Icon as Communion
Author: George Kordis
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781935317098
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Three Treatises on the Divine Images
Author: Saint John (of Damascus)
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780881412451
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn AD 726, the Byzantine emperor ordered the destruction of all icons, or religious images, throughout the empire, and icons were subject to an imperial ban that was to last, with a brief remission, until AD 843. A defender of icons, St John of Damascus wrote three treatises against "those who attack the holy images." He differentiates between the veneration of icons, which is a matter of expressing honor, and idolatry, which is offering worship to something other than God.
Living in an Icon
Author: Robert Gottfried
Publisher: Church Publishing
Published: 2019-08-17
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1640652361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHelps bridge the gap between love of God and love of nature. Many people experience God most strongly in nature but do not know how to incorporate this experience into their spiritual life. Others question whether Christianity has room for nature at all and seek alternatives elsewhere, often leaving Christianity entirely. This book addresses this crucial issue by providing a resource for fostering a closer relationship with God and creation. With a step-by-step approach, this book provides a framework integrating asceticism with the contemplation of nature. Each chapter contains a “take it home” section for applying the lessons learned outdoors to everyday life, connecting God and nature as seamless components of spirituality. Topics include gratitude, delight, appreciation, wonder, discernment, reverence, mortality, love, beauty, humility, silence, and hope.
Communion
Author: Whitley Strieber
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2008-01-02
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0061474185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThus begins the most astonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded—one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from “elsewhere” . . . how they found him, where they took him, what they did to him, and why. Believe it. Or don't believe it. But read it—for this gripping story will move you like no other. It will fascinate you, terrify you, and alter the way you experience your world.
My First Holy Communion
Author: Sophie Piper
Publisher: Lion Children's Bks
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780745949550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn appealing gift for children aged 7+ to give as a memento of the occasion and a guide to the meaning of the life of faith
Mystic Sweet Communion
Author: Jane Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Multnomah
Published: 1998-10-02
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1576732932
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in turn-of-the-century Florida, this frontier saga traces the life of Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, the first English-speaking teacher in the region, as she struggles to teach school in the Seminole Nation and lead Indian families to Christ. Ivy is disliked by tribal leaders in spite of her obvious love for their children, yet she eventually overcomes their resistance and serves as their spokesman in negotiations with the U S government. Already scarred by her mother's tragic death in childbirth, Ivy overcomes her husband's suicide and other devastating disappointments to share her faith with her adopted people and eventually earn their love. In 1900, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan gives up a promising teaching career to join her husband at the remote New River trading post in south Florida - but she doesn't give up her love for learning or her passion for righting wrongs. In this remarkable story of God's faithfulness and one woman's commitment, Ivy becomes a friend to the Seminole people, their teacher of forbidden English and the Christian faith, and finally, their spokesperson in a time of turmoil. Like all of us who search for meaning, Ivy yearns to experience the power of faith, understand the limitation of human protection, and learn the importance of perseverance in caring for those we love. She finds them in Mystic Sweet Communion.
Communion
Author: Pat Mora
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781611920970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunion, a third collection of poetry by Pat Mora, builds upon her previous writings and her new experiences to provide a healing voice, additional depth and maturity, and an international perspective in considering the art of poetry itself, male/female relationships, separation from children, homeland and tradition. The concerns of our domestic culture in the United States are seen here from within the framework of the Third World in Asia and Latin America. The poetic works of Pat Mora once more explore the themes of womanhood, political and sexual borders, the Southwest and interior landscapes, all in a rich, lyrical style.
Beauty, Spirit, Matter
Author: Aidan Hart
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780852447826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Eucharistic Communion and the World
Author: John D. Zizioulas
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2011-06-16
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 056717168X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of writings on the Eucharist by one of the most important theological thinkers of our time. It explores the biblical dimensions and eschatological foundation of the Eucharist, the celebration of the Eucharist by the Church, and the ethos of the Eucharistic community.
Blood Communion
Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2018-10-02
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1524732656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this spellbinding novel, Lestat, rebel outlaw, addresses the tribe of vampires, telling us the mesmerizing story of how he became prince of the vampire world, and of the formation of the Blood Communion, and how his vision for the Children of the Universe to thrive as one, came to be. Lestat takes us from his ancestral castle in the snow-covered mountains of France to the verdant wilds of lush Louisiana, with its lingering fragrances of magnolias and night jasmine; from the far reaches of the Pacific’s untouched islands to the 18th-century city of St. Petersburg and the court of the Empress Catherine. He speaks of his fierce battle of wits and words with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, proud Child of the Millennia, reviled outcast for his senseless slaughter of the legendary ancient vampire Maharet, avowed enemy of Queen Akasha, who refuses to live in harmony at court and who threatens all Lestat has dreamt of....
