Catherine McAuley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1778. In 1824 she used inheritance to build a large House of Mercy where she and other lay women would shelter homeless women, reach out to the sick and dying and educate poor girls.
This book is a collection of correspondence to and from Catherine McAuley between 1827 -1841.
This poetic book on the Trinity offers reflections on the mystery of God as a communion of persons in one Love, and spells out the implications of this for the spiritual life.
Pierre discusses how among the many images which the New Testament writers use to describe discipleship, one of the images which speak to him the most is that the life of a disciple is a journey. Journeying is so much part of the human experience meaning that discipleship, like a journey, is in some way an adventure. But actually, a journey is so often a succession of thrusts forward and of setbacks.
A Scripture teacher who knew that he was suffering a terminal illness, explores how reading the Apocalypse can be an authentic spring-time of the soul. This can be true not just for the individual believer but for the Church too.
Matthew's gospel usually heads the list of the three synoptic gospels because he was an eye-witness from the beginning. A more scientific study of the synoptic gospels showed us that the question is not quite so simple.
Since February 1980 Sean MacReamoinn had contributed a monthly column to the journal Doctrine & Life. This book offers a selection from over half a million words of comment on events political, ecclesiastical, social and cultural.
Celine writes this book from her own background as an Irish Catholic religious woman who happens to be involved in scripture studies. Each of these components contributed to her own story of prayer and to her discovery of the depths of the Our Father.
'Any book that takes us back to the practice of Jesus is to be welcomed. Do This In Memory Of Me focuses on the role that meals played in the ministry of Jesus. He scandalised the pious by welcoming sinners and eating with them. It is the same Jesus that we encounter in the Eucharist. Therefore, the Eucharist must be a place where sinners experience acceptance, healing and forgiveness. When Jesus says, "Do this in memory of me", he is saying that we, too, must welcome sinners and eat with them. Therein lies a great challenge. Simson deserves our gratitude for spelling it out so clearly.'- Flor McCarthy SDB, author of New Sunday and Holy Day Liturgies
This book addresses the questions of why poverty and social exclusion continue to be the norm for so many people in a society with a Christian background and in which sufficient resources exist to tackle this issue effectively.
It is hoped that the insights offered in these pages will stimulate further thought and debate among a wide readership.
Taking the Our Father, the prayer that is shared by all the followers of Christ, Fr O'Flynn guides the reader through the various petitions of this great Christian prayer and offers reflections that will help to deepen the understanding and faith of the reader.
