God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear Gods quiet voice.In this devotion for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each objec...
On a seven mile journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the resurrected Jesus captivated two travelers with stories from the Old Testament pointing to his life and death. Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament invites readers to embark on this journey with Christ throughout the Lenten season. Stroble imagines what Jesus would have said to his companions and guides readers along the way with forty-six devotions referencing the Old Testament. A prayer and a set of aEUROoedigging deeperaEURO activ...
Sacred Reading for Lent 2017 (Sacred Reading)
by Douglas Leonard and Apostleship Of Prayer
Easter Programs for the Church (Easter Programs for the Church)
by Pat Fittro
Easter is the most important solemnity (just before Christmas) of the Church. It is the first of the five cardinal feasts of the Catholic liturgical year. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ laid down by the Bible, the third day after his passion. The solemnity begins on Easter Sunday, which for Catholics mark the end of fasting of Lent, and lasts for eight days (Easter week, or week or radiant, or week of eight Sundays). Many customs dating back to ancient times designed to ac...
Mysterium Paschale (Ressourcement: retrieval & renewal in Catholic thought)
by Hans Urs von Balthasar and Aidan Nichols
This is an account, at once rigorously theological and warmly devotional, of the death and resurrection of Christ, and their significance for the Christian life. Von Balthasar offers sharp insights into some current controversies -- for example, the 'bodiliness' of the Resurrection -- and spiritual inspiration for the year round. This scholarly reflection of the climax of the Christian year is an established classic of contemporary Catholic theology.
This study of Zeno of Verona (c.370 AD) gives a portrait of an important, but neglected bishop and preacher. It describes Verona's Easter Vigil and the initiation ceremonies based around it, and examines the bishop's Easter sermons, translated here into English. The book explores Zeno's distinctive approach and theology, his use of imagery and of the Bible, and also how he differs from Ambrose and other prominant writers. It marks Zeno's place in the varied practice and understanding of baptism.