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Author:   John J. McIlhon
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9780814617694

ISBN 10:   0814617697
Pages:   135
Publication Date:   01 February 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Content Preface   7 Foreword by Bishop William H. Bullock   9 But What About God's Longing?   13 Lent's Centerpiece   15 Prayer: Longing to See Christ   17 We Are Sacraments of God's ""I Am""   19 From the Ends of the Earth   22 Contracts? Not God's Way of Being Fair!   24 A Success you Can Take with You   27 Jesus Christ Makes the Difference   29 To Remember Is to Be Re-membered   31 Forgiveness, a Journey into Mystery   33 Raising Questions Is the Answer   36 Transfiguration? But Climb the Mountain First   38 A Good Reason to ""Keep Still""   40 The Good News of Good Friday   43 ""God Doesn't Answer My Prayers!"" Really?   45 Responsibility: Care Shared   47 Israel, God's ""Fair Lady""   49 ""Send in the Clowns""   52 ""If Only You Knew . . .!""   54 ""So What!""   57 God Is Not a Reservoir   59 Faith Scary? Comfortability's the Problem   62 Borne Aloft on Ego's Wings   64 Become What You Celebrate   67 Believable Signs Mean Believable Identity   70 The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Whole Truth   72 Atonement: Taking It Out on Christ?   75 ""To Be or Not to Be"" (Holy, That Is)   77 Humanity: Worth Jesus?   80 No Cross, No Resurrection   83 Fidelity to Covenant: Prayer's Power   86 Freedom and Human Development   88 More than Script or Sound   91 Too Good to Be True?   93 Be Careful of the Gods on Whom You Fix Your Gaze   96 In Heaven as it Is on Earth   99 Melchizedek Who?   102 The Wider Vistas of Priesthood   105 Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life   108 Humanity, Not Palms, Gives Glory to God   111 We Have Something God Doesn't   114 Discipline Makes Room for Christ   117 Poverty of Spirit Enables Christ to Be Life's Centerpiece   119 Obedience Is Not Subservience   122 In Touch with Christ's Blood Today   125 A Day Whose Emptiness Is the Promise of Fullness   128 Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday: Two Prisms for Baptism   130 Notes   134"

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Msgr. John J. McIlhon (1922-2006), was a priest of the diocese of Des Moines, and had served as a retreat director, teacher, hospital chaplain, and pastor, including a term as pastor-in-residence at the North American College in Rome. Monsignor McIlhon lived with a community of priests at the St. Joseph Educational Center, where he had served as an adult-education teacher and resource person since 1983.

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