Sacred Space Lent 2024 continues the tradition of Scripture reading, points of reflection, a weekly topic and six steps of prayer and meditation. The handy format makes this an idea book for pocket, brief case, handbag or even the glove compartment of the car!
This book builds bridges between theology and ecology. It challenges theology to re-imagine who we are, who the Spirit is, who Christ is, where creation is going, and what is the role of liturgy in soociety-all in the glare of the climate crisis.
Is God present in nature? Is communion with God in nature possible? Is there a relationship between the God of creation, the God of history and the God we worship in Sunday liturgies.The result of these explorations is the outline of a new theology of nature praising God, with lessons for the way we worship God in our churches today.
In this book, Aidan Larkin SCC brings the academic rediscovery of Patrick to a lay audience, arguing the case for recognising and engaging with Patrick's spiritual legacy. A wealth of references to the Fathers of the Church in Patrick's own writings, encourages us to see Patrick as a religious thinker in dialogue with the Church's past and future.
Mary Magdalen's encounter with the Gardener utterly changed her life. Not only hers, but also that of everyone else in the world. Nothing would ever be the same again. It was an encounter that came after gut-wrenching horror and bereavement, the utter end of all hope, the loss of the one that she, with others, loved more than anyone.
As Nano's journey unfolds it reveals how the steady and alluring presence of God became known to her through the most ordinary of events of her life. Her response was one of wholehearted surrender to the call of the gospel and to walking the path of radical discipleship.
A wonderful collection of delicious feasts, originally prepared for Sunday lunches at a Jesuit house. Each recipe is accompanied by a saint with a (sometimes tenuous) connection to the ingredients or the dish itself. A brief life of each saint give the book a very special dimension.
Journeying to the Light is intended to be read daily from Advent Sunday to the Epiphany. It is largely based upon one of the Eucharistic readings each day. It can be adapted to be used whatever the length of Advent, for individual or group use. The author weaves contemporary trends with biblical themes and with events of his own life.
By taking the Cross, particularly the words Jesus spoke while nailed to that Cross, in the lead up to Easter, we have time to deeply consider the inner themes and conclusions. This book will help to prepare for Holy Week, and prompt a mindset of deliberately slowing the pace of the contemplation of Christ's words, especially those from the Cross.
Discovering the Power of St. Ignatius Loyola's Examen. In A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, Jim Manney introduces Christians to a 500-year-old form of prayer that dramatically altered his perception of prayer and the way he prayed. The prayer is the examen, which St. Ignatius Loyola developed for the purpose of nurturing a reflective habit of mind that is constantly attuned to God's presence.