Author: Abelard
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500672119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Will anyone understand this story?What led to the above rapturous discovery of romantic love? Or -depending on your religious point of view- how did a faithful and devout priest fall so precipitously from grace? How did this meticulously trained Legionary of Christ plunge to his death in the blink of an eye like an Acapulco diver done awry? How was his armor so easily pierced by the batting of a dark eyelash?For decades after the heady events in Mexico City and the Yucatan, our protagonist Abelard stored away his notebooks in battered boxes left in the basement. They were painful, goofy and incomprehensible: naive emotional outpourings from an immature life stage that was full of joy, suffering and, tinged, perhaps, with shame. He knew they would sound strange and senseless to many. By the same token sharing the notebooks would leave him open to ridicule, futility and irrelevance. Nevertheless, he decided to entrust them to the writer because of their value as real experiences. Perhaps readers might garner some insights into Abelard's -and St. Augustine's- obsessions: God and the human soul . And in a world where everything seemed trivial, material, boring, cheap and reduced to the lowest common denominator -including relationships, love, sex, passion, Church, priest... * Could the diaries help regular people get inside the head and heart of a priest, a celibate* Torn between love of God and love of woman? * Could the man on the street find this often gut-wrenching experience interesting?* What relevance has the obscure, rarified, piety glutted and spiritually stifling life of a Legionary of Christ have for the general public, the 21st-century-Christian or your regular Catholic?* How does a priest react when "tempted by the flesh"?* Is God anywhere to be found?* Could Spirit somehow be present in the cauldron of passions which are often portrayed as base and purely instinctual?* Could sensuality and passion in some paradoxical way be wholesome and holy?* What happens when a priest is treated harshly and unwisely by his superiors? * Where do Eros, Agape and Divine Love intersect? Or do they?
Diary of a Priest in Love: 1. Falling Into Love
Author: Abelard
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500672119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Will anyone understand this story?What led to the above rapturous discovery of romantic love? Or -depending on your religious point of view- how did a faithful and devout priest fall so precipitously from grace? How did this meticulously trained Legionary of Christ plunge to his death in the blink of an eye like an Acapulco diver done awry? How was his armor so easily pierced by the batting of a dark eyelash?For decades after the heady events in Mexico City and the Yucatan, our protagonist Abelard stored away his notebooks in battered boxes left in the basement. They were painful, goofy and incomprehensible: naive emotional outpourings from an immature life stage that was full of joy, suffering and, tinged, perhaps, with shame. He knew they would sound strange and senseless to many. By the same token sharing the notebooks would leave him open to ridicule, futility and irrelevance. Nevertheless, he decided to entrust them to the writer because of their value as real experiences. Perhaps readers might garner some insights into Abelard's -and St. Augustine's- obsessions: God and the human soul . And in a world where everything seemed trivial, material, boring, cheap and reduced to the lowest common denominator -including relationships, love, sex, passion, Church, priest... * Could the diaries help regular people get inside the head and heart of a priest, a celibate* Torn between love of God and love of woman? * Could the man on the street find this often gut-wrenching experience interesting?* What relevance has the obscure, rarified, piety glutted and spiritually stifling life of a Legionary of Christ have for the general public, the 21st-century-Christian or your regular Catholic?* How does a priest react when "tempted by the flesh"?* Is God anywhere to be found?* Could Spirit somehow be present in the cauldron of passions which are often portrayed as base and purely instinctual?* Could sensuality and passion in some paradoxical way be wholesome and holy?* What happens when a priest is treated harshly and unwisely by his superiors? * Where do Eros, Agape and Divine Love intersect? Or do they?
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500672119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Will anyone understand this story?What led to the above rapturous discovery of romantic love? Or -depending on your religious point of view- how did a faithful and devout priest fall so precipitously from grace? How did this meticulously trained Legionary of Christ plunge to his death in the blink of an eye like an Acapulco diver done awry? How was his armor so easily pierced by the batting of a dark eyelash?For decades after the heady events in Mexico City and the Yucatan, our protagonist Abelard stored away his notebooks in battered boxes left in the basement. They were painful, goofy and incomprehensible: naive emotional outpourings from an immature life stage that was full of joy, suffering and, tinged, perhaps, with shame. He knew they would sound strange and senseless to many. By the same token sharing the notebooks would leave him open to ridicule, futility and irrelevance. Nevertheless, he decided to entrust them to the writer because of their value as real experiences. Perhaps readers might garner some insights into Abelard's -and St. Augustine's- obsessions: God and the human soul . And in a world where everything seemed trivial, material, boring, cheap and reduced to the lowest common denominator -including relationships, love, sex, passion, Church, priest... * Could the diaries help regular people get inside the head and heart of a priest, a celibate* Torn between love of God and love of woman? * Could the man on the street find this often gut-wrenching experience interesting?* What relevance has the obscure, rarified, piety glutted and spiritually stifling life of a Legionary of Christ have for the general public, the 21st-century-Christian or your regular Catholic?* How does a priest react when "tempted by the flesh"?* Is God anywhere to be found?* Could Spirit somehow be present in the cauldron of passions which are often portrayed as base and purely instinctual?* Could sensuality and passion in some paradoxical way be wholesome and holy?* What happens when a priest is treated harshly and unwisely by his superiors? * Where do Eros, Agape and Divine Love intersect? Or do they?
Diary of a City Priest
Author: John P. McNamee
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
ISBN: 1461674816
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The diary of a man trying to live within his religious faith while dealing with the harsh realities of urban America.
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
ISBN: 1461674816
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The diary of a man trying to live within his religious faith while dealing with the harsh realities of urban America.
Hope's Reason: A Journal of Apologetics Vol. 1 No. 1
Author: Stephen J. Bedard (editor)
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1458381900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1458381900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Decoding Anne Lister
Author: Caroline Gonda
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009280732
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
The ground-breaking first collection of essays on Anne Lister, featuring both established and new scholars, a screenwriter and a novelist.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009280732
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
The ground-breaking first collection of essays on Anne Lister, featuring both established and new scholars, a screenwriter and a novelist.
A Journal of the American Civil War: V2-4
Author: Theodore P. Savas
Publisher: Savas Publishing
ISBN: 1954547226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes. Features “The 11th Mississippi in the Army of Northern Virginia,” by Steven Davis and “The 32nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,” by John M. Coski.
Publisher: Savas Publishing
ISBN: 1954547226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes. Features “The 11th Mississippi in the Army of Northern Virginia,” by Steven Davis and “The 32nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,” by John M. Coski.
The Sunday School Journal
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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The Church School Journal
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Category : Religious education
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley
Author: John Wesley
Publisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The Journal of the Rev. J. W.
Author: John Wesley
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Journal
Author: John Wesley
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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