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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... happy. Old chestnut or no, love made me listen and remember. When we got to be teenagers, Father took us on “Blood Baths”—visits to the college racquetball courts, where he excelled despite his paunch. If there were four of us, we ...
... happy when Father Dave continued to come back for them even after he was transferred to another parish. It WAS DURING ONE OF THESE LATER OUTINGS, one that involved just the two of us, that he kissed me. It was not strange for him to hug ...
... happy, devout and untroubled. He has money, and is generous with it. While he willingly enters into verbal jousts with Joseph, it is clear that he sees little risk in the fight. He will not be unhorsed, no matter how telling the blow to ...
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Inhalt
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31 | |
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 |