Encounter the Cross
Encounter the Cross

Author: Dennis Joseph Billy

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764819414

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Praying "The Seven Last Words" is a deeply rooted devotional practice for Catholics during Lent and Holy Week. Meditating on the dying words of Our Lord during the agony of his crucifixion has enabled believers to both enter into his suffering and to find personal meaning in it, regardless of the time or circumstances in which they live. This book presents thoughtful meditations on each of Christ's sayings from the cross, followed by questions for further reflection and a simple heartfelt prayer. Father Billy, an experienced spiritual director, shows how Jesus' final testament can give you the courage to face your trials, to embrace the inevitability of your own death, and to be filled with the hope and promise of plentiful redemption. He teaches that being fully human, both in life and in death, requires a personal encounter with Jesus that invites him to dwell in your heart. View sample pages. "Paperback"

Encounter
Encounter

Author: Graeme Cann

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-26

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780228857150

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Encounter is a collection of daily readings from the New Living Translation of the Bible designed to take you on a journey that Jesus took three years to travel. You will walk in his footsteps through Judea, listen in to conversations he had with individuals, experience confrontations with those who opposed him, witness amazing miracles and be moved by his wisdom and teaching. You are invited to not just simply read this book but to use it as a way of encountering Jesus Christ and engaging in a life-changing exploration of the whole gospel narrative. Such an exploration will raise many questions, answer some of them and set you on a journey that has the potential to be life-changing.

Old World Encounters
Old World Encounters

Author: Jerry H. Bentley

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780195076400

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This innovative book examines cross-cultural encounters before 1492, focusing in particular on the major cross-cultural influences that transformed Asia and Europe during this period: the ancient silk roads that linked China with the Roman Empire, the spread of the world religions, and theMongol Empire of the thirteenth century. The author's goal throughout the work is to examine the conditions--political, social, economic, or cultural--that enable one culture to influence, mix with, or suppress another. On the basis of its global analysis, the book identifies several distinctivepattern of conversion, conflict, and compromise that emerged from cross-cultural encounters. In doing so, it elucidates that larger historical context of encounters between Europeans and other peoples in modern times. _Old World Encounters_ is ideal for students of world geography, religion, andcivilizations.

Discipleship
Discipleship

Author: J. Heinrich Arnold

Publisher: The Plough Publishing House

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0874860660

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I pray that those who read this book won't be afraid to be confronted, and I trust that the word of God that comes to them through it will bring true comfort, true consolation, true hope, and true courage. -Henri J.M. Nouwen

Encounters with Jesus
Encounters with Jesus

Author: Timothy Keller

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1594633533

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New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller explores how people are changed by meeting Jesus personally—and how we can be changed encountering him today. The people who met Jesus Christ in person faced the same big life questions we face today. Like most of us, the answers handed down to them didn’t seem to work in the real world. But when they met Jesus, things immediately started to change for them. It seems he not only had the answers—he was the answer. In Encounters with Jesus, Timothy Keller shows how the central events and meetings in Jesus’ life can change our own lives forever. "Keller's work belongs on the bookshelf of every serious Bible student." —Examiner "Keller has mined the gold from these texts of Scripture, and any Christian is bound to have their minds expanded and hearts stirred." —Grace for Sinners

Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God
Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God

Author: Edward Schillebeeckx

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1987-06

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780934134729

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A reprinting of Schillebeecks classic work. A standard in understanding the relationship between Christ, Sacrament and the Church. A positive and constructive ecclesial theology.

Cross Encounters: A Decade of Gospel Conversations
Cross Encounters: A Decade of Gospel Conversations

Author: Tony Miano

Publisher: Solid Ground Christian Books

Published: 2016-08-15

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781599253602

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"A resource such as 'Cross Encounters', where conversations are transcribed, proves to instruct, humble, and stir us up to zealous evangelism. Let God's people read this volume with gospel-believing gladness and humble delight in observing how God uses faithful witnesses to speak His gospel to the lost so the Spirit of grace may grant new birth!

