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"Insights into the qualities that should mark a good spiritual director-learned, experienced, and discerning-as demonstrated by the spiritual texts of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross"--

"A Bible study exploring the theme of meals shared in faithful fellowship and in covenant relationship with God. Old Testament meals and promises provide a foundation for gospel meals with Jesus, culminating in the Last Supper as it is understood throughout the New Testament"--

Letters from Prison, Part Two provides an in-depth investigation of Paul's letters to the Colossians and Ephesians, two letters with a great deal in common. Besides being written from prison, both letters address Gentile communities learning to live faithful Christian lives. Exploring themes such as God's eternal plan, the unity of the church, and the fullness of life in Christ, these letters offer a sweeping and still relevant vision of faith in Christ and the church as his body.

Incarcerated numerous times ';for the defense of the gospel' (Phil 1:16), Paul wrote several letters from the confines of prison. Letters from Prison, Part One explores the letters of Philippians and Philemon in four sessions, explaining the reason each letter was written and addressing various themes such as joy, unity in Christ, reconciliation, and the close relationship between Paul and his communities.

The spirituality and lives of the desert fathers and mothers are often seen as the beginning and end of Christian monastic life. Their stories and messages inspire not only the most devout Christians but also the ';nones' and the ';dones.' In Desert Dangers and Delights John Michael Talbot reflects on his experience as a spiritual father and a popularizer of Catholic Christian spirituality through his music and teaching. He uses his own stories, Scripture, and the stories and sayings of the desert fathers and mothers to show a radically alternative way of living and thinking in Christ. With questions for reflection at the end of each chapter, this book will aid all readers, from experienced monastics to those just beginning a spiritual journey with Christ.

Jesus' call to profound discipleship in the Sermon on the Mount is too often dismissed as special instructions for only the holiest and most exceptional Christians. In The Sermon on the Mount, Clifford Yeary challenges us to hear the sermon once again as Christ intended it, as our call to follow him whose life illustrated its every ideal. Yeary helps us to hear the Sermon on the Mount as a message for each of us, a challenge that is our constant call to renewal. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayer and access to recorded lectures are included. 4 lessons.

"A Bible study of the Gospel According to Mark. Part One covers Mark 1:1-9:32, providing an in-depth study of Jesus' ministry of healing and preaching. Part Two explores Mark 9:33-16:20, including Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and the events of his passion, death, and resurrection. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayers, and access to online lectures are included for each volume"--

"A Bible study of the Gospel According to Mark. Part One covers Mark 1:1-9:32, providing an in-depth study of Jesus' ministry of healing and preaching. Part Two explores Mark 9:33-16:20, including Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and the events of his passion, death, and resurrection. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayers, and access to online lectures are included for each volume"--

Sacramental Participation in the Trinitarian Mystery

"Examines how the writings of the thirteenth-century nun Gertrude the Great of Helfta articulate an innovative relationship between a person's eucharistic devotion and her body"--

In "Psalms", Schaefer focuses on the structure of each psalm, its dramatic plot, modes of discourse, rhetorical features, and effective use of imagery to portray theology and the spiritual life. Schaefter portrays each poem's inner dynamic to acquaint readers with the poet and the community which prayed and preserved the composition, allowing believers to transpose in the contemporary situation.

Worship, Virtue, and Authority

A Guide to Theological Reflection

The Worlds of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

New Perspectives on John's Gospel

"Explores various concepts of Christian humility in late antiquity, looking closely at some of the ways humility has operated as a relational value in specific contexts involving ascetic women"--

In 1999 Kathy Berken left Green Bay, Wisconsin, for her new home as a live-in assistant in a LArche community in Clinton, Iowa. She found that her new home was not an ark of refuge. However, she also found that God was with her and the members of her house, shaping and guiding them. The story of her journey is told here with verve and honesty.

