Bøker av Sean Loone

In this book you will find a series of reflections which will take the reader on a journey through Lent and Easter. Sunday by Sunday you will be invited to read a passage from the relevant Gospel and spend time simply finding Christ there. At the end of each reflection, you will find a series of questions, which you are invited to answer, in part or in full, as you see fit. Having said that, feel free to ignore them if you wish. For this reason, the process also lends itself to study groups whereby people can share their reaction to the text with each other. Indeed, you might even find yourself disagreeing with my reflection, and that is fine too. My primary motivation is to brake open the word of God for people today so that they can see its relevancy for their own daily lives. In this way, and in the name of Christ, I am simply offering people, 'A Cup of Cold Water, ' in order to quench our thirst for his uncompromising, radical, and unconditional love. 'In the life of Jesus, we see God's response to suffering humanity, and our journey through Lent and Easter exposes the depth and nature of his outrageous and uncompromising love. Hence, I often make the point, that personal growth in faith, often comes in what appears to the world, as failure. In the same way, true self-knowledge, is born out of the mistakes that we make. Ultimately, God simply invites us to be good, and to live lives which reflect something of his goodness. We may stumble, and fall along the way, but we can be sure of one thing, that he will always be there with us.'Deacon SeanOur Lady of the Wayside

The Christmas story is God's way of telling us that we are loved radically and unconditionally by him, and this is how we are to be defined as people, the people of God, the people who belong to God, the people of God. Such love by its very nature is intimate, revealed in the birth of a child who was born in a stable and laid in a manger, whilst at the same time sharing our flesh and blood. Why do we find this so difficult to believe? Perhaps, it is because that, deep down, we see ourselves as being unattractive and undesirable. Yet time and time again, throughout the Gospels, we discover a God who, through His Son, seeks out the rejected, despised, unwanted and unloved and assures them of one thing, God's unconditional love. This book invites the reader, therefore, to simply spend time with the word of God during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. In this way, a treasure might well be discovered that God is, in fact, closer to us than we could ever imagine and loves us more than we could ever know. In his writings Deacon Sean has sought to help spread the Gospel to the world at large, encouraging the reader to not only read about the faith but to go out, and live it as well, through practical language, and simple faith.Father Andrew FranklinParish Priest Our Lady of the Wayside