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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... took a fair number that were all my own. But there were others I avoided, thanks to his various counsels, particularly in matters sexual. So if high school was not exactly a great spiritual awakening—I don't think I went to confession ...
... took my doubts seriously, and sought out a series of videos entitled Jesus: Then and Now, which we watched and discussed. By the end, my faith was bolstered; I concentrated on the Incarnation, and found I could believe. But I never took ...
... took me a while to figure out that the lover was Christ and not some paperback romance Casanova. Before I fell in love—and it only took a few weeks after my arrival—I expressed my priestly intentions to the college chaplain, 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 played basketball afterwards; often, we went swimming in the college's indoor pool. The only oddity ...
... took him several days to finish. In the letter, he said he didn't want to believe that the event betrayed a more serious problem. But when it came time to send it, my father realized that he had a responsibility to bring the matter ...
Inhalt
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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 |