Visit the different parts of the Mass with this easy-to-use interactive CD-ROM guide by Ken Meltz, JLP International, and Paulist press. You'll explore through a kaleidoscope of colorful illustrations, informative narration, color photos, beautiful-music, and videos all presented in a fun and entertaining way. Learn about the Mass through an "Interactive Guide". Watch videos of different parts of the Mass, click on buttons to learn more about ...
The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of the soul, discerning the thoughts of the heart." "So proclaims the Letter of the Hebrews. Yet for many persons biblical word of God is less a sharp sword than a crutch, supporting rather than piercing them. Interpreted as they have 'always' heard it, Scripture tells exactly what they want to hear. Modern critical investigation of the Bible can c...
The Symposium for a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood, held at the Vatican from February 17 to 19, 2022, inaugurated a new phase of theological and pastoral reflection in the context of contemporary questions regarding the ministry of priests and the priesthood of the baptized. The deepening of the relationship between the two participations--baptismal and ministerial--in the one priesthood of Christ is fundamental for renewing the missio...
There are not many books that empathize with people who feel lost and hopeless at the holidays and then earnestly desire to help them towards finding new hope. Too often in books about this time of year, there is an assumption that everyone at Thanksgiving and Christmas is happy, excited, and faith-filled. By writing it creatively through the lens of A Christmas Carol, whose main character is known to so many people as one who makes this spiri...
Why God? is a collection of stories and is divided into four parts: Church, Liturgy and Sacraments, Society, and Faith and Spirituality. Through these very personal and engaging stories, the author provides insights into the way God works through people and often unexpected places and events. These true stories speak of the power of God working in creation and through the unlikely individuals and places that we discover God's transforming love...
This comprehensive approach to Christology combines the Bible, theology, and ethics, and presents a dynamic understanding of faith in Jesus that embodies it ethically in reality"--
Designed as a text, Women and the Church examines the history of Christian feminism as a response to patriarchy, the ways in which women have been portrayed in scripture and women's hermeneutical strategies, and the seminal contributions of women to the subfields of systematic theology. The book focuses mainly, though not exclusively, on women in the Roman Catholic Church. The author divides the work into three sections: Problematizing the Fem...
This book is an introduction to the Gospel of Mark, paying special attention to its theological message. Proposing a new understanding of Mark's Gospel, this book states that its central idea is the recognition of Jesus as the son of God, a claim made at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the Gospel. The contribution of this book is that the recognition of Jesus as the son of God is only possible through the action of the Holy Spirit th...
The Gospel of Matthew, like the other Gospels, is a story. The narrative nature of Matthew's account of the life of Jesus unfolds as a plotted sequence of words and events, beginning with his birth and closing with his presence to the disciples as their risen Lord. The location of any single passage within the flow of the unfolding story is a major guide to understanding this Gospel. Matthew is best known for his account of the birth of Jesus ...
This book is an invitation to respond to the prophetic call, stemming from baptism, to promote the dignity of all people based on the belief that each person is created in the image of God, particularly those who suffer racial injustice"--
Using stories as an entry, and in an easy, conversational style, Jim Clarke covers a wide range of questions, dilemmas, and concerns that arise in the ordinary, everyday lives of the people of God"--
In the wake of the French Revolution and other upheavals, Don Bosco (1815-1888) and other nineteenth-century founders and spiritual leaders contributed to the development of spiritual practices and perspectives on the Christian life that have been described as the "Salesian Pentecost."Here are translations of and commentaries on the little-known spiritual writings of Don Bosco, his collaborators, and his contemporaries involved in the Salesian...
The book combines recent research from neuroscience as well as the rich insights of Ignatian spirituality to produce a wealth of strategies for living abundantly and well during challenging times"--
Although Catherine of Siena was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1970, relatively little attention has been given to her mystical thought, particularly in the English-speaking world. The Dialogue, the famous compendium of her mature thought, is difficult to understand owing to its interruptions, repetitions, overlapping arguments, imagery and undefined terms. Thomas McDermott breaks new ground in his systematic presentation of Catherine's ...
