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Assomption - Relier le visible à l'invisible

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Des nouvelles voies de réflexions et d'expériences pour entrer en contact avec les défunts. Et si l'imagination était la clé pour ouvrir les portes de l'au-delà ? Quelques mois après la disparition de sa mère, Marylène, Romuald Leterrier va être le témoin d'une expérience improbable. Lors du weekend de l'Assomption 2022, il sent une force le guider vers la basilique d'Avioth, dans le département de la Meuse. Là, il va assister à la double apparition de sa mère et de la Vierge Marie dans un véritable miracle scellé dans la pierre depuis l'an 1538. Cette puissante manifestation survient suite à sa demande de recevoir un signe fort de la survie de Marylène au-delà de la mort. Cet événement marquera, pour l'auteur, le début d'une quête spirituelle.Au fil de ses investigations, il va découvrir qu'une forme nouvelle d'" imaginaire " est capable de le mettre en relation avec ses parents disparus. Elle lui permet de les rejoindre de l'autre côté du voile de l'éternité. Romuald décide de tester cette nouvelle technique d'imagination exploratoire pour rejoindre sa mère dans l'au-delà. Il va alors vivre une expérience extraordinaire de retrouvailles au coeur de la nature sauvage.Tissant des liens entre rêves, visions et apparitions, entre imagination et réalité, l'échange entre l'auteur et sa mère décédée nous renseigne sur notre finitude. Assomptionest une invitation à amplifier le mouvement d'élévation des consciences, ainsi qu'un hymne au féminin sacré et à la Terre-Mère.Cet ouvrage nous apprend à regarder et à ressentir autrement pour percevoir l'omniprésence de nos proches disparus. C'est aussi l'histoire d'un lieu sacré –; la basilique d'Avioth –; qui vient cristalliser un point de jonction entre le profane et le divin, l'esprit et la matière. Ce livre est une ode à la vie éternelle.

On the Predestination of the Saints

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"Therefore I ought first to show that the faith by which we are Christians is the gift of God." Predestination of the Saints is part of Augustine's collection of anti-Pelagian writings. This volume was written at the request of Prosper of Aquitaine, a disciple of Augustine. Prosper had been under pressure from Pelagian groups in his city, and required guidance from Augustine in order to soundly refute their doctrine. In this volume, Augustine provides his most comprehensive exposition of this doctrine. This electronic edition features an active table of contents and endnotes. On the Predestination of the Saints is part of The Fig Classic Series on Early Church Theology. To view more books in our catalog, visit us at fig-books.com.

Prayer Of The Heart In Christian And Sufi Mysticism

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THE PRAYER OF THE HEART IN CHRISTIAN & SUFI MYSTICISM guides the reader through the stages of mystical prayer. Mystical prayer is a way to create a living relationship with the Divine within the heart. Drawing on Christian and Sufi sources such as St. Teresa of Avila, 'Attar, St. John of the Cross and Rumi, as well as from his own experience, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes how prayer is first born of need, but then takes one deep within the heart, into the stages of Union and Ecstasy. Through mystical prayer, one is drawn beyond any words into the interior silence of real communion with God. Here, in the silence within the heart, a meeting and merging takes place that carry us beyond our self into the mystery of divine presence, into the secret nature of love's oneness. THE PRAYER OF THE HEART IN CHRISTIAN & SUFI MYSTICISM explores the inner listening of the heart and the secret of 'pray without ceasing' in which we discover how prayer becomes alive within the heart. Finally there is a chapter on the need at this time to pray for the Earth. How can we pray for well being of the Earth? How can we include the Earth in our prayers and our heart?This little book is an offering of the heart that brings together the Christian and Sufi mystical traditions in the oneness of love to which they belong. It will benefit any practitioner of prayer, anyone who is drawn to discover a relationship with God within their heart.

