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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... married father of four who has clung unapologetically to it, will be food for many Catholic souls.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune “As personal faith stories go, Lickona's is a breath of fresh air, thoughtfully written and happily absent ...
... and good talk. And finally, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, on whose feast I was born, in whose church I was married, and upon whose intercession I rely. preface CHRISTMAS EVE OF 1992 found me just off the xiii Acknowledgments.
... marriage!), a judgment he received happily enough. But I held myself to a different standard. I had resolved never to “do more than kiss a girl.” I did this not because I possessed some secret understanding of sin in general or lust in ...
... understanding of Peanuts. Though by then, I had learned that even the funnies could be deeply tied up with a particular view of God and humanity.) When Mark married in 1991, I wept, fearing a weakening of the bond 14 FORMATION.
... married couples came to me for priestly counsel, I would ask, “Are you still having sex?” “Yes, Father.” “Well, then, there's your problem.” AN UNHEALTHY ATTITUDE (and an un-Catholic one), born of too much time spent in an unhealthy ...
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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 |