The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace
Author/Artist:
ITTAY FLESCHER
ISBN-10:
1460767071
ISBN-13:
9781460767078
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$36.99
Description:
For over twenty years, Ittay Flescher has worked as an educator, journalist and peacebuilder in Melbourne and Jerusalem. When he woke up on the morning of October 7, 2023 to the sounds of rocket sirens over Jerusalem and later saw the devastation of Gaza in response, the grief and sadness that engulfed him, and so many others, compelled him to ask: how can we find a way forward?
Following years spent facilitating dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians, Ittay believes that peace can only be found if we are willing to empathise with the pain of others.
The Holy and the Broken challenges Palestinian and Israeli leaders, citizens and their supporters across the world to imagine a different reality; to look at history with a different eye; and to search for moments of engagement rather than resentment in the narratives of the past that each side tells about itself.
The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously. However, with the Jubilee Year of Hope coming in 2025 and the pressing needs of our times have urged Pope Francis to share this personal legacy now.
HOPE is the revelatory first-ever autobiography to be published by a sitting Pope. Beginning in the early years of the twentieth century, Pope Francis tells the story of his life from his childhood in Buenos Aires to his calling and the whole of his papacy to the present day, while reflecting on controversial questions from global conflicts to the future of the Church, and discussing his personal passions from football to tango.
HOPE is both powerful and intimate, inspiring and full of stories never told before. It is the story of a life and, at the same time, a touching moral and spiritual testament that will fascinate readers throughout the world and will represent his legacy of hope for future generations.
A Wedding Guide for Catholics: Planning a Wedding and Thriving in Marriage
Author/Artist:
NADINE BRECHNER ET AL
ISBN-10:
0809157233
ISBN-13:
9780809157235
Publisher:
Paulist Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$45.95
Description:
This book is more than a wedding-planning guide for couples, parents, and grandparents. It's also for those who have had a major influence on the lives of the bride and groom and are sources of wisdom and guidance for the couple, including grandparents, godparents, siblings, mentors, and special friends. In fact, anyone who wants the best possible marriage for their loved ones should read this book." --from the introduction
This book combines secular and Catholic content helping couples learn to resolve issues that couples and families face before they become problems. It will help couples appreciate the importance of embracing a Catholic church wedding and achieving a wonderful marriage through prayer.
Couples will learn how to minimize wedding-planning stress and conflict and find family harmony through a memorable ceremony and reception. Finally, it provides couples with guidance to develop strong tools in communication, collaboration, and compromise that will serve them throughout their marriage.
John the Baptizer: Reformer and Hinge of Scripture
Author/Artist:
BONNIE B THURSTON
ISBN-10:
0809157470
ISBN-13:
9780809157471
Publisher:
Paulist Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$39.95
Description:
This "narrative biography" of John the Baptist, draws primarily from New Testament texts. With more verses devoted to him than anyone except Jesus, John the Baptist appears some ninety times in the New Testament.
Relying primarily on the canonical New Testament texts (with reference to modern scholarship), the book introduces the general reader, undergraduate, or seminary student to John's life, especially its importance in the ministry of Jesus, the development of the early church, and his enduring spiritual significance. The Baptist as reformer is an important theme of the study.
The book holds a place between popular, short works intended for parish or personal Bible study and technical New Testament works and is appropriate for adult scripture study in a group or personally, and for undergraduate courses in scripture.
Do Not Judge Anyone: Desert Wisdom for a Polarized World
Author/Artist:
ISAAC SLATER OCSO
ISBN-10:
0814689736
ISBN-13:
9780814689738
Publisher:
Liturgical Press
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$39.95
Description:
Isaac Slater presents a monastic approach to everyday life, rooted in Jesus' call to radical non-judgment. In an age of deep polarization within both the Church and the wider world, Slater offers this teaching as a healing balm and a path to grace.
Drawing on the wisdom of the desert fathers, Slater explores the early Christian commitment to not judging others, an ethic at the heart of the Gospel. He weaves together voices from East and West, ancient and modern, including Dostoevsky, Simone Weil, and Pope Francis, revealing a shared spiritual insight that transcends time.