Divine Suffering

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Divine Suffering is an inter-disciplinary study that draws from systematics, philosophy, biblical theology, and pastoral experience. In addition to covering topics like the suffering of the Father in the Son and God's cruciform vulnerability, this book also explores how divine suffering animates the Christian gospel and resonates in the ongoing persecution of believers. The study of the suffering God has everything to do with Theology, History, and Church Mission. Like exploring a cathedral from all its entrances, both scholars and seekers will find ample opportunity for theological challenge, biblical insight, and missional hope. To accomplish this, both Scripture and doctrine are closely investigated. Today, divine suffering must face the contemporary realities of protest atheism, escalating wars, new studies in relational theology, and dialogical personhood that presses the need to explain a Christian message about the kind of God who is not only transcendent but also personal. Divine Suffering introduces us to the history of God, not just the God of history. In this study, we meet a God available to our pain though not diminished by it. Mounting forms of grief need to be met with an equally pastoral understanding that validates suffering without valorizing it.

Interior Castle

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The Interior Castle, or The Mansions, (Spanish: El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas) was written by St. Teresa of Avila, O.C.D., the Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and famed mystic, in 1577 as a guide for spiritual development through service and prayer. Inspired by her vision of the soul as a crystal globe in the shape of a castle containing seven mansions, which she interpreted as the journey of faith through seven stages, ending with union with God.

Christmas Is Coming!

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“This nostalgic volume of Christmas stories, poems, carols, recipes, and memorabilia celebrates the holiday’s most deeply held traditions.” —Publishers WeeklyIt’s the most wonderful time of the year, and this richly illustrated treasury celebrates everything there is to love about the holiday season! It’s filled with favorite Christmas stories, such as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “Little Women, A Merry Christmas,” and songs as well as original poems from Lee Bennett Hopkins, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others; original recipes from Erin Gleeson, Yvette van Boven, and Yotam Ottolenghi; and other holiday trappings. All the artwork is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection, ranging from religious paintings depicting the Nativity, to 20th-century illustrations showing Santa Claus, to wintry scenes of snowy landscapes and ice skaters. With beautiful art and joyful text, this is a wonderful book for the entire family to share.“An ideal single source book of traditional Christmas songs and stories, illustrated with attractive imagery from artists celebrating the holiday across the centuries. It also includes new poems commissioned for the book and holiday recipes created by the chefs from the restaurant at The Met.” —borg

Catholic Christmas Prayers

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A wonderful collection of prayers for Advent, Christmas and the Epiphany. The 20+ prayers are mostly from the 1800s. They include novenas, Litanies, and special prayers for Christmas Eve & Day, for Epiphany, Novenas, Litanies, etc.). It is illustrated with photos, European paintings and drawings from the Renaissance.

Mixed Blessings

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In this volume theologians and pastors from varying Christian traditions, who are rooted in the church and share appreciation for the Christian theological tradition, grapple with the mixed blessings of their respective theological inheritances. Phillip Cary writes on Augustine, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt on Aquinas, Amy C. Schifrin on Luther, Carolyn A. Chau on Balthasar, and David Luy on Pannenberg--each identifying where they see their theologian coming up short, but in light of what they got right. To conclude the volume, Chad Raith II unpacks how his own convictions changed regarding infant baptism. This collection of essays is a testament to the importance of ecumenical, church-based, critical yet appreciative receptive theology.

O Outro Mundo

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Descrição: O autor lamenta que, na publicação de tantos exemplos recentes do sobrenatural (cerca de cinquenta), divulgados pela primeira vez nas páginas a seguir, os nomes das pessoas que testemunharam esses acontecimentos e, em alguns casos, das pessoas que forneceram esses relatos a ele, tenham sido ocultados.

