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Broken pieces volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Tina Jenson belongs to the same social stratum as Harris Chapman, but he's out of her league - at least that's what she thinks before they jump in bed together. It's the perfect night, but when she overhears crude, hurtful comments the next morning, she can't get away fast enough. Ten years later, Tina's life is a mess. That night with Harris didn't just hurt her feelings; it started a cascade of disappointment and heartbreak. Every time she bumps...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated relic from another age.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 ... , 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...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Responding to calls for refashioning the priesthood, including proposals from the Amazonian Synod, two ... pastors explain the biblical and spiritual role of the priesthood, celibacy, and genuine priestly ministry. Drawing on Vatican II, they present priestly celibacy as more than 'a mere precept of ecclesiastical law.' They insist that renewal of the Church is bound to a renewed understanding of priestly vocation as sharing in Jesus' priestly identity...
4) Revelations
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bishop's Lynn, England, 1413. At the age of forty, Margery Kempe has nearly died giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can't trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich and confesses that she has been haunted by visceral religious visions. Julian offers up a confession of her own:...
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