"An examination of how consumer culture has had a corrosive effect on the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, also assessing how sacramental worship can provide resources for responsible Christian discipleship in today's consumer culture"--

Six years into the papacy of Pope Francis, Catholics are still figuring out how to respond to his image of the church as a field hospital --a church that goes into the streets rather than remaining locked up behind closed doors. Marriage and family are primary sites of the field hospital, called to meet people's need for healing and accompaniment with compassion and love. The authors of this collection --all lay, a mix of single and married, traditional and progressive Catholics --take up this work. They offer practical wisdom from and critical engagement with the Catholic tradition but avoid rehashing decades-old theological debates. Instead, their essays engage with and respond to realities shaping contemporary family life, like religious pluralism, technology, migration, racism, sex and gender, incarceration, consumerism, and the call to holiness. The result is a collection that envisions ways that families can be places of healing and love in and for the world.List of contributors: Jennifer Beste Megan K. McCabe Elizabeth Antus Kathryn Lilla Cox Kent Lasnoski Hoon Choi Cristina L. H. Traina Craig A. Ford Jr. Bridget Burke Ravizza Julie Donovan Massey Emily Reimer-Barry Richard Gaillardetz Timothy O'Malley Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar Kathryn Getek-Solis Kari-Shane Davis Zimmerman Jana Marguerite Bennett Victor Carmona Gemma Tulud Cruz Daniel Olsen Thomas Beaudoin Christine Firer Hinze David Cloutier Marcus Mescher Sue Muldoon Timothy Muldoon Mary M. Doyle-Roche Jason King Julie Rubio

"A loose assemblage of sermons outside of the organized collections of Bernard's sermons treating themes of the life of desire, the true meaning of holiness, and the awakening of the spiritual senses in the search for God"--

"A collection of fifty-two feminist liturgies for justice from the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER), ready-made to help communities venerate powerful women of faith, develop a richer and deeper spirituality, and take real action for justice"--

"A Bible study focusing on four major pilgrimages in Scripture-the journey of trust with Abraham and Sarah, the journey of freedom with Moses and the Hebrew people, the journey of exile and return with Israel, and the journey of discipleship with Jesus and his followers"--

"Discusses the sacredness of eating, the planetary interdependence that the sharing of food entails, and the destructiveness of the industrial food system, presenting the food crisis as a spiritual crisis. The author invites communities to reclaim the foundational meal character of eucharistic celebration while offering pertinent strategies for this renewal"--

"A resource to anyone interested in spirituality beyond easy answers or (in)convenient labels and an exploration of what it truly means to be present-to yourself, to the one before you, and to the one we call God"--

Eucharistic liturgy has differed through the centuries and in different Churches. Because of these differences, it is essential that eucharistic liturgy be studied from ahistorical perspective. In The Celebration of the Eucharist, Enrico Mazza offers a thorough account of the theology of the Eucharist and presents a historical analysis of the origin and variety of eucharistic liturgies and their development in the Church. Beginning with the Last Supper, Father Mazza weaves his way through interpretations elaborated by the Fathers of the Church and medieval writers to provide the rich tapestry of concepts and categories adopted by Vatican Council II. Complete with an appendix including Jewish texts and early Eucharistic Prayers, abbreviations, bibliography, and notes, The Celebration of the Eucharist is a comprehensive source for those who have an interest in the theology of the Eucharist in the course of history. Chapters are Old Testament Sacrifices and Ritual Meal,"e; "e;The Origin of the Christian Eucharist,"e; "e;From the Jewish Liturgy to the Christian Eucharist,"e; "e;Primitive Anaphoras: From the Didache to the Mystical Eucharist,"e; "e;Primitive Anaphoras: Developments of the Eucharistic Liturgy,"e; "e;Thematic Developments in the Eucharistic Liturgy,"e; "e;The Early Patristic Period,"e; "e;Tertullian and Cyprian,"e; "e;The Fourth Century,"e; "e;The Early Middle Ages,"e; "e;The Scholastic High Middle Ages,"e; "e;The Eucharist and the Relics of the Saints,"e; "e;The Reformation and the Council of Trent,"e; "e;The Liturgical Reform of Vatican Council II,"e; "e;The Implementation of the Liturgical Reform,"e; "e;The Parts of the Eucharistic Prayer,"e; and "e;The Last Supper and the Church's Eucharist."e; Enrico Mazza is professor of liturgical history at the Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. He is the author of Mystagogy: A Theology of Liturgy in the Patristic Ages, Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite, and The Origins of the Eucharistic Prayer published by The Liturgical Press."e;