Great Missionaries Throughout The Ages

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  Return Of The Prodigal Son

  A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.

  In seizing the inspiration that came to him through Rembrandt’s depiction of the powerful Gospel story, Henri Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger son’s return, the father’s restoration of sonship, the elder son’s vengefulness, and the father’s compassion. In his reflection on Rembrandt in light of his own life journey, the author evokes a powerful drama of the parable in a rich, capativating way that is sure to reverberate in the hearts of readers. The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as the father and be loved as the son will be seen as the ultimate revelation of the parable known to Christians throughout time, and here represented with a vigor and power fresh for our times.

  For all who ask, “Where has my struggle led me?” or for those “on the road” who have had the courage to embark on the journey but seek the illumination of a known way and safe passage, this work will inspire and guide each time it is read.

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  Perseverance In Trials

  Christian life, like life generally, is marked by trials. For this reason, the author has chosen the Book of Job as a primary text for reflection, although other passages of the Old and New Testaments are also offered for meditation.

  The story of Job spoke to the Jewish people exiled in Babylonia, even as it speaks to us today. It inspires questions such as, Does suffering have meaning? Can human beings ask God to account for that suffering? It counters those questions by asking for belief in God’s ultimate justice and (humanly) incomprehensible wisdom.

  In comments marked by spiritual and pastoral depth, Cardinal Martini, Archbishop of Milan, dwells on certain passages of Job that help shed light on the meaning of the mystery of the human person and the mystery of God. The reflections are gathered from retreat lectures given by the cardinal. When read in an atmosphere of prayer, these pages become a source of light, nourishment, strength, incentive, and consolation.

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  Beginning To Pray

  Widely acknowledged to be a modern classic. The Orthodox bishop asks us to recognize our poverty before God and to see all that we have is a sign of love, then pray spontaneously, recite the Jesus Prayer, and rewrite meaningful Biblical prayers and psalms.

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  Bridging The Great Divide

  Preface: Cultivators Of A Flourishing Garden Of Life

  Building A Bridge Across The Great Divide

  The Virtue Of Bi-Polar Extremism

  The Trouble With A Beige Catholicism

  Paths And Practices: Recovering An Embodied Christianity

  Liturgy

  Lex Orandi, Lex Vivendi: The Liturgy As A Source For The Moral Life

  The Trouble With Beige Churches: A Critique Of The Influence Of Cartesian Modernity On Contemporary

  The Liturgical Act And The Church Of The Twenty-first Century

  At The Feet Of The Masters

  The Christian Humanism Of Karol Wojtyla And Thomas Aquinas

  Thomas Aquinas’s Christological Reading Of God And The Creature

  God As Artist

  Genesis And Joyce: Narratives Of Sin, Grace And Theonomy: An Essay In Honor Of Andrew Greeley On His Seventieth Birthday

  Preaching The Message

  “I’m Waiting; I’m Waiting”: An Advent Meditation

  The Grandfather And The Voice From The Whirlwind: A Meditation On Preaching The Problem Of Suffering

  Three Paths Of Holiness

  A Sermon For Children Of The Seventies

  The Way Of Nonviolence

  Thomas Merton’s Metaphysics Of Peace

  Creation, Transsubstantiation And The Grain Of The Universe: A Contribution To Stanley Hauerwas’s Ekklesia Project

  “Comes A Warrior”: A Christmas Meditation

  Priesthood And Ministry

  Priest As Bearer Of The Mystery

  Priest As Doctor Of The Soul

  Mystagogues, World-Transformers And Interpreters Of Tongues: A Reflection On Collaborative Ministry In The Church

  Evangelizing The American Culture

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  Bridging the Great Divide: Musings of a Post-Liberal, Post-Conservative Evangelical Catholic represents a pivotal moment in the life of the Catholic community. As the Church seeks to maintain its unique witness, nurture the faithful, and evangelize, a new generation of American Catholics has emerged. No longer the “next generation,” these new leaders came of age after the Second Vatican Council and, like many others, no longer find compelling the battles between the liberals and conservatives throughout the post-conciliar period.

  Today’s faithful are searching for an expression of Catholic Christianity that is vibrant, colorful, provocative, counter-cultural, deeply rooted in the tradition, and full of the promise of the Good News. In this timely and prophetic book, Father Robert Barron–himself a member of the younger generation–has minted a new vernacular and blazed a new way that goes bridges the great divide and gives voice to the concerns of post-liberal, post-conservative, evangelical believers.

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