Intransitive Encounter
Intransitive Encounter

Author: Nan Da

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2018-12-25

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0231547625

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Why should the earliest literary encounters between China and the United States—and their critical interpretation—matter now? How can they help us describe cultural exchanges in which nothing substantial is exchanged, at least not in ways that can easily be tracked? All sorts of literary meetings took place between China and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, involving an unlikely array of figures including canonical Americans such as Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Chinese writers Qiu Jin and Dong Xun; and Asian American writers like Yung Wing and Edith Eaton. Yet present-day interpretations of these interactions often read too much into their significance or mistake their nature—missing their particularities or limits in the quest to find evidence of cosmopolitanism or transnational hybridity. In Intransitive Encounter, Nan Z. Da carefully re-creates these transpacific interactions, plying literary and social theory to highlight their various expressions of indifference toward synthesis, interpollination, and convergence. Da proposes that interpretation trained on such recessive moments and minimal adjustments can light a path for Sino-U.S. relations going forward—offering neither a geopolitical showdown nor a celebration of hybridity but the possibility of self-contained cross-cultural encounters that do not have to confess to the fact of their having taken place. Intransitive Encounter is an unconventional and theoretically rich reflection on how we ought to interpret global interactions and imaginings that do not fit the patterns proclaimed by contemporary literary studies.

Praying the Rosary Like Never Before
Praying the Rosary Like Never Before

Author: Edward Sri

Publisher: Franciscan Media

Published: 2017-07-14

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1632531798

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Do you struggle with praying the rosary? Do you have trouble finding time, fighting distractions, or feeling like you’re just going through the motions to get it done? For some, the rosary can seem overwhelming or almost a chore, when in fact it is meant to be a simple prayer—a prayer that has been available for Christians for hundreds of years. This compelling book by Edward Sri offers practical suggestions that come from the rosary’s tradition to experience Jesus and Mary more in your prayer and easily incorporate it into your life. It will allow the rosary to become a perpetual companion through the seasons, important moments, and challenges we will inevitably face. These prompts will not only help those who need help with incorporating the rosary into their everyday life but also to those who are deeply attached to get their relationship deeper with the Lord. “Offering God, a decade or two in the midst of my daily life gives him something beautiful, even if I give it without my full, relaxed, undivided attention,” says Sri. “I’m giving God some space in my day and filling it with words of praise for him.” In this book, Sri takes what he did in The New Rosary in Scripture to a new level. As Catholics, we often have questions about prayer and don’t know how to go about getting answers. Praying the Rosary Like Never Before: Encounter the Wonder of Heaven and Earth helps to answer those questions. Some of the common questions are: What is the significance of the Hail Mary? Does the attention given to Mary distract us from focusing on God? What is the meaning of all the repetition in prayer? Where exactly did the rosary came from? What should we think about for each of the mysteries, and whether one should focus on the prayers or the mysteries? You will also find biblical reflections on the twenty mysteries of the rosary that provide practical insights to help you not only understand the twenty mysteries but also live them in your daily life. You will learn how the rosary is Christ-centered and receive group study questions for each chapter. It only takes a couple minutes each day to strengthen your relationship with God—that is the beauty of the rosary.

The Great Encounter
The Great Encounter

Author: Jayme A. Sokolow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-07-08

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1315498677

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Traditional histories of North and South America often leave the impression that Native American peoples had little impact on the colonies and empires established by Europeans after 1492. This groundbreaking study, which spans more than 300 years, demonstrates the agency of indigenous peoples in forging their own history and that of the Western Hemisphere. By putting the story of the indigenous peoples and their encounters with Europeans at the center, a new history of the "New World" emerges in which the Native Americans become vibrant and vitally important components of the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese empires. In fact, their presence was the single most important factor in the development of the colonial world. By discussing the "great encounter" of peoples and cultures, this book provides a valuable, new perspective on the history of the Americas.