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Book To Die Is Gain  A Theological  Re  Introduction to the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick for Clergy  Laity  Caregivers  and Everyone Else

Download or read book To Die Is Gain A Theological Re Introduction to the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick for Clergy Laity Caregivers and Everyone Else written by Roger W. Nutt and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anointing of the Sick is possibly the most underappreciated and understudied sacrament. In To Die Is Gain, Roger Nutt seeks to bring greater attention to and appreciation for the Anointing of the Sick. Beginning with an examination of cultural perceptions of dying, death, and burial, To Die Is Gain exposes the ways in which contemporary atheism and physicalism mark a clear divergence from ancient attitudes. In contrast to contemporary hopelessness, the Anointing of the Sick is a powerful counter witness that highlights the great dignity of the human person and the depth of Christian hope. Unlike the cures to particular ailments facilitated by modern medical science, in Holy Anointing Jesus gives his dying followers the healing graces that they need to pass from this life to the next in loving union with Him. As Nutt exposes the biblical and traditional foundations of this sacrament, he corrects common misconceptions and malpractice of this sacrament, especially the ways in which Vatican II is often misleadingly enlisted to support a broadening of the sacrament from end-of-life situations to non-life threatening illnesses. Finally, Nutt carefully describes the graces and effects of the Anointing of the Sick and richly expounds the theological depth of the rite of the Anointing of the Sick. The result is that readers can confidently say with St. Paul that “To die is gain” (Philippians 1:21).

Book Hope   Death  Christian Responses

Download or read book Hope Death Christian Responses written by MICHAEL A. DAUPHINAIS and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul famously challenges his readers in 1 Corinthians, “If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.” What does it mean to hope in Christ for the life to come? How can we intellectually defend such hope in the midst of secularist and materialist trends so prevalent in contemporary society? Even if we believe as Christians in eternal life, how do we find meaning in such hope when the injustices of the world and our own suffering often loom so large? Drawing primarily upon the witness of biblical revelation and its reception and formulation in the teachings of Thomas Aquinas, the essays in Hope & Death: Christian Responses answer contemporary questions related to how Christians might face suffering and death with hopeful minds and hearts. The essays recover Christian hope in three main parts: what hope reveals about God’s nature and his providence, how hope responds to and clarifies the meaning of human suffering, and the way in which all hope draws human beings to an end beyond this world. CONTRIBUTORS GUY MANSINI, OSB ANDREW D. SWAFFORD MATTHEW J. RAMAGE WILLIAM M. WRIGHT IV ROGER W. NUTT MICHAEL A. DAUPHINAIS JEFFREY M. WALKEY JOHN RZIHA ROMANUS CESSARIO, OP STEVEN A. LONG ADAM VAN WART TAYLOR PATRICK O’NEILL BRYAN KROMHOLTZ, OP

Book Signs and Symbols of the Liturgy

Download or read book Signs and Symbols of the Liturgy written by Michael Ruzicki and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2018 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource helps you prepare a reverent, artful, and interactive experience of the symbols of the liturgy followed by reflection on their meaning for groups of adults or teens.

Book Baptism is a Beginning

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rebekah Rojcewicz
  • Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 1568544987
  • Pages : 72 pages

Download or read book Baptism is a Beginning written by Rebekah Rojcewicz and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meeting Christ in the Sacraments

Download or read book Meeting Christ in the Sacraments written by Colman E. O'Neill and published by Saint Pauls/Alba House. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamentals of sacramental theology. A classic.

Book Thomas Aquinas  Biblical Theologian

Download or read book Thomas Aquinas Biblical Theologian written by Roger Nutt and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past eight hundred years, it is possible that no other theologian has shaped our understanding of God, man, and the Church more than St. Thomas Aquinas. While many people are familiar with his most famous work, the Summa Theologiae, fewer know of his important role as a biblical theologian. But in fact, Aquinas’ primary work was biblical theology. His biblical commentaries remain invaluable in the ongoing work of Scripture study. The essays in Thomas Aquinas, Biblical Theologian explore some of Aquinas’ most important contributions within his biblical commentaries and the ongoing work of Scripture study. A dozen contributors explore Aquinas’ thought on faith and revelation, the study of the Sacred Page, and other dogmatic and moral considerations.

Book Pastors at Greater Risk

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  • Author : H. B. Jr. London
  • Publisher : Baker Books
  • Release : 2011-08-29
  • ISBN : 1441224084
  • Pages : 374 pages

Download or read book Pastors at Greater Risk written by H. B. Jr. London and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of today's pastors are relatively untroubled but need help in releasing the pressure inherent in ministry to others. Others are close to running on empty, both spiritually and emotionally. All of them would like someone to confide in who can provide realistic help based on firsthand experience. This is precisely what Pastors at Greater Risk is all about! First published in 1993, this edition is completely rewritten, with updated stats, interviews with contemporary pastoral leaders, and a special emphasis on today's hot-button issues, such as job turnover, pornography, spiritual burnout, congregational turnover, and more. The result: A book that is rich in wisdom and understanding and one that provides pastor-to-pastor help at a time when it is needed more than ever!

Book Why Go to Church

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  • Author : Timothy Radcliffe
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2009-02-04
  • ISBN : 0826499562
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Why Go to Church written by Timothy Radcliffe and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a spiritual master this is an important Lent title that examines what it means to celebrate the Eucharist, and in turn reminds us of our capacity for love, hope and faith.

