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153 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"The tranquility of order is a dynamic tranquility, the stillness of a flame burning in perfect calm, of a wheel spinning so fast that it seems to stand still. Silence in this sense is not only a quality of the environment, but primarily an attitude, an attitude of listening. ... Let us give to one another that gift of silence, so that we can listen together and listen to one another. Only in this silence will we be able to hear that gentle breath...
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xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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This book gives you a step-by-step overview of the Catholic Mass, as well as a close look at the history and meaning of the Mass as a central form of Catholic worship. You'll find information on the order of a Mass and coverage of major Masses.
43) Stigmata
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young woman begins to suffer the Stigmata, the wounds of Christ. When a Catholic priest comes to investigate the "miracle", he discovers this woman is channeling a message originating from the time of Jesus Christ.
47) Lazarus
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English
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Faced with open-heart surgery, Supreme Pontiff Leo XIV sees his life flashing before him. In reforming the Church, he created a wasteland and made enemies, and now he vows to destroy the repression for which he was responsible. But a terrorist group, the Sword of Islam, has other ideas.
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For more than 10 years, thoroughly Protestant Kathleen Norris had been an oblate at a Benedictine monastery. In The Cloister Life, the celebrated author turns to the priory as her spiritual landscape, as she takes us through a liturgical year, inspiring us to evaluate our own lives and values.
Norris provides tremendous insight into the languages, customs, ceremonies, and sexuality of the men and women who have chosen the cloistered life. With insight...
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xvi, 238 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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This book is an exploration of the complex relationship between the Bible and the Catholic liturgy. In Letter and Spirit, Scott Hahn extends the message he began in The Lamb's Supper, offering insights into what the Bible teaches us about living the spiritual life. For both Christians and Jews, the texts of the Bible are not simply records of historical events. They are intended, through public recitations in churches and synagogues, to bring listeners...
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viii, 326 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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There are few works on the spiritual life in the West that can match the insight and sheer beauty of those of the sixteenth-century Spanish Carmelite, St. John of the Cross. A collaborator with St. Teresa of Avila in the reform movement that attempted to forge a new style of religious life, dedicated to recollection yet distinct from both the enthusiasm of the alumbrados and the sterility of the conventual Carmelites, John was no stranger to suffering....
53) The young pope
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3 videodiscs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The fictional story of a newly elected pope, the youngest in history and first-ever American, whose audacity, independence, and arch-conservatism wreak havoc within the Vatican.
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"It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church." --
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