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. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 65
... thought of my own soul, itself weighted with sin. Was God finished being merciful with me? Was He preparing to take my life and subject me to judgment, now that I was out from under Our Lady's promise? I panicked, and thrashed my way to ...
... thought he was trying to get our attention, but I don't think it was just a parlor trick. I think what he did had something to do with what he wanted to tell us, something terribly important connected to his maimed and senseless hand ...
... thought to the faith of my friends. As far as I knew, none of them were Catholic, but the knowledge was neither pleasant nor bothersome. We never discussed religion; we were too busy arguing over who shot who first when we played war ...
... thought us cynical and blamed our collections of Mad Magazine and Peanuts. “Of course the dog is the cynic,” she said of Snoopy. Only later, when I discovered that “cynic” also meant “of or pertaining to the Dog Star,” did I understand ...
... thought of actual sex with an actual person. Too damaging—to both of us. Mark used to tease me that when married couples came to me for priestly counsel, I would ask, “Are you still having sex?” “Yes, Father.” “Well, then, there's your ...
תוכן
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31 | |
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 |