Advent and Christmas Wisdom from G. K. Chesterton
Title | Advent and Christmas Wisdom from G. K. Chesterton PDF eBook |
Author | Thom Satterlee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780764816284 |
Structured like all of the other Liguori books in this series, each days reflection includes a selection form one of G.K. Chestertons works, an appropriate Bible verse, prayer, and an action-oriented exercise. In addition, readers will enjoy the remarkable style, eloquence, and faith-based writings of G.K. Chesteron at this joyous time of the year.
Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen
Title | Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen PDF eBook |
Author | Henri J. M. Nouwen |
Publisher | Advent and Christmas Wisdom |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780764812187 |
Nouwen's inspired words guide the faithful on a spiritual journey through the Advent and Christmas season in this book of waiting, hope, anticipation, and celebration.
Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Pope John Paul II
Title | Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Pope John Paul II PDF eBook |
Author | Pope John Paul II |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780764815102 |
Pope John Paul II continues to be remembered and loved for his closeness to all people around the world. In this book his own words lead readers to the holy season of Christmas. Reflections for each day--from the First Sunday of Advent until the end of the Christmas season--begin with selections from talks and statements of the late Holy Father, followed by Scripture, prayer, and a suggestion for an appropriate seasonal activity. "Advent and Christmas Wisdom" is ideal for those who want to enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ's Incarnation as they prepare room in their hearts for his birth. During this special season, readers can experience the joy of praying with the words of Pope John II. "Paperback"
Advent and Christmas with Fulton Sheen
Title | Advent and Christmas with Fulton Sheen PDF eBook |
Author | Fulton J. Sheen |
Publisher | Advent and Christmas Wisdom |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780764807497 |
These selections from the pen of Bishop Sheen stir hearts and imaginations as readers embark on an Advent journey toward a better understanding of Jesus' love. Covering the traditional themes of Advent, these 45 passages and accompanying miniprayers offer readers practical spirituality for the hustle and bustle of the holidays.
Child In Winter
Title | Child In Winter PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Hoffman |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2000-12-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780722017517 |
Shaped around the writings of Caryll Houselander, A Child in Winter is a daybook for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. If you are familiar with Houselander's poetic grace, you will recognize her spirit of awe and abandonment to God. If you are new to her legacy, you will be drawn to her heart and eye for God's goodness and beauty that is artfully captured here.A Child in Winter is a faithful companion as you watch in Advent and grow large with the presence of God through Christmas and Epiphany.You will enter these holy seasons with an increased faith, renewed joy, and the promise of transformation and fulfillment.
Lent and Easter with Henri J.M. Nouwen
Title | Lent and Easter with Henri J.M. Nouwen PDF eBook |
Author | Henri J. M. Nouwen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780764812866 |
The intimate words of Henri J.M. Nouwen inspire readers on their Lenten and Easter journey toward a better understanding of their faith. Each day of the season includes a pertinent excerpt from the writings of Father Nouwen, a related quotation from Scripture, a prayer for the day, and a suggested activity.
A Mind at Peace
Title | A Mind at Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher O. Blum |
Publisher | Sophia Institute Press |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2017-08-11 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1622823818 |
These past two decades, modern technology has brought into being scores of powerful challenges to our interior peace and well-being. We’re experiencing a worldwide crisis of attention in which information overwhelms us, corrodes true communion with others, and leaves us anxious, unsettled, bored, isolated, and lonely. These pages provide the time-tested antidote that enables you to regain an ordered and peaceful mind in a technologically advanced world. Drawing on the wisdom of the world’s greatest thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas, these pages help you identify – and show you how to cultivate – the qualities of character you need to survive in our media-saturated environment. This book offers a calm, measured, yet forthright and effective approach to regaining interior peace. Here you’ll find no argument for retreat from the modern world; instead these pages provide you with a practical guide to recovering self-mastery and interior peace through wise choices and ordered activity in the midst of the world’s communication chaos. Are you increasingly frustrated and perplexed in this digital age? Do you yearn for a mind that is more focused and a soul able to put down that IPhone and simply rejoice in the good and the true? It’s not hard to do. The saints and the wise can show you how; this book makes their counsel available to you.