Donkey Bells
Advent and Christmas Meditations, Traditions and Stories
from Catherine Doherty
Discover how Christians celebrated Christmas before the days of television, shopping malls, and the Internet...
Catherine Doherty is well known for reviving many holy Christian traditions. In Donkey Bells: Advent and Christmas , Catherine's three-in-one book on this most ‘expectant' of holiday seasons, you'll receive wonderful gifts:
Meaningful and heartwarming stories , the telling of which will surely become a family Christmas tradition. Including: The Little Christmas Angel O'Ryan, How Pride Became Humble, The Christmas Gift, Christmas in Harlem, The Bruised Reed, and others.
Customs which you can adopt into your own Christmas celebration, such as: The Advent Wreath, The 'O' Antiphons, Baking Christmas Foods and Decorating, and The Blessing of The Christmas Tree. Traditions surrounding important Advent and Christmas feast days are presented, including: St. Nicholas, The Immaculate Conception, Feast of the Holy Family, New Year's Eve, Epiphany, and more.
Earthy and inspiring meditations to prepare the entire family for Christ's coming, including: A Candle in Our Hearts, Little Things, The Gurgle of a Baby, Where Love Is God Is, Looking into the Child's Eyes, Advent: A Modern Bethlehem, A Short Season—A Long Journey, and many more.
Light, Camera...Faith!
A Movie Lover's Guide to Scripture
Cycle C
By Peter Malone, MSC with Rose Pacatte, FSP
This third volume of Lights, Camera...Faith! continues to provides new thought-provoking passages into the world of the Gospels through popular film. By exploring 71 movies in the light of the Sunday Scriptures, Malone and Pacatte create dialogue between Scripture and film, engaging faith through culture and culture through faith.
Insight, inspiraton, and information meet in this valuable resource for anyone who appreciates deeper meaning in movies. Ideal for homilists, parish discussion groups, young adult groups, film educators, and professionals.
- Movie synopsis and commentary include background information on films, actors, directors and writers
- Key scenes and themes for easy reference in group settings
- Useful for homilists, teachers, young adult groups, pastoral ministers, discussion leaders, or anyone intrigued by deeper meaning in the movies
" Light, Camera...Faith! is a must for every homilist who wants to grab the attention of the people in the pews! The book brings the Gospels into the twenty-first century and is a great way to present the Scriptures to young people."
--Jack Shea, Hollywood director and producer,
and Patt Shea, Screenwriter
Cofounders of Catholics in Media
Light, Camera...Faith! is "a must-have, not just for those who interested in the relationship between cinema and spirituality, but for any serious student of film."
--Brain Oppenheimer,
Vice President, Catholics in Media Associates
"By introducing serious and respectful conversation between the life of faith and 21st century media culture, Light, Camera...Faith! provides both a model and a method for a deep and rich media literacy movement among all Christian denominations."
--Elizabeth Thoman,
The Totally Searchable Catholic Youth Bible
CD-ROM
Includes both New American Bible and New Revised Standard Version
This CD-ROM is so user-friendly that it's a snap to paste Scripture verses right into your tests, handouts, assignments, Bible study guides, or multimedia presentations.
This CD-ROM also includes Bible and lectionary reading plans to suit your schedule, as well as daily Bible reflections for teens, excerpted from Good News, Day by Day. The Totally Searchable Catholic Youth Bible CD-ROM will make a great addition to your resource library!
THE GOSPELS FOR PRAYER
Michael Hansem, S.J., Editor
Experience the profound presence of Jesus in the Gospls with this unique new resource, designed especially for prayer, rather than for study.
The Gospels for Prayer simply and clearly presents one passage per page, laying out each story, parable, or saying in a point by point style - just the way you would pray it. The removal of study aids, such as notes, marginal references, and other interruptions, frees the Gospels for Prayer of all distractions. The powerful text of the Gospels stands alone, an uncluttered foundation for personal refletion and prayer.
This volume uses the beautiful language of the New Revised Standard Version, and each Gospel begins with a stirrilng reproduction from the ancient Irish Book of Kells. The introduction describes ten classic ways to pray the gospels, and the index makes it easy to find your favorite passages.
MERTON'S PALACE OF NOWHERE
James Finley
At the heart of the quest for spiritual identity are found Thomas Merton's illuminating insights - leading from an awareness of the false and illusory self to a realization of the true self.
For twenty five years Meton's Palace of Nowhere had been the standard for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding this rich vein of Merton's thought. Dog-eared, tattered, underlined copies are found on bookshelves of spiritual searchers everywhere. Now this Silver Anniversary edition brings this classic to a whole new generation.
THE VISION OF THOMAS MERTON
Patrick F. O'Connell, Ed.
This collection of essays by distinguished Merton scholars was compiled in honor of the late Robert E. Daggy, longtime director of the Thomas Merton Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Reflecting Merton’s diverse interests and talents, the collection includes articles on Merton’s view of faith, his monastic commitment, his relationship with his father, his interest in quantum physics, the role of nature in his spirituality, his poetry, and his dialogue with the Eastern traditions.
Written by the editors of the recently published The Journals of Thomas Merton, these articles offer new insights into the complex and fascinating life of this great spiritual leader.
Merton’s words continue to have special meaning for so many. In this exceptional collection, all his readers will discover much to enrich their awareness of Merton and to deepen their own spiritual lives.