Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 עמודים 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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... called a friend to come sit with the kids and headed for the hospital. Elijah Timothy Lickona was born into the San Diego night ninety minutes later—not as fast as Olivia, our third (seventy- five minutes from the time the contractions ...
... called it, there was a definite religious element to my holding back. I remember being consulted by a thirteen-year-old fellow Catholic about exactly how far he could go. He wanted me to make the careful distinctions that would allow ...
... called to walk with Jesus. You don't have to be a priest to do that. I could have stood something stronger, especially given the atmosphere surrounding the priesthood in the wake of the abuse scandal. Who would want to become a priest ...
... called “the hour of the laity.” I think the idea is that the laity have been called upon to act as full members of the Body of Christ, to do His work and spread His gospel and not simply look to priests and religious to transform the ...
... called him names. He was accused of being a hateful right-winger. Dad was a registered Democrat, a man who had marched in Washington because he believed the war in Vietnam was unjust. As he saw it, the Democratic party had abandoned its ...
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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 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic <span dir=ltr>Matthew Lickona</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2007 |