Uwolnij głowę

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Jak pozbyć się toksycznych myśli i przestać się martwićTO ISTNIEJE TYLKO W TWOJEJ GŁOWIE I TYLKO TAM MOŻESZ SOBIE Z TYM PORADZIĆJennie Allen znalazła sposób na wyjście ze spirali złych myśli! W swojej bestsellerowej książce zaprasza czytelników w podróż do skrywanych miejsc. Wyjaśnia, że głęboko w nas tkwią przekonania, które zniekształcają obraz rzeczywistości i nas samych. Opierając się na fragmentach Pisma Świętego, najnowszych badaniach naukowych oraz własnych doświadczeniach, autorka udowadnia, że zmiana myślenia jest na wyciągnięcie ręki. Pokazuje konkretne sposoby walki z przebiegłymi wrogami, którzy za wszelką cenę chcą sprawić, byśmy byli niezdolni do pełni życia.Pozbądź się negatywnych myśli i uwolnij głowę!Jennie Allen Amerykańska biblistka, blogerka, autorka książek i podcastów o tematyce wiary. Założycielka organizacji IF:Gathering. Prywatnie żona Zaca i mama trójki dzieci. Książka Uwolnij głowę jest obowiązkową pozycją dla każdego, kto chce rozpocząć pracę nad sobą. Nasze destrukcyjne działanie ma początek w myślach. Spiralę trudnych doświadczeń możemy zatrzymać, jeśli zaczniemy od pracy nad wewnętrznym narratorem. Jennie Allen podpowiada, jak to zrobić. Wzięcie jej rad na poważnie gwarantuje niemałą rewolucję!Magdalena Kleczyńska, autorka książek, liderka duszpasterstwa kobiet Obdarowana Jennie Allen zagląda w miejsca, od których my czasem odwracamy wzrok, by nie zburzyć swoich utartych schematów. Opowiadając swoją historię, zabiera nas w podróż po zakamarkach naszych myśli, po drogach, które choć znane i bezpieczne, to jednak oparte na nieprawdziwych założeniach. A cel, dla tych, którzy wierzą, jest ważny – poznanie prawdziwego Boga i życie z wolnym umysłem i wolnym sercem.Anna Malec, dziennikarka Książka Jennie Allen jest przede wszystkim praktyczna. To wspaniałe narzędzie, by zamiast poddawać się mnóstwu negatywnych myśli, nauczyć się je identyfikować i po kolei, skutecznie zamieniać na Boże prawdy – bo mamy wybór, o czym myślimy!Magdalena Wołochowicz, autorka książek, vlogerka – kanał Żyj Pełnią Życia Czytając Uwolnij głowę, miałam wrażenie, że to podyktowana autorce przez Ducha Świętego, konkretna, precyzyjna i niezwykle porywająca instrukcja, jak w prosty sposób odzyskać utraconą wolność i pokój serca oraz doświadczyć prawdziwego szczęścia. Odrzuć wszystkie kłamstwa o sobie, wstań, odzyskaj siły i biegnij. Zobacz siebie oczami Boga i naucz się myśleć jak On. Żyj w obfitości, bo On tego chce dla ciebie! To książka, która zapiera dech i uskrzydla. Najlepsza, jaką ostatnio czytałam. Anna Musiał, dziennikarka, aktorka, autorka bloga Zapach Nieba

Treating Body and Soul

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Patients who are facing illness and uncertainty often find themselves reflecting on the bigger questions in life, and the core beliefs or principles they live by. These convictions, religious or otherwise, are integral to a patient's identity, and consequently to their most fundamental emotional and spiritual needs. Perceptive clinicians have proved that, by recognising and working with their patients' spiritual requirements, they have been able to significantly improve their patients' experience in the medical setting.In this book, these select clinicians reveal their medical perspective on the importance of bringing together the body and soul for effective healthcare. Sharing their own personal styles of enquiry into individuals' requirements, they explain how they identify their patients' needs, and how they utilise this knowledge to advise the rest of their team and enhance their ability to provide excellent, attentive care.

The Four Sacrifices of Christ

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Before the sacrifice of the Mystery of Golgotha, the Christ being performed three great sacrifices in the spiritual world. Those sacrificial acts made possible the selflessness of the senses, the body's physical organs, and the human capacities of thought, feeling, and volition. This is an essential lecture for a deeper understanding of Rudolf Steiner's Christology and what he terms the "turning point in time"—Christ's incarnation and the Mystery of Golgotha.

