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1) Lent
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles. It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo "the Magnificent," the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII...
Author
Publisher
Franciscan Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Rohr's meditations on the daily readings of Lent are not for the sake of mere information, or even for academia (although the author hopes it will satisfy both), but for the sake of our transformation into our original "image and likeness," which is the very image of God. What always and finally matters for all of us is encounter! Father Rohr begins each meditation with a single title or phrase that sums up the point. Then he offers the meditation...
Author
Publisher
Chalice Press, an imprint of Christian Board of Publication
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An excellent resource for anyone who has struggled to share the more difficult portions of the Jesus story with children during this high holiday season. From the reminder that we are the stuff stars are made of on Ash Wednesday, all the way throughout Lent, and culminating in Easter's focus on Resurrection, the triumph of life, hope, and justice shines bright for our little congregants."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In this mega-bestseller from France and the follow-up to The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles, a woman contends with divorce, family trouble, and even murder in her journey to discover who she really is. Fortysomething mother of two Josephine Cortes is at a crossroads. She has just moved to a posh new apartment in Paris after the success of the historical novel she ghostwrote for her sister, Iris. Still struggling with her divorce--the result of her husband...
Author
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's spring! The sun is shining gently, the leaves are growing, a bird is singing, and I'm picking beautiful flowers. After spring, it's summer! The sun is nice and warm and we're spending a day at the beach. I play in the sand, collect small shells, and splash in the water.
Author
Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
These forty stirring devotions will guide and inspire readers as they move thematically through the weeks of Lent and Easter, encountering themes of prayerful reflection, self-denial, temptation, suffering, and the meaning of the cross. Passages from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's letters and sermons provide special encouragement as readers prepare themselves spiritually for Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Supplemented by an informative introduction to Bonhoeffer's...
Author
Series
Fullness of time volume 1
Publisher
IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"'Lent is inescapably about repenting.' Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and toward the mercy and grace of Christ. Often, though, we experience the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esau McCaulley introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and...
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
While the Advent season is filled with fun and expectations, Lent can be more difficult for children. How can we help children approach this season in a way that is meaningful and not frightening?
Make Room presents Lent as a special time for creating a welcoming space for God. Other books offer excellent ideas for going through the Lenten season with children, but Make Room uniquely connects its projects to the story of Jesus. Simple and practical...
Author
Publisher
Servant Books, an imprint of Franciscan Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Move beyond the typical 'giving something up' and take a fresh look at Lent. Marcellino D'Ambrosio offers forty ideas, activities, and devotions designed to strengthen your spiritual life and help Catholics get the most out of Lent. Each idea is accompanied by a short reflection expanding its deeper spiritual meaning and a challenge to help you incorporate that idea in practical ways"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Discover your truest hungers and your deepest spiritual reserves as Christine Paintner, aka The Online Abbess, shares 6 unique fasts helping reveal harmful patterns and re-orienting us toward nourishing fulfillment. Drawing on desert wisdom and contemplative practice, Paintner helps us enter our own journey of spiritual growth"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
At a time of change, uncertainty and widespread anxiety, we need to discover again the freshness of our most familiar spiritual resources. Stephen Cherry's Lent Book does exactly this by inviting the reader to immerse themselves in the most central, important and iconic of Christian prayers - the Lord's Prayer, the Our Father.Mining the tradition for wisdom and insight, and finding inspiration in the theologians of the past such as St Paul, Gregory...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Lent is a time of remembering Christ's sacrifice--and yet it is not meant to be depressing; it is meant to be reorienting. The 40-day holy season is one of transition when we turn our eyes away from fading disappointments and move ever closer to the radiance of Easter hope. This is the purpose of The promise of Lent devotional: to stir up the hope that God has given us in the midst of a fallen world. Each day you'll read of death and new life, temptation...
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