Spiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the great English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 '1167. During his abbacy he built Rievaulx into a place of spiritual... Zobraziť viac
Taking the Rule's balance of prayer, conversion of life, commitment, study, work relationships, and solitude, this practical spiritual guide explores the Rule's application for ordinary people living outside a monastery. A bestseller! Zobraziť viac
The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel assigned for each Sunday in Cycle A of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean, cultural world in which Jesus lived and... Zobraziť viac
A source-book of theological and historical passages from the Christian writings of the Post-Nicene and Constantinopolitan eras through St. Jerome. Taken together, these three volumes represent a basic English-language reference book of patristic works... Zobraziť viac
This book originated in courses on Mary in ecumenical perspective. The author discusses how Christian images of Mary in theology, piety, dogma, and even in visions acquire new dimensions from being images of the Mother of Jesus in Islam and the female... Zobraziť viac
Kathleen M. O'Connor exposes the spiritualities, implicit or explicit, of the wisdom books of the Old Testament. An additional goal is to explore the vast and frequently overlooked resource that wisdom literature provides for contemporary believers. Zobraziť viac
For some thirty years Eric Dean, as a layman, husband, parent, Presbyterian minister, Lafollette Professor of Humanities at Wabash College, and as an ecumenical oblate of a Benedictine abbey has reflected on and put into practice the Rule of St.... Zobraziť viac
These three colorful books offer gripping stories of how God shows his mercy and accomplishes his will through human actions. Jonah is a reluctant prophet who must be swallowed by a big fish before he delivers his message to Israel's ancient enemies at... Zobraziť viac
Taken together, these three volumes represent a basic English-language reference book of patristic works. Volume 1 ends circa 382. Zobraziť viac
In each station of this Way of the Cross, a particular character in a dramatic monologue responds to the question "Were you there" with Jesus on the road to Calvary. In the concluding prayer of each station, the individual or group responds... Zobraziť viac
This is a theological and pastoral commentary on the history and reform of the rites of initiation, particularly the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Zobraziť viac
