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Keys to the Council
Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
As the church marks the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, too few Catholics have an adequate grasp of what the council contributed to the life of the church. The problem is understandable. The Second Vatican Council produced, by far, more document pages than any other...
By What Authority?
Primer on Scripture, the Magisterium, and the Sense of the Faithful
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Authority is exercised in many ways and forms in the Catholic Church today. By What Authority? offers a helpful introduction to the forms of Church authority that are concerned with authentic Christian belief. Gaillardetz (Gă lăr dēē) explains what it means to say that the Bible is inspired, how...
Deuteronomy
Volume 6
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The book of Deuteronomy forms the foundation for much of the Old and New Testaments. It provides an overview of the exodus experience, reminding the Israelites that the Lord is the one who formed them, brought them out of Egypt, and provided them with the Promised Land. In this commentary J. Edward...
Redemption and Restoration
A Catholic Perspective on Restorative Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The Catholic Church teaches that punishment must have a constructive and redemptive purpose and that it be coupled with treatment and, when possible, restitution. Rehabilitation and restoration must include the spiritual dimension of healing and hope. Since the publication of the United States Conference...
The Sacred Gaze
Contemplation and the Healing of the Self
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Eight hundred years ago, Clare of Assisi advised a correspondent to gaze into the mirror of the crucified Christ and study her own face within it. A hundred years ago, sociologist Charles Horton Cooley said we can know our self only as it is reflected to us by others. Contemplation is the choice to...
by John J. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
These books, from what are often called the twelve prophets, continue to recount the story of the return from Babylonian exile. They speak with immediacy and power to the generation that was responsible for writing down and organizing the Hebrew Scriptures and founding Judaism as a religion, not just...
Corita Kent
Gentle Revolutionary of the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Corita Kent, an American nun and pop artist, led a life of creativity and love that took her in unexpected directions. In this engaging portrait, Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP, offers an in-depth look at Corita Kent, gentle revolutionary of the heart, letting the beauty and truth of her life and art speak...
The Work of Your Hands
Prayers for Ordinary and Extraordinary Moments of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
A prayer book for one and for all, for personal prayer and family blessing, The Work of Your Hands gives voice to the prayers of the heart. Diana Macalintal lifts up the extraordinary and the ordinary moments of life in humble yet beautifully wrought prayers that evoke our longings, confess our fears,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
When the basic conceptions of the world held by whole generations in the West are formed by popular culture, and in particular by the music that serves as its soundtrack, can theology remain unchanged? The authors of the essays in this important volume insist that the answer is no.
These gifted...
Not by Bread Alone
Daily REFLECTIONS FOR LENT 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
p>Find spiritual sustenance for the season of Lent in Bishop Morneau's reflections on the daily Mass readings. Not by Bread Alone offers a short collection of insightful meditations that focus on Lenten themes of repentance and redemption, sacrifice and salvation as well as the Easter promise of resurrection...
Only Wonder Comprehends
John Garvey in Commonweal
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
For over forty years, John Garvey was the “ballast” of Commonweal magazine. His award-winning essays and consistently notable columns revealed not only his acuity and alacrity, but his uncommon spiritual insight. These in turn provided momentum and substance for whatever followed in an issue of...
Sacred Relationships
Biblical Wisdom for Deepening Our Lives Together
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
In the latter part of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Ketuvim, one may find the world's first "how-to" or "self-help" book, one that focuses on creating and sustaining human relationships. So says author Rabbi Michael Barclay, who unlocks these writings in a way that reveals...
In Our Own Words
Religious Life in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Written by a diverse group of younger women religious from North America, In Our Own Words offers a collection of essays on issues central to apostolic religious life today. The thirteen authors represent different congregations, charisms, ministries, and histories. The topics and concerns that shape...
If These Walls Could Talk
Community Muralism and the Beauty of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Philadelphia's community muralism movement is transforming the City of Brotherly Love into the Mural Capital of the World. This remarkable groundswell of public art includes some 3,500 wall-sized canvases: On warehouses and on schools, on mosques and in jails, in courthouses and along overpasses.
In...