Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 Seiten Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... of the faith, full of wonder (if not perfect understanding) at what I beheld. Already, I had become one of those people who go swimming with scapulars. PART I FORMATION the janitor prophet THE NIGHT MY WIFE, PREFACE xvii.
... become more than routine? What was the first intimation that religion was something other than a place our family went on Sunday mornings, something besides an altogether ordinary part of our lives? I remember my second year of CCD ...
... becoming a teenager and wary of emotional self-exposure. But he was impossible for me to dismiss, even if I didn't understand him. Looking back, I think he was telling us that something was wrong and that we needed to pay attention if ...
... becoming a priest. There was some adolescent absolutism about my desire. I was eager to spend my life in the service of Christ. (I didn't care so much for the name “Jesus” back then—too soft.) How best to serve? The only thing to do is ...
... becoming a priest, it was partly out of mischief—not a doctor, lawyer, or engineer, folks, but a priest, something this town hasn't produced in a generation—partly for the reasons I have mentioned, and partly out of a simple distaste ...
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Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |
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Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic Matthew Lickona Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2007 |