Six Books on Catholic Spirituality Fr. Raymond E. Brown & Sr. Mary Margaret Funk

Description: Three books by Fr. Raymond E. Brown & three books by Sr. Mary Margaret Funk:Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life (2001 Continuum), hardcover in DJ, vi, 167 pp. Slight creasing to front of dust jacket. 2002 US Copyright Office stamp to top margin of copyright page. Otherwise, VG to near fine. - In her previous book, Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life, Sister Mary Margaret Funk, elaborating on the teaching of John Cassian, dealt with the eight classic "thoughts" that distract us from the presence of God. In her new book, casting her net more widely, she treats more than two dozen "tools" or practices of the spiritual life. Many of these (such as fasting, vigils, ceaseless prayer, and manual labor) derive from the desert mothers and fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries, but just as many come from later times: the practices of emptiness based on The Cloud of Unknowing, of recollection (Teresa of Avila), of self-abandonment (J. P. de Caussade), of the presence of God (Brother Lawrence), of colloquy (Gabrielle Bossis), and of the Little Way of Therese of Lisieux. The book concludes with a chapter on discernment, spiritual direction, and the limitations of each tool. [ISBN 082641351X] Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life (2001 Continuum), hardcover in DJ, 144 pp. Bumping to lower edge of front board, and staining to fore and top page edges. Otherwise, very good. - Introduces the method developed by John Cassian, a fourth-century monk, for concentrating the mind and controlling extraneous thought during meditation. [ISBN 0826410634] Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, Humility Matters for Practicing the Spiritual Life (2005 Continuum), hardcover in DJ, 188 pp. A near fine copy, in a slightly rubbed but very good dust jacket. - This is the third volume of a trilogy that began with Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life and continued with Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life. Thoughts Matter was an update of the teaching of the fourth-century desert father John Cassian on the eight 'afflictive thoughts' that impede the spiritual life (thoughts about food, sex, 'things', anger, etc.). Tools Matter presented a wide variety of practices from the Christian tradition, both ancient and modern, that help us lift our thoughts in prayer: practices such as lectio divina, the Jesus Prayer, the Cloud of Unknowing, St Therese's Little Way, Jean-Pierre de Caussade's Practice of Self-Abandonment. The springboard for Humility Matters is the teaching on humility of St. Benedict, but the pool itself has been enriched by the fifteen years Sr. Funk spent in interreligious dialogue. "Humility," she says, "is the essence of being human. Humility for a disciple of Jesus Christ is what enlightenment is for a Buddhist, surrender for a Muslim, realization for a Hindu, and sincerity for a Confucian." [ISBN 0826417280] Raymond E. Brown, A Risen Christ in Eastertime: Essays on the Gospel Narratives of the Resurrection (1991 Liturgical Press), paperback, 95 pp. - Moderate soiling and rubbing to covers.Lined out prior owner name to blank verso of front cover. Otherwise, very good. In his other books for Advent, Christmas, and Lent published by The Liturgical Press, Father Brown has made the rich insights of modern biblical exegesis conveniently available for reflection during the great feasts of the liturgical year. Here he does the same for the Easter season by commenting on the Gospel stories of the risen Christ. Rather than focusing on the differences between the evangelists' accounts of the resurrection, Father Brown instead concentrates on how each treatment of the resurrection fits the theology and plan of its Gospel. Those people who afford the Church's liturgical calendar a major role in their spiritual life will appreciate the added meaning Father Brown infuses into these stories that dwell at the heart of our faith. [ISBN 0814620140] Raymond E. Brown, Reading the Gospels With the Church: From Christmas Through Easter (1996 St. Anthony Messenger Press), paperback, 90 pp. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers. A half dozen pages with underlining. Otherwise, a nice reading/reference copy. - What is the best way to get interested in Bible reading? Why not start with the passages that the Church reads to us in the seasons dedicated to the great events in the life of Christ: Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter? That would truly be Reading the Gospels with the Church. This book with its reflections on the Gospels of these seasons offers a wonderful entry into appreciation of the Bible. And since many mainline Churches have the same Gospel readings on Sundays, it is a book that can serve all. [ISBN 0867162686] Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to New Testament Christology (1994 Paulist Press), xii, 226 pp. Creasing to lower tip of front cover, with a college bookstore price label to the rear cover. Less than 10 pages with underlining or highlighting. A decent reading/reference copy. - The leading U.S. Catholic scholar on the Bible explores the identity of Jesus in the New Testament. [ISBN 0809135167]

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