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Brian Lennon SJ considers the challenge of forgiveness, with all its varying complications, in different real-life scenarios. He challenges the myths and misunderstandings around forgiving and tries to be both compassionate and challenging to those who wish to make this journey.
This book includes some scriptural passages and reflections on this theme and asks; Are the Christian scriptures a burden or can they assist in the process of forgiving?
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How can we know what it is to be holy? What difference can holiness make in our lives? Far from being a matter for only the 'Holy Joes' among us, holiness is the concern of all Christians and is intimately connected to a life of Christian Joy. In How to be Holy, Fr Alan Hilliard takes us on a journey through Pope Francis' latest Apostolic Exhortation. Chapter by chapter he explains the significance of Pope Francis' remarks in an illuminating, and...
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Most of us puzzle all our lives over suffering. 'Why should this happen to me?' 'Why should that happen to someone whom I love?' 'Is God out to punish me?' 'What have I done to deserve this?' The problem of suffering and evil tortures the human mind.
Each of us develops our little philosophy of suffering. 'I deserved it' 'God punishes those he loves' 'Darkness is the shadow of God's outstretched hand' etc... From the beginning, we can presume, humankind...
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Adaptability is the hallmark of the Jesuit charism. From early on, they spread rapidly, to the Far East, to North and South America, to Africa and eventually to Australasia.
This new collection tells the stories of a few of these Jesuits, from different continents and eras — their successes and failures, their frustrations and hopes — in the belief that their commitment and struggles will prove inspirational once again today.
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The reflections in Hope in All Things are based on the Ignatian insight that in prayer and life we can 'find God in all things'. Through these pieces, Fr Paul shows us how to find hope in all the experiences of joy and sorrow, thanks and petition, and in all of life.
Join Paul on his first flight to Guyana aboard a rundown plane, on his journey to Spain as a penniless Jesuit novice, on his cycle of a thousand miles across England and his trips to...
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This book is the result of two preached retreats I gave to mark the recent Year of Consecrated Life (2015). However, the origin of the material goes much further back, drawing on my teaching experience both at Manresa Centre of Spirituality and at Milltown Institute (covering a period of thirty years). In both places I had taught courses on religious life — its history, theology, and most of all its underlying spirituality. Indeed, I have always...
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This is a simple booklet written by an experienced spiritual director in the Ignatian tradition of spirituality.
Each piece of scripture is a divine love-note in which God is trying to get across to you the great truth that you are endlessly loved. To discover this to be true for yourself is to find the treasure hidden in the field of your heart.
On the right page you find a statement from God, turned around a little to make it personal to yourself....
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This booklet is an attempt to walk the journey of loneliness with someone whose heart has been broken by the loss of their beloved. Take this book within your hands and carry it with you as you travel the roadway of life. As you attempt to re-define your world in the wake of your loss use it as your companion on the road to a new beginning, not forgetting but remembering with love, living with a smile in your heart for those who are now gone home...
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A controversial figure in his time, and perhaps even more so today, Richard Devane SJ (1876—1951) was a thorn in the side of the governments of W T Cosgrave and Eamon de Valera. He is remembered equally as a defender of the conscience of the new Irish republic and as a sometimes over-zealous gatekeeper of Irish culture and morals.
In Richard Devane SJ: Social Commentator and Advocate Martin Walsh takes on the task of placing Devane in context:...
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This book is a dialogue between members of two Irish Churches.
Although their communities in N. Ireland are divided the authors have worked together for over 40 years on issues of theology, conflict, reconciliation and the relevance of Christ in a pluralist society.
The book starts with a fresh look at Christ's life and teaching in the Gospels, asking critically about its relevance to today's world. With this as a base they then engage in a critique...
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Liturgies with Young People presents material suitable for liturgies, Eucharistic and non-Eucharistic in schools and other youth centres. A group of experienced chaplains and catechists have put together 20 liturgies suitable for young people in the post-primary age group.
These texts take into account the spiritual development and interest of the 16-25 age group, best used by priests, teachers and young people in preparing liturgy together. They...
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A hard-hitting meditation on the Stations of the Cross. M G Magill reminds us of the sheer brutality involved in the crucifixion, and the dramatic events leading up to that moment. This is a very different way of the cross and brings vividly to life the Passion of Christ.
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Advent is often the poor relation compared to Christmas. Yet to prepare properly for Christmas we need to journey through Advent in an uplifting way. This unique collection of original reflections, prayers and scripture quotations will help you to do just that.
It is designed so that you can celebrate the birth of the Lord having the love of Jesus surround you; the light of Jesus lead you; the peace of Jesus fill you; the power of Jesus aid you;...
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In 1963, the world was rocked by the death of John F. Kennedy, president of the United States of America. One year later the world of Catholic spirituality was rocked by the death of Dom Eugene Boylan.
The comparison is less than superficial: both men found favour with women, both were known as charming and capable entertainers, both became unexpected leaders who frequently challenged authority; both were gone before their time.
In Dom Eugene Boylan...
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This is the eagerly awaited follow up to Finding God in the Mess.
In this new collection the authors address tough issues such as fear, anxiety, suicide and anger. They have received much feedback from workshops based on the first book, and these are some of the topics on which people have asked for help. As well as offering a meditation or a way of praying, the authors suggest scripture and a simple ritual.
Once again the book is based on Jim and...
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The aim of this booklet is to help foster an understanding of the plight of migrants that leads to action in the local faith community. Understanding of the role of the Christian towards the ever more present reality of migration and of the great Catholic tradition of hospitality is more important than ever, especially if we want or desire to make the appropriate response.
The actions may not change situations in the homelands from which people migrated...
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John Sullivan SJ was born in Dublin in 1861. Once dubbed 'the best dressed man about Dublin', he seemed destined, like his father, for a career in law. Then, following a conversion to Catholicism, at the age of 35 he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Immediately after his ordination, he was sent to Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare, where he spent most of his remaining years. At Clongowes, he became renowned for the hours he spent...
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Best-selling author of 'Saints for Our Time' and 'Saints for the Journey' Fr John Murray introduces us to a selection of saints for the family, to mark the World Meeting of Families, which takes place in Dublin in August. Among those included are traditional Biblical figures like Joseph husband of Mary as well as Elizabeth and Zechariah. There are classical saints too from the Church's past such as Margaret of Scotland and Bernadette of Lourdes. However,...
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