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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... reasons, not least of which is her belief in St. Paul's claim that “in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church” (Colossians 1:24). She offers the pain of her labor to God ...
... reason we're asked to reject the glamour of sin when we renew our baptismal vows.) I swallowed a lot of dirty water ... reasons I have mentioned, and partly out of a simple distaste for sex. The idea of sex still had tremendous appeal: I ...
... reasons we need them. I don't think we're going to see an end to the rule of celibacy. I do think this is a moment of crisis for the priesthood in this country. So many gray heads on the altar. Around my hometown of Cortland, there is ...
... reason and a firm believer in the idea that science will eventually explain everything. Religion to him is superstition, the enemy of reason and truth. He is outraged by the idea of the Eucharist, of God in a wafer and a cup, consumed ...
... reason, and docile to truth wherever he recognizes it. And the physical resemblance between Joseph and Dad is significant—the spare frame hinting at some immaterial fire that consumes the flesh and its smothering desires. In the film ...
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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 |