questions and more with empathy, conviction, and hope. Guided by the writings of Saint John Paul II and over twenty years of pastoral experience, Fr. Mahar unfolds the mysterious truth that "even in suffering, we can find love."
His short chapters, reflection questions, and prompts for prayer are a rich companion for the suffering and those who love them.
First Belong to God: On Retreat with Pope Francis
Author/Artist:
AUSTEN IVEREIGH
ISBN-10:
192248489X
ISBN-13:
9781922484895
Publisher:
Loyola Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$29.95
Description:
"This is not a time to bunker down and lock our doors. I see clearly that the Lord is calling us out of ourselves, to get up and walk." from the foreword by POPE FRANCIS
Designed as an 8 day Ignatian retreat this book serves as the next best thing to a personal retreat with Pope Francis: a full-soul immersion into his wisdom via the classic Jesuit retreat that shaped him so profoundly.
The Afternoon of Christianity: The Courage to Change
Author/Artist:
TOMAS HALIK
ISBN-10:
026820747X
ISBN-13:
9780268207472
Publisher:
University of Notre Dame
Binding:
HARDBACK
Price:
AU$32.95
Description:
Tomas Halik provides a poignant reflection on Christianity's crisis of faith. He offers a vision of the self-reflection, love, and growth necessary for the church to build a deeper and more mature faith.
In a world transformed by secularization and globalization, torn by stark political and social distrust, and ravaged by war and pandemic, Christians are facing a crisis of faith. Tomas Halik reflects on past and present challenges confronting Christian faith, drawing together strands from the Bible, historic Christian theology, philosophy, psychology, and classic literature. He reveals the current crisis as a crossroads: one road leads toward division and irrelevance, while the other provides the opportunity to develop a deeper, more credible, and mature form of church, theology, and spirituality--an afternoon epoch of Christianity.
The fruitfulness of the reform and the future vibrancy of the Church depends on a reconnection with the deep spiritual and existential dimension of faith. Halik argues that Christianity must transcend itself, giving up isolation and self-centeredness in favor of loving dialogue with people of different cultures, languages, and religions. This renewal of faith can help the human family move beyond a clash of civilizations to a culture of communication, sharing, and respect for diversity.
Thirst: Our Desire for God, God's Desire for Us
Author/Artist:
JOS? TOLENTINO MENDON?A
ISBN-10:
0809154382
ISBN-13:
9780809154388
Publisher:
Paulist Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$36.95
Description:
This book is based on the retreat Fr. Mendonca preached to the papal household in Lent 2018. It explores the theme of thirst, returning again and again to the story of Jesus' meeting with the Samaritan woman at the well.
The thirst is mutual: we go to the well to meet Jesus, and Jesus goes there to find us.
This theme recurs throughout the scriptures, in both Old and New Testaments, to the last lines in the Bible, in the Book of Revelation: "And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift".
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