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RETREAT SERIES GO ON RETREAT WITH SAINTS AND CHRISTIAN HEROES Each title in this extensive series includes
a guided seven-day retreat with a great holy person from history, questions
for reflection, and a closing prayer at the end of each day. Suggested
resources for "Deepening your Acquaintance" with your mentor
conclude the text.
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In this seven-day retreat, Finding Our Way, your director is Anthony of Padua, one of the earliest followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. Beyond his reputation as a finder of lost objects, much more can be known about this complex yet simple genius the Catholic Church calls saint and doctor. Inspired as a young man by the example of the first Franciscan martyrs, Anthony embarked upon a life balanced by preaching and example, learning and love. Through excerpts of his sermons, he invites readers to search with him to find Jesus and to live the gospel. |
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Benedict, heralded as the founder of Western monasticism, hungered for a "better way" to God. He radically shaped that better way for himself and for centuries of followers with his Rule and his lived example. Six hundred years after the Rule was written, Bernard appeared on the scene to return Western monasticism to its roots-and its sole mission of guiding men and women to holiness. Both Benedict and Bernard challenge us seekers to reduce the God-and-us relationship to its essence, just as Christ's gospel dictates: by way of love, pure and simple. |
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"Our worldly identities, characterized by criss-crossing
ambitions, desires and jealousies, begin to peel away as the discipline
of ceaseless prayer sinks ever deeper into our hearts. We shuck off
the old self which previously demanded all our time and attention in
order to make room for God...."-From "Getting to Know Our
Directors" In this seven-day retreat, Praying Ceaselessly, your directors are Brother Lawrence and the Russian Pilgrim. Though from different centuries and different cultures, both learned the wisdom of constant prayer-what Brother Lawrence describes as "practicing the presence of God." Their insights make it possible for us to transcend our everyday cares and focus on what really matters: God. |
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In this seven-day retreat, Living the Truth in Love, your director is Catherine of Siena, the 14th-century Italian laywoman with the strong will and staunch commitment to carry out what she thought God was directing her to do. Catherine, declared Doctor of the Church in 1970, clung to the truth, lived by the truth and sought after the truth throughout her life. With her we will meet the God whom she called "Gentle Truth," struggle with the sin and glory of our own truth and ponder the fruits of truth-discernment, freedom and wisdom. |
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"...They
were a curious sort of folk, albeit what they were most curious about
was God. They lived and prayed in the fourth and fifth centuries...
They went into trances; they levitated; they sat on top of poles; they
were often found in a state of ecstasy. And all of this before lunch!
(And you don't want to know what they had for lunch!) -From "Getting
to Know Our Directors" In this seven-day retreat, Thirsting for the Reign of God, your directors are the mothers and fathers of the desert, whose wisdom has come down to us through the ages. Jesus tells us that to find our lives we must lose them; the Desert Mystics took up this exhortation and lived it out radically. What desert mystics like Antony the Great, Abba Moses and Evagrius can teach us, if we are ready, is to confront our God on a most intimate level-by confronting ourselves fiercely and fully. |
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In this seven-day retreat, Trusting God's Purpose, your director is Edith Stein, a woman of deep intellect and an intense commitment to the truth. Born into a Jewish family, Edith's search for truth led her first to agnosticism and eventually to Catholicism and life as a Carmelite nun. Both her heritage and her faith made her an enemy of the Third Reich and a victim of the holocaust. On this journey with Edith, you will confront the central issues of life: understanding the will of God, living in right relationship with others and finding fulfillment in self-donation. Her experience and witness can lead us to a profound and renewed respect for the human and religious rights of all. Edith's philosophy is simple: Ultimately we all live at the hand of God, the wise among us will accept and cherish this fact and trust in God's purpose. |
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In this seven-day retreat, Meeting Our Grace, your director is Elizabeth Seton, foundress of the American Sisters of Charity and the first American-born saint. Elizabeth assumed many roles in her life-wife, mother, widow, single parent, educator, mentor-finding in each task the necessary grace. She provides an example to those faced with the challenge of finding a spiritual center in the midst of many roles. Excerpts from the saint's diaries and letters are woven into a week of prayer and deepening acquaintance. |
 A RETREAT WITH HENRI NOUWEN Reclaiming Our Humanity by Robert Durback 122 pp., PhP 165.00 This latest offering in the popular A Retreat With…series features the writings of Henri J.M. Nouwen. Priest, theologian, psychologist and prolific writer, Nouwen brought a unique immediacy and transformative power to his subject matter. Durback has focused on the theme of "reclaiming your humanity" for this retreat, centering most especially on Nouwen's classic "book of spiritual imperatives" as Nouwen called them, The Inner Voice of Love. This seven-day retreat will help you move toward "reclaiming your humanity in a technological age," urging you to listen to the inner voice that affirms the love that God expressed through Jesus at his baptism: "This is my beloved." The retreat is introduced by a short summary of the life and work of Henri Nouwen, and concludes with a select bibliography to help you delve more deeply into his extensive writings. |
