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For use in meetings or school gatherings, with each prayer and reflection intended to reach out, relate to daily life, touch hearts and cultivate a spirit of prayer. ..

1254 Australian boys, aged 15 to 18, talk about how they experience and express spirituality. These boys share their hopes for the future, their ideals and aspirations and describe their relationships with family and friends. They reveal their values and social concerns and their experiences of contemplation and wonder,of joy and exuberance, of sadness and loss...

Belying the assumption that there is nothing more to discover about the similarities between Jesus and the apostle Paul, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor gives us this enticing study. ..

Packed with the wisdom that anyone could give to a teenage boy...

The thoughts contained in this agreed statement challenge us to embrace the church as central to our journey to God in Jesus...

REVISED EDITION This book considers the Gospel of Luke through a clear progression of the life and ministry of Jesus. The Hospitality of God approaches Luke's gospel through the interpretive key of "hospitality". It looks at the gospel as a whole, yet lingers upon scenes where the theme of hospitality is particularly prominent, such as the infancy stories, Jesus at Nazareth, Jesus in the house of Simon, the Good Samaritan, Martha and Mary, the banquet in 14:1-35, the Prodigal Son, Jesus' visit to the tax collector Zacchaeus, the institution of the Eucharist, and the Emmaus event. This revised edition includes a new introductory chapter titled "Features of Luke's Gospel," which includes distinctive themes and motifs of the gospel that invite all to join in the life-giving hospitality of God. An excellent resource for students, teachers, and pastors interested in Luke's gospel or in search of a helpful perspective for pastoral and homiletic reflection and preparation...

For use in meetings or school gatherings, with each prayer and reflection intended to reach out, relate to daily life, touch hearts and cultivate a spirit of prayer. ..

Beautifully bound hard cover, features the complete rite approved for use in Australia and New Zealand, and is intended for use during the actual celebration of the rite...

Church Documents on Catholic Education 1965 - 2002 ..

'The Environment and Christian Faith' introduces the lay reader to the rapidly developing discipline of ecotheology. Standing at the intersection of theology and evironmental concern, ecotheology covers the wide spectrum of biblical studies, Christian Tradition, comtemporaty sociology, and indigenous studies. With its questions for discussion, suggested activities and lists for futher reading at the end of each chapter, the book may conveniently be used for study and discussion in congregations, youth groups or other interested community groups...

Judgment is a focal point for many interpreters of Matthew. To some people, God is seen as a server and helper to those in need, but to others He is seen as judging and accessible only to the elite. The burden of impending judgment can be a heavy load to carry, but does it need to be? Selecting passages from Matthew, Brendan Byrne demonstrates an awareness of Jesus as one who lightens humanity's burdens rather than adding to them. Lifting the Burden contains methods of interpretation that are sensitive to the concerns of Christianity and Judaism as it focuses on the elements of the Gospel that balance the importance of judgment and view judgment within a larger context. Brendan Byrne, SJ, DPhil, is a professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Romans from the Sacra Pagina series, and Pal and the Christian Woman and is a contributor to the New Jerome Bible Handbook, published by Lit..

The love of Christ towards Migrants.  This encyclical was published in 2004.  It both summarises the teaching that is laid out in all previous documents and conextualises it in the present era. The love of Christ towards migrants urges us (cf. 2 Co 5:14) to look afresh at their problems, which are to be met with today all over the world. In fact nearly all countries are now faced with the eruption of the migration phenomenon in one aspect or another; it affects their social, economic, political and religious life and is becoming more and more a permanent structural phenomenon. Thus Christians are called on to: • give witness to and practice not only the spirit of tolerance – but also respect for the other’s identity. • to open a way towards sharing with people of different origins and cultures a “respectful proclamation” of their own faith. • called to a culture of solidarity so as to achieve together a real communion of persons. ..

An eminently readable resource for lectors rich in theology, history and liturgy. Practical & full of useful suggestions ..

Through Ecological Eyes, Reflections on Christianity's environmental credentials, the author of this book highlights the ecological wisdom found in the sacred texts, including a consideration of Christ and creation, and concludes with an examination of the ecological insights of three key figures in the Christian tradition Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi and Albert Schweitzer...

Western culture has largely souled-out to the forces of the all pervasive marketplace in which everything has a dollar value, even human beings. How can we provide a pastoral response to the market mentality? In this book,Frances Moran outlines the aim, principles of justification and a method for pastoral practice in our times, one that will enable people to recognise their hmanity as subjects and so acknowledge the realm wherein the spirit lives...

Why do angels attract us? What are their names and qualities? How do they contribute to our lives? A ninth century tradition about the Archangel Michael helps shed light on these questions. Simple steps to contemplation round off each chapter...