The Gospel of Luke: A Spiritual and Pastoral Reading* Catholic Media Association Award Winner Pope Francis What Francis highlights so powerfully in his preaching on this Gospel is the theme, so dear to Luke, of Gods mercy, Gods indefatigable quest for the lost, Gods unmerited and even rejected welcome of the strayed and the stubborn, and, above all, Gods endless tenderness in embracing the broken, the wounded, the rebellious, the ignorant, the resistant. From the Foreword by Sandra M. Schneiders, IHM

“Seldom do I read a book that is both as substantial and as readable as Centering Prayer: A Contemplative Path to Virtuous Living

he is the author of 18 books

His personality jumps from the pages with memorable phrases and shrewd commentary

“It is recommended to all academic libraries

three Pushcart Prizes

and pastors alike

this volume contributes to a distinctly American strain of spirituality that finds an echo in today's environmental movement

Lemmert’s ministry began with the project of rebuilding the long-neglected prison chapel

(God)" — Peter Lobo

and spiritual imagination

activ­ists

This anthology gathers the religious words of Afro-American women from Sojourner Truth to Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer