In A Song for the Way Ben Harrison shares reflections and insights gained over a long and varied life. His story moves from growing up in the Shenandoah Valley, to compulsory military service, to years as a semi-vagabond, to entering Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.
‘There’s something so down-to-earth about his writing – it’s immediately accessible. He shares himself and his life experience in a wonderfully personal, and honest way. It can be funny, and moving, and inspirational. And maybe, most of all, thought-provoking and nourishing.
‘For those who haven’t read anything by Ben Harrison, the thirty-one pieces in this, his first book, will be a treat. And a blessing.’
Join Archbishop Richard Clarke on a journey of spiritual exploration as he invites readers to treat life as an adventure and break out of complacent faith. With sparkling insights and humour, he reflects on the importance of questioning, risk, and grace in being a disciple of Jesus, drawing on scripture, church history, literature, and more.
Discover the timeless wisdom of the Dominican spiritual tradition as priest and scholar Paul Murray explores the interconnectedness of prayer, study, and preaching. With insights from the masters of the Order of Preachers, this book challenges readers to embody the power of God's love in their own lives, bridging the gap between Christian tradition and secular culture.
‘Cleanliness is next to… impossible,’ said the little boy, struggling to remember the maxim. We learn to live with mess, because life is mostly messy, but we need to do so as thoughtfully as we can, with hope and with good grace.
In this book the author tries to gather for the modern reader some of the hard-earned wisdom of Christian writers, and others, who knew tragedy and chaos in their own time, and who can therefore credibly persuade us to go on.
A Hundred Roads to Here is a book for struggling meditators.
The wish to meditate may be strong and persistent, but there are many impediments. Every meditator knows them. They present themselves in random ways, and this book is for dipping into at random. Though they are numbered, the sections are in no particular order. They are not points to ponder during meditation, because meditation is inner silence. They were written in response to requests from individuals and groups for brief inputs at the beginning of their meditation sessions; they are not meant to lead to further reflection, but to silence, and to the meditative state which is never more than a breath away.
The many reforms needed in the Catholic Church in Ireland include restructuring its 26 dioceses. Their boundaries, unchanged since they were arranged in the twelfth century, no longer match the distribution of the Catholic population.
Historian Adrian Empey shows in detail how Church structures in Ireland were transformed in 1100s – from being linked to areas influenced by monasteries to the diocesan system we now know.
Geographer Des McCafferty shows how dioceses should normally generate, or at least be based, on a sense of place and a sense of identity. Ten other writers examine a range of relevant topics. They draw comparisons with diocesan re-organisation undertaken by the Church in France and by the Church of Ireland.
From an author with a lifetime spent teaching theology and being active in promoting liturgical education and practices. This book offers an account of the major phases of the development of the Roma Rite.
The purpose is to help readers come to a mindfulness about the Mass that takes them beyond seeing it as holy ceremonial to be regulated and that thinking rightly about it requires thinking about what God is doing in it, the kind of thinking done in this book.
Being inspired, enthused, distracted and disturbed by the Fourth Gospel has led Seán Goan to put together this wonderfully written group of reflections on the Gospel of John.
It considers key moments in the Gospel that shape the story and offer insights into its meaning. Each chapter concludes with a personal reflection offered as an encouragement to the reader to engage with the Gospel text for personal enlightenment and guidance