Book The Gift of the Priestly Vocation

Download or read book The Gift of the Priestly Vocation written by Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Clericis and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formation of priests means following a singular 'journey of discipleship', which begins at Baptism, is perfected through the other sacraments of Christian Initiation, comes to be appreciated as the centre of one's life at the beginning of seminary formation, and continues through the whole of life.This Ratio Fundamentalis emphasises that formation - both initial and ongoing - must be seen through a unifying lens, which takes account of the four dimensions of formation proposed by Pastores Dabo Vobis. Together, these dimensions give shape and structure to the identity of the seminarian and the priest, and make him capable of that 'gift of self to the Church', which is the essence of pastoral charity.

Book Dying for it

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  • Author : Moira Buffini
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber Plays
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Dying for it written by Moira Buffini and published by Faber & Faber Plays. This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. When his last hope for self-respect disappears, Semyon decides to take his own life. But word gets out and he finds himself inundated with sympathetic visitors - begging him to die on their behalf. Suddenly he is an important man, and on the night of his proposed suicide events spiral out of control. Moira Buffini has freely adapted Nikolai Erdman's celebrated satirical comedy 'The suicide', banned by Stalin before a single performance.-- Back cover.

Book Why Celibacy   Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest

Download or read book Why Celibacy Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest written by Fr. Carter Griffin and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Church today demands a profound renewal of celibate priesthood and the fatherhood to which it is ordered.” Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated relic from another age. Others see it as a lonely way of life. But as Fr. Carter Griffin argues in Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, the ancient practice of celibacy, when lived well, helps a priest exercise his spiritual fatherhood joyfully and fruitfully. Along the way, Griffin explores: the question of optional celibacy some pitfalls of celibate paternity the selection and formation of candidates for celibate priesthood why biological fathers are also called to spiritual fatherhood the powerful impact of celibacy on the Church and the wider culture In a critical moment for the Catholic priesthood, Fr. Griffin brings light and hope with a new perspective on the Church’s perennial wisdom on celibacy.

Book Madeleine s Inquisition

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  • Author : Paul Dionne
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-11-23
  • ISBN : 9781660608546
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Madeleine s Inquisition written by Paul Dionne and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an avocation, for over twenty years, the author has researched the role of women in the Early Church and the scandal of their subordination in the rise of Christianity. This resulted in his first work entitled The Priestess and the Pope.Madeleine's Inquisition, a sequel, bolsters the already persuasive case of the leadership role of women and sets forth the injustice, superstition and inhumanity of the Church towards women. As a decorated combat veteran, the author felt compelled to deal with the horrors and the aftermath of war in an era plagued by constant wars. Poverty stricken and alone, Madeleine Moreau awaits the return of her husband, a sergeant in the Grande Armee, while struggling to provide for herself and her children -- her future bleak, foreboding and empty. She draws strength in her darkest hour when the Monsignor of Paris charges her with witchcraft and threatens to tear her family apart.The novel follows the lives of Madeleine Moreau and her antagonist, the Monsignor of Paris... Marc Moreau and his retreat from Russia following Napoleon's defeat... Madame Leblanc and her disavowal of aristocracy for the cause of Liberty... Michel Bois, a popular French sculptor, who forsakes Madeleine for the salvation of France... and two young priests, whose lives are changed by the chronicles of witchcraft, the vestiges of the Inquisition and the inhumane treatment of women by the Church -- bringing them to a moral crossroads where each must choose his or her own destiny. These characters find their lives inextricably entangled as they uncover the bigotry of the Church, face religious prosecution and experience the horrors of war -- while affected by the enlightened philosophers of the times.

Book The Sacraments

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  • Author : Kevin W. Irwin
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9780809149551
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Sacraments written by Kevin W. Irwin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the history and theology of the sacraments in their intimate relationship to the liturgy.

Book General Principles of Sacramental Theology

Download or read book General Principles of Sacramental Theology written by Roger W. Nutt and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Principles of Sacramental Theology addresses a current lacuna in English language theological literature. Bernard Leeming’s highly respected book Principles of Sacramental Theology was published more than sixty years ago. Since that time, there has been a noted decrease, especially in English language sacramental theology, in treatments of the basic topics and principles – such as the nature of the sacraments of signs, sacramental grace, sacramental character, sacramental causality, sacramental intention, the necessity and number of the sacraments, sacramental matter and form, inter alia – which apply to all of the sacraments. This book will be of use in seminary, graduate, and undergraduate courses. The sacraments play an irreplaceable role in pursuing a Universal Call to Holiness that is so central to Vatican II’s teaching.

Book Enriching Our Worship 1

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  • Author : Church Publishing
  • Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
  • Release : 1998-03-01
  • ISBN : 0898697123
  • Pages : 89 pages

Download or read book Enriching Our Worship 1 written by Church Publishing and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the edition of Supplemental Liturgical Materials prepared by The Standing Liturgical Commission 1997. Materials include seventeen additional canticles taken from the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, the New Testament, Anselm of Canterbury, and Julian of Norwich. There are also additions and changes to the previously published supplemental materials including a third Eucharistic Prayer.

Book The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Download or read book The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick written by Lizette Larson-Miller and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Overviews, affirms, and critques the current Roman Catholic rites for the pastoral care of the sick and engages them through contemporary theological, liturgical, pastoral, and cultural issues, focusing particularly on the sacramental heart of the rites, the anointing of the sick"--Provided by publisher.

Book The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary

Download or read book The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary written by S. C. G. Jerome and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against Helvidius by St. Jerome, one of the doctors of the Church, addresses the perpetual virginity of Mary, Mother of God.