Lenten Prayers for Busy People: A Forty-Day Retreat Wherever You Happen to BeDrawing from the Bible, literature, lyrics, and original prayers, writer and teacher William O'Malley has composed a six week cycle of morning, midday, and evening prayers and meditations. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, each entry provides spiritual nourishment. The book's last sentence is: "Holy Friend, the end is the beginning. Amen." In addition to psalmists and evangelists, contributions come from writers and poets such as Flannery O'Connor,

confirms the book’s original vision and brings it up to date in the context of ‘the Francis moment’ in the church's history

this is a book to read and study

she also teaches us about ourselves and what were capable of--how we can strengthen our understanding of community from the elephant and how the hippopotamus can teach us much about humility and self-acceptance

a phenomenon revealed at each stage of its history by the missionary movement

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Gonzalez is a Cuban-American Methodist historian

professor emeritus of religion and an Episcopal priest

Eulalio Balthasar

Towards a More Just and Brotherly World (Hungary

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