Seeking What Is Right

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The question of the good life--what it looks like for people and societies to be well ordered and flourishing--has universal significance, but its proposed solutions are just as far reaching. At the core of this concern is the nature of the good itself: what is "right"? We must attend to this ethical dilemma before we can begin to envision a life lived to the fullest.With Seeking What Is Right, Iain Provan invites us to consider how Scripture--the Old Testament in particular--can aid us in this quest. In rooting the definition of the good in God’s special revelation, Provan moves beyond the constraints of family, tribe, culture, state, or nature. When we read ourselves into the story of Scripture, we learn a formative ethic that speaks directly to our humanity. Provan delves into Western Christian history to demonstrate the various ways this has been done: how our forebears identified with the narrative of God’s people, Israel, and how they applied the Old Testament to their particular times and concerns. This serves as a foundation upon which modern Christians can assess their decisions as people who read the whole biblical story "from the beginning" in our time.Provan challenges us to grapple with ethical issues dominating our contemporary culture as a people in exile, a people formed by disciplines steeped in the patterns and teachings of Scripture. To come alongside ancient Israel in its own experiences of exile, to listen with Israel to the utterances of a holy God, is to approach a true picture of the good life that illuminates all facets of human existence. Provan helps us understand how we should and should not read Scripture in arriving at these conclusions, clarifying for the faithful Christian what the limits of the search for "what is right" look like.

Memory and Liturgy

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Memory is a major factor in the composition and practice of liturgy. Recent research into how the brain and memory function points the way to how liturgy can best meet the needs of worshippers. In Memory and Liturgy, Peter Atkins draws on the fruits of his research into the process of the brain and our memory and applies it to liturgical worship. His extensive experience in writing and using liturgy keeps this book rooted in reality. In its ten chapters the author applies the functioning of the brain and the memory to our remembrance of God in worship; God's memory of us through Baptism; our remembrance of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist; the corporate memory of the community created through worship; the healing of memories of sin and pain through forgiveness; three aids to help us worship; the process of continuity and change in liturgy; and the connection between memory, imagination and hope. The conclusion summarizes the main practical issues. This provides a check-list for those serving on Liturgical Commissions and those involved in the teaching of the practice of liturgy. This book is a positive contribution to the ongoing search for suitable liturgical worship and music for the 21st century.

God and the Problem of Evil

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Evil abounds. And so do the attempts to understand God in the face of such evil.The problem of evil is a constant challenge to faith in God. How can we believe in a loving and powerful God given the existence of so much suffering in the world? Philosophers and theologians have addressed this problem countless times over the centuries. New explanations have been proposed in recent decades drawing on resources in Scripture, theology, philosophy, and science.This Spectrum Multiview volume stages a dialogue between the five key positions in the current debate:Phillip Cary: A Classic ViewWilliam Lane Craig: A Molinist ViewWilliam Hasker: An Open Theist ViewThomas Jay Oord: An Essential Kenosis ViewStephen Wykstra: A Skeptical Theism ViewAccording to the classic position, associated especially with the Augustinian tradition, God permits evil and suffering as part of the grand narrative of divine providence to bring about the redemption of creation. Molinism modifies the classic view by adding God's middle knowledge to the picture, in which God has knowledge of what creatures would do in all possible worlds. Open theism rejects the determinism of the classic view in favor of an account of God as a risk-taker who does not know for sure what the future holds. Essential kenosis goes further in providing a comprehensive theodicy by arguing that God cannot control creatures and thus cannot unilaterally prevent evil. Skeptical theism rejects the attempt to provide a theodicy and instead argues that, if God exists, we should not expect to understand God's purposes.Edited and with an introduction by Chad Meister and James K. Dew Jr., God and the Problem of Evil hosts a generous and informative conversation on one of the most pressing issues in the Christian life.Spectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.