The message of Christianity often has been overshadowed by fear and distorted by the ego. This book reclaims a hopeful, grace-centered vision of faith needed for the twenty-first century.
I, Julian: The Fictional Autobiography of Julian of Norwich
Author/Artist:
CLAIRE GILBERT
ISBN-10:
1399807544
ISBN-13:
9781399807548
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$24.99
Description:
I, Julian, the fictional autobiography of Julian of Norwich is the account of a medieval woman who dares to tell her own story.
Battling grief, plague, the church and societal expectations, and compelled by her powerful visions, Julian finds a way to live a life of freedom as an anchoress, bricked up in a small room on the side of a church. Helped by Thomas, a Benedictine monk from Norwich Cathedral, she writes of what she has seen and offers word of counsel to others. Julian's manuscripts are protected by trusted sisters and are passed from hand to hand, become the first book to be written by a woman in English.
'So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. Not courtly French to introduce God politely. Not church Latin to construct arguments. English to show it as it is. Even though it is not safe to do so.'
Journey to the Wild Heart: Four Invitations to Contemplative Living
Author/Artist:
AMY FRYKHOLM
ISBN-10:
1626986053
ISBN-13:
9781626986053
Publisher:
Orbis
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$39.95
Description:
Every pilgrimage, whether it is an interior soul-searching, a stay-in-place retreat, or a pilgrimage to near and far places, sends us on a "treasure hunt" through our own souls.
As we take these journeys, the wild, contemplative heart emerges, not from new forms of knowledge or a quick ten-step guide, but from the integration and expansion of what we don't know, what contemplatives call the "via avia, the way of no way." --from the book
This all-in-one guide for contemplative living offers a rich array of spiritual practices, applications and insights, questions for reflection, and resources for further reading.
Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra - deep silence and respect.
Murriyang, in part Stan Grant's response to the Voice referendum, eschews politics for love. In this gorgeous, grace-filled book, he zooms out to reflect on the biggest questions, ranging across the history, literature, theology, music and art that has shaped him. Setting aside anger for kindness, he reaches past the secular to the sacred and transcendent.
Informed by spiritual thinkers from around the world, Murriyang is a Wiradjuri prayer in one long uninterrupted breath, challenging Western notions of linear time in favour of a time beyond time - the Dreaming.
Murriyang is also very personal, each meditation interleaved with a memory of Grant's father, a Wiradjuri cultural leader. It asks how any of us can say goodbye to those we love.
This is a book for our current moment, and something for the ages.
The Power of Ethics: How to make Good Choices in a Complicated World
Author/Artist:
SUSAN LIAUTARD
ISBN-10:
1471188574
ISBN-13:
9781471188572
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Binding:
PAPERBACK
Price:
AU$34.99
Description:
It?s not your imagination. We?re living in a time of moral decline. Publicly, government leaders are acting against the welfare of their citizens, companies are prioritising profits over our health and our safety, and technology poses risks to society with little to no repercussions for those responsible. Personally, we struggle with how much to protect our children online, how to make informed consumer choices, and how to handle misconduct at work and at home.
How do we move forward? Ethics are harder to understand than ever before. In The Power of Ethics, Susan Liautaud shows how ethics can be used to create a sea change of positive decisions than can ripple outwards to our families, communities, workplaces and the wider world, offering unprecedented opportunities for good.
Exploring some of today?s most challenging dilemmas, Liautaud shows us how to develop a clear point of view, speak with authority and make effective decisions. The Power of Ethics is a guide to creating a better world for yourself and others.
Franciscan theologian Daniel P. Horan invites readers to face uncomfortable truths that white people often have the privilege to ignore. Drawing from his own personal journey, Horan exposes how systemic racism shapes not only the wider culture but also the structures and attitudes within the Church itself.
Through accessible reflections and probing questions, such as What is racism? What does it mean to be White? What does the Church actually teach about racism? Why is progress so slow? Horan challenges readers to move beyond denial and toward meaningful change.
This book is a vital resource for those committed to understanding racial justice through the lens of faith and taking the next steps toward equity, reconciliation, and Gospel-centered transformation.
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