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Your director for this retreat is John the Evangelist, author of the fourth Gospel. Through his artful appearance in the role of 'translator' for John, Scripture scholar Raymond Brown weaves the evangelist's words into a week of prayer and deepening acquaintance. He brings immediacy to the gospel message allowing modern readers to understand and resolve difficulties in the text and its interpretation throughout the centuries. Transcending the political struggles and divisiveness of some modern Christians, this retreat will refresh for you what is means to be, first and foremost, a disciple of Jesus. This book on tape is arranged in seven days and you
may find it helpful to spread your listening according to your own schedule
or that of a group. The retreat closes with resources for continuing
the relationship with your director. |
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"I invite you in these seven days to 'step out on the word of God,' walking the Way with Jesus, the human face of our faithful God. Begin by telling God your own story, placing whatever burdens you bring in God's gracious care. Ask God to open your eyes in the retelling of the Scriptures to the meaning they hold for your journey. Allow God's love in Jesus to surround you and set your heart on fire. Let God fill you with desire to share that word to bring hope to others."-From "Day One" In
this seven-day retreat, Stepping Out on the Word of God, your director
is Luke the Evangelist, author of the third Gospel. You are invited
to "step out on the Word of God," allowing the courage the
Good News inspires to carry you throughout the tasks of your life. Leaning
particularly on the experiences of the women of the Gospels (more prevalent
in Luke than in any other), this retreat weaves their stories into a
welcome for those who wish to find what Jesus offers. |
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"Matthew…was absolutely convinced that Jesus was the One sent by God to establish the Reign of God in the final days as promised by the prophets of ancient Israel. The Evangelist then presented Jesus as the fulfillment of his people's expectations.…But Matthew believed that Jesus was something more. He was also a reinterpreter of those traditions.…Matthew believed that Jesus was the fulfillment of ancient Israel's hopes, but he fulfilled those hopes in a way that went beyond all expectations."-From "Getting to Know Our Director" In this seven-day retreat, Going Beyond the Law, your director is Matthew the Evangelist, author of the first Gospel. His words will help you to understand how Jesus fulfilled his role as Messiah and brought about the age "foreseen by the prophets and longed for by the pious." Matthew does not disregard the traditions of ancient Israel, but casts them in a new light-the Light of the World. |
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Mary appeared to a poor Indian Christian named Juan Diego. She revealed both a loving God and the God-given dignity of the Indian people. Her coming marks the turning point in the sixteenth-century history of Latin America. Juan Diego heeded Mary's call to proclaim the word of God even against powerful obstacles of disbelief and discrimination against his people. From one rejected and silenced we draw strength and courage. |
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"Patrick is an intensely human person and not a plaster saint.... He offers us a Christian vision honed out of his own experience and trials. He offers us a challenge to live our own Christian life today in changing and turbulent times.... He gives to us the Celtic vision of the intimate presence of God in creation, in the Church, in people and in Scripture" -From "Getting to Know Our Directors" In this seven-day retreat, Discovering God in All, your director is Patrick, patron of the Irish and one of the most celebrated saints in history. Through excerpts from his own writings, we can unravel the facts of his life from the legends he has inspired and examine the unique perspective he brought to Christianity through his understanding of Celtic spirituality and the all-pervading immanence of God. |
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In this seven-day retreat, Growing From Sinner to Saint, your director is Peter, fisherman of Galilee, follower of Jesus and keeper of the keys to the kingdom. Follow Peter's amazing transformation through his own retelling of the Gospel stories. Share his growing insight into the human and divine person of Christ and learn from his experience how to be a follower, and friend, of Jesus. |
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In
this seven-day retreat, Be Not Afraid, your director is Karol Wojtyla-Pope
John Paul II. He has inspired the world through the example of his lived
faith and his faith-filled words and teachings. Follow his life's journey
and embrace the courage to open wide the door to Christ. "As one who has, in fact, been privileged to make retreats with the Holy Father, it was spiritually refreshing and inspiring for me to read and reflect on these pages...I recommend the book to all who wish to go beyond the headline coverage of the Holy Father to an encounter with Christ in the company of the greatest spiritual leader of our age." -Archbishop John P. Foley, President, Pontifical Council for Social Communications |
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Teresa of Avila, one of the most popular and influential saints Catholicism ever produced, is director for this seven-day retreat. She was a highly-regarded religious reformer, administrator, spiritual director and mystic who openly shared her midlife memory loss, her inability to do what she exhorted others to do and her shortcomings as an author. This Doctor of the Church mastered the art of living lightly and well, and she invites us to profit from one of her outstanding gifts: her ability to live by holy wit. |
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