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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... least of which is her belief in St. Paul's claim that “in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church” (Colossians 1:24). She offers the pain of her labor to God for the ...
... least the right hand. The first thing was that he was missing one finger entirely, and another above the middle. He told us he had lost all four fingers in a machine accident, and had then picked them up and marched to the hospital ...
... close the effects of at least one postcoital breakup. I saw that sex could do damage. Athletic locker rooms gave me a chance to compare that girl's misery to the cheerful rut-talk of guys amongst themselves. (Not 18 FORMATION.
... scandal. Who would want to become a priest today, unless he understood that sacrifice was essential to the calling, and that the world's hatred (or at least its scorn) was par for the course? Celibacy is regarded by some 22 FORMATION.
Matthew Lickona. My FAITH WAS NOT SHAKEN BY MY ENCOUNTER —or at least, if it was, I wasn't aware of it. Father Dave was not the church. Father Dave was a poor sinner, like the rest of us. The truth the church proclaims, and my docility ...
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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 |