Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen

Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J.M. Nouwen
Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher: Advent and Christmas Wisdom
Total 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 with the Saints

Advent with the Saints
Author: Greg Friedman
Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1616361328

Christians know that St. John the Baptist prepares the way of the Lord. Which other saints can accompany us during the four weeks of waiting for the birth of Jesus? Through insightful reflections, Franciscan Father Greg Friedman, a pastor and radio personality, connects us to the lives of saints and holy ones suggested by the Scriptural readings of Advent. Father Greg draws on his love for the saints to offer us daily inspiration during this season of preparation. For each day of Advent until Christmas Day, we find a brief reflection on an Advent lectionary reading, with a saintly connection, a suggested action for the day, and a prayer to help us slow down and savor this season of waiting and hope. This perennial Advent resource will become part of your preparation for Christmas year after year.

No Unlikely Saints

No Unlikely Saints
Author: Cameron Bellm
Publisher: Brick House in the City LLC
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

This Lent, we invite you to make a pilgrimage to the cross with seven extraordinary women and men of God. Come and journey with Blessed Sára Salkhaházi through Nazi-occupied Hungary, with Venerable Augustus Tolton through late-nineteenth-century Illinois, with Servant of God Dorothy Day through Depression-era New York, with St. Martín de Porres through seventeenth-century Peru, with St. Óscar Romero through twentieth-century El Salvador on the verge of civil war, with Servant of God Thea Bowman through Civil Rights-era Mississippi, and finally, with Servant of God Julia Greeley through turn-of-the-century Colorado. Each week of Lent is dedicated to one of these exemplars of faith and action, prayer and perseverance. Each day Monday through Saturday follows the same format: a reflection on the life or writings of the saint or Servant of God, a Scripture selection from the day’s mass readings, and two meditative prayer suggestions, one based on the saint or Servant of God’s life, and one based on the Scripture. Each week also highlights an aspect of Catholic Social Teaching that the saint or Servant of God exemplified in their life. On Sundays, we rest in Scripture and sacrament. It’s our prayer this lent that we may be reminded that we are all called to holiness and that there are no unlikely saints.

Advent and Christmas with Thomas Merton

Advent and Christmas with Thomas Merton
Author: Redemptorist Pastoral Publication
Publisher: Libros Liguori
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780764808432

Reflections for each day of Advent and the Christmas season begin with a scriptural quotation and continue with a thought from the writings of Thomas Merton on a timely theme: the Incarnation, anticipation, angels, and many more. An appendix includes a suggested plan for using each days meditation as part of a morning or evening prayer. Paperback

The meaning is in the waiting

The meaning is in the waiting
Author: Paula Gooder
Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1853119083

Arranged for daily reading in the hectic run-up to Christmas, this book will enable us to grow more fully into a way of being that is governed more by expectancy than by urgency, more focused on God's presence today than on some imagined future. Changing the focus of our restless, busy lives takes time and for most of us will be a lifetime's work, but we venture on this journey in companionship with the God who waits with us.

Advent and Christmas Wisdom from G. K. Chesterton

Advent and Christmas Wisdom from G. K. Chesterton
Author: Thom Satterlee
Publisher:
Total 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.