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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... mean . . . in trouble with Mom and me?” “Yes. I'm always getting into trouble. I'm going to run away, really. I'm just tired of all this trouble.” “Well, look,” my father said. “What do you think we could do about all this trouble?” “We ...
... mean, Father?” “Listen.” He squeezed your forehead and puffed out his lips with air so that a tiny squeak escaped, to your delight. “See? A musical head.” Then he tucked his hands under your arms and tossed you into the air. After you ...
... rather coolly, “Too much hugging and kissing.” “Kissing? What kind of kissing—you mean, on the lips?” “Yes.” “How many times?” “Fifteen to twenty.” My father immediately went into his study and began writing 26 FORMATION.
... mean the closing of schools, hospitals, and charitable services, I was ready to sacrifice them all if bankruptcy would shock the bishops into serious action. Sin has consequences, I said to myself. It's folly to pretend otherwise ...
... means sharing in His crucifixion.” the. poisonous. tentacles. of. anti-abortion. zealots. HELPING THE poor was my first introduction to the political dimension of the faith, the part that follows Jesus' second great commandment to love your ...
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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 |