Ceci est ton corps

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« Jamais les paroles de la consécration n'ont fait saigner ainsi mes terres intérieures. Car ils sont violents, ces mots-là, comme un scalpel en pleine chair. Les yeux fermés, mes lèvres contre ton oreille : « Ceci est mon corps. » Quatre mots. Est-il plus court chemin entre la naissance et la mort ? Toute une vie, l'entier d'un Évangile dans ces quatre mots. Je les détache, lentement, dans un bouche à oreille aussi physique que spirituel, je les libère, je veux qu'ils te traversent, qu'ils te transforment, car ces mots-là ne sont pas que des mots, ils sont un poème, un poème en feu. »Durant huit mois, Gabriel Ringlet, prêtre et écrivain, auteur de L'Évangile d'un libre penseur, a accompagné une proche atteinte d'un cancer. C'est à elle qu'il adresse ces mots, confiés à un journal.

Entering the Passion of Jesus Leader Guide

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Jesus’ final days were full of risk. Every move he made was filled with anticipation, danger, and the potential for great loss or great reward.Jesus risked his reputation when he entered Jerusalem in a victory parade. He risked his life when he dared to teach in the Temple. His followers risked everything when they left behind their homes, or anointed him with costly perfume. We take risks as we read and re-read these stories, finding new meanings and new challenges.In Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner’s Guide to Holy Week, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surrounding the Passion story. She shows us how the text raises ethical and spiritual questions for the reader, and how we all face risk in our Christian experience.Entering the Passion of Jesus provides a rich and challenging learning experience for small groups and individual readers alike.The Leader Guide contains everything needed to guide a group through the six-week study including session plans, activities, and discussion questions, as well as multiple format options.

A grande tradição intelectual cristã

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Examinando a história milenar dos pensadores cristãos desde os apóstolos até os reformadores e alcançando os maiores teólogos do século 21, este livro apresenta aos leitores as diversas maneiras como os cristãos, ao longo dos séculos, têm interpretado a Bíblia, formulado a doutrina, praticado a educação e se envolvido com a cultura. "Bíblico, maduro, inteligente, digno de confiança e encorajador. Por si mesmo, como também por conduzir-nos a muito, muito mais, este é um livro para ser apreciado." (Mark A. Noll, Professor de História, University of Notre Dame) "Este volume supre uma grande necessidade, não somente de alunos, mas também de ministros e de acadêmicos que têm a responsabilidade de nos ajudar a pensar e a viver fielmente como seguidores de Cristo." (Robert B. Sloan, Presidente, Houston Baptist University) "Numa clara e concisa apresentação dos grandes pensadores da igreja, os autores deste livro têm o compromisso de apresentar aos estudiosos uma importante chave para a descoberta da abundante riqueza da tradição cristã. Eles nos mostram uma vez mais como o cristianismo é instigante e por que tem conquistado as mentes de sucessivas gerações. Numa época em que nossa fé é desafiada como nunca antes, esta apresentação de suas riquezas tem o compromisso de equipar os crentes da próxima geração para defender sua herança e expandi-la para a glória de Deus." (Gerald Bray, Professor de Teologia Histórica do Knox Theological Seminary)

Tao Te King

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Este ebook presenta "Tao Te King (texto completo, con índice activo)” con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El “Tao Te King”, (Libro de la Vía y de la Virtud), fue escrito alrededor del año 600 a. C. y su autor es Lao Tsé. Es uno de los libros fundamentales de la civilización china y uno de los tesoros de la cultura universal. El espíritu del Tao Te King está en la base del Taoísmo, y su influencia ha impregnado todos los aspectos de la cultura china y, por extensión, de todo el Extremo Oriente: religión, filosofía, arte, política, comportamientos sociales. Describe una fuerza, llamada el “Tao” o “camino”, que es el orden del mundo. Es una fuerza de contradicción, y representa todas las cosas del universo. Lao Tsé (570-490 a.C.), filósofo chino considerado el fundador del taoísmo. Según la leyenda, nació en la provincia de Henan y fue un archivista de la Corte Imperial durante la dinastía Zhou. Se supone que dejó escrito el Tao Te-King, el gran tratado filosófico chino, cuando abandonó China para irse a vivir a un lugar desconocido de Occidente.

People of the Book

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Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah.

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