Messenger Publications

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.

This book is a dialogue between members of two Irish Churches. Although their communities in N. Ireland are divided the authors have worked together for over 40 years on issues of theology, conflict, reconciliation and the relevance of Christ in a pluralist society.

This book will be of interest to anyone who is finding it difficult to forgive, in all sorts of different circumstances. It will also be useful to spiritual guides, counsellors and carers who assisting those who are trying to move towards forgiving.

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.

A new biography of John Sullivan SJ, an Irish Jesuit priest due to be beatified in April 2017.

This book is about the changes introduced by the Second Vatican Council, why they were made, and their implications, but also about the limitations of their effectiveness that emerge when the role of the faithful is considered in depth.

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.