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Preaching the New Lectionary: Year AThe Lectionary is made up of selected passages from the Bible, placed within a literary and liturgical context. This new context calls for a consideration of the liturgical character and setting of the Lectionary readings. Preaching the New Lectionary: Year A offers readers that...
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History of the Liturgy: The Major StagesHow great the differences between the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and a pontifical High Mass at St. Peter's in Rome And also, between the early baptisms by immersion described in the Acts of the Apostles and the baptisms of newborns in our parishes...
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An Introduction to PersonalismMuch has been written about the great personalist philosophers of the 20th century - including Jacques Maritain and Emmanuel Mournier, Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas, Dietrich von Hildebrand and Edith Stein, Max Scheler and Karol Wojtyla (later Pope John Paul II) - but few...
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Aquinas and the Theology of the Body: The Thomistic Foundations of John Paul II's AnthropologyPope John Paul's Theology of the Body catecheses has garnered tremendous popularity in theological and catechetical circles. Students of the Theology of the Body have generally interpreted it as innovative not only in its presentation of the Church's teaching on marriage and sexuality, but...
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Bonds of Wool: The Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle AgesIn the pallium the medieval papacy created a mechanism of control over the far-flung bishops of the Latin church, a prerogative by which the popes shared honor and power with local prelates--and simultaneously wielded power over them. Contributing to the sway and oversight of...
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Homilies on LukeThirty-nine of Origen's homilies on the Gospel of Luke survive in Jerome's Latin translation. Origen preached them in Caesarea, perhaps around 234 or 240, to a congregation of catechumens and faithful. Most of the homilies are short; on average, they treat about six verses...
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Discourses Against Judaizing ChristiansSt. John Chrysostom's Discourse Against Judaizing Christians are eight homilies or sermons with a unifying theme: the correction of certain abuses in a fourth-century Christian community. Judged by modern tastes the Discourses may seem lengthy, and Chrysostom himself admits that they taxed his energies...
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Christian Faith and the Theological LifeWhat does it mean to believe in God? This question still provokes a recalcitrant world. In spite of the apparent disinterest of our age, the religious question continues to task and to vex, sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatically. When religious divisions occasion civil strife, believers...
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Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late AntiquityIn Christianity, Empire, and the Making of Religion in Late Antiquity, Jeremy M. Schott examines the ways in which conflicts between Christian and pagan intellectuals over religious, ethnic, and cultural identity contributed to the transformation of Roman imperial rhetoric and ideology in the early...
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Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their InterpretersThese studies . . . not only illuminate the past with a fierce and probing light but also raise, with nuance and power, fundamental issues of interpretation and method.--from the Foreword, by Caroline Walker Bynum Female saints, mystics, and visionaries have been much studied...
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Catholic Women Speak: Bringing Our Gifts to the TableAn anthology of essays by women who represent a broad international perspective and come from a variety of personal backgrounds, who believe that the Church cannot come to a wise and informed understanding of family life without listening to women. +Author: Catholic Women Speak...
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Child's Guide to the Seven SacramentsIn this next volume of the best selling Child's Guide series, Elizabeth Ficocelli makes the seven sacraments come alive for youngsters five to nine. We meet Dominic, a little boy who has a school assignment to do a report on the seven sacraments. The...
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Catholic Sacraments: A Rich Source of BlessingsUsing passages of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the official rubrics of sacramental rites as the basis for their writing, the contributors to this collection of texts highlight the connection between theology, prayer, and ritual. The book is divided into four main...
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Reading the Early Church Fathers: From the Didache to Nicaea"This is the book I wish I had when I was first studying the early church and the development of Christianity," says author James Papandrea. Reading the Early Church Fathers introduces the reader to the primary sources of church history, with commentary that will...
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From Brokenness to CommunityThe lectures in this volume witness the importance of the meeting between the university of the learned and the university of the poor. From them a deep understanding of true discipleship emerges. +Author: Jean VanierPublisher: Paulist PressPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 56Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 6.78h x...
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70. Sulpicius Severus: The Complete WorksVolume 70 in the Ancient Christian Writers series offers the first complete English translation since the late nineteenth century of the works of Sulpicius Severus, an early fifth-century Gallic writer. Although Sulpicius is primarily known for his two works on Saint Martin of Tours...
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Gold Rush Saints: California Mormons and the Great Rush for RichesFrom 1846 to 1857 Mormons played a crucial role in shaping events in California and the West. They were the first American settlers of San Francisco, and without them, John Sutter might not have built his sawmill and thus discovered gold in 1848. In...
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Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860It is unparalleled in history, the procession of Latter-Day Saints pushing handcarts from Iowa City and Florence (Omaha) to their promised Zion by the Great Salt Lake. Many of the three thousand hardy souls who trudged across thirteen hundred miles of prairie, desert, and...
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Exactly as You Are: The Life and Faith of Mister RogersWelcome to the spiritual neighborhood of Fred Rogers"I like you as you are Exactly and precisely I think you turned out nicely And I like you as you are."Fred Rogers fiercely believed that all people deserve love. This conviction wasn't simply sentimental: it came...
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Holy SilenceAn invitation to experience more fully the life-changing power of sacred silence For over a decade, J. Brent Bill's Holy Silence has been regarded as a contemporary classic on sacred silence. With warmth, wisdom, and gentle humor, Bill presents the Quaker practice of silence...
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