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Preface | p. ix |
General Introduction: How to Use this Sourcebook | p. 1 |
What We Believe (The Profession of Faith) | p. 9 |
Creation and Nature of God | |
"God's Grandeur" | p. 14 |
"The Teacher of Wisdom" | p. 17 |
"Pigeon Feathers" | p. 24 |
"The Creation" James Weldon Johnson and "The Burning Babe"Robert Southwell | p. 52 |
"Parker's Back" | p. 59 |
The Journey of the Mind into God | p. 84 |
Seeing with the Artist | p. 89 |
"Questions for Fra Angelico" | p. 92 |
Looking at Film | p. 93 |
God's Ongoing Revelation | |
"The Bethlehem Explosion" | p. 96 |
"Where Love is, God is" | p. 100 |
"A Woman of Little Faith" from The Brothers Karamazov | p. 115 |
Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany Galileo Galilei and "Address to the Pontifical Academy of Science" | p. 121 |
Seeing with the Artist | p. 137 |
Looking at Film | p. 137 |
Listening to Sacred Music | p. 138 |
The Uniqueness of Mary, the Mother of God | |
"The Blessed Virgin Mary Compared to a Window" | p. 141 |
"Our Lady's Juggler" | p. 145 |
The Communion of Saints | |
"Marble Floor" | p. 153 |
An Account of the Martyrdom of St. Blandine and Her Companions in AD 177, from The Ecclesiastical History: Eusebius of Caesarea | p. 156 |
Life Everlasting | |
Two Letters of St. Théièse of Lisieux to Abbe Belliere | p. 165 |
Seeing with the Artist | p. 173 |
Looking at Film | p. 175 |
How We Touch God and How God Touches Us (The Celebration of the Christian Mystery) | p. 179 |
Sacred Times and Sacred Spaces | |
"St. Francis and the Animals," from The Writings of Thomas of Celano: Adapted | p. 182 |
"Welcome Morning" | p. 187 |
The Cathedral | p. 192 |
The Seven Sacraments and Their Effects | |
"She Went by Gently" | p. 196 |
"The Hint of An Explanation" from Collected Stories of Graham Greene | p. 205 |
"The Gift of the Magi" | p. 219 |
The Diary of a Country Priest | p. 227 |
Seeing with the Artist | p. 239 |
Looking at Film | p. 243 |
Listening to Sacred Music | p. 244 |
How We Should Live (Life in Christ) | p. 249 |
Living Out God's Law | |
"Richard Cory" | p. 253 |
"The Sniper" | p. 256 |
"The Filipino and the Drunkard" | p. 262 |
Law of Love | |
"The Story of the Other Wise Man" | p. 267 |
"The Bishop's Candlesticks" from Les Misérables Victor Hugo (translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood) | p. 282 |
"Helen" from The Junkie Priest: Father Daniel Egan, SA. | p. 297 |
The Voice of Conscience | |
"The Merit of a Young Priest" from Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust | p. 309 |
"The Mysterious Visitor" from The Brothers Karamazov | p. 316 |
Right Judgment and Action | |
"The Little Match Girl" | p. 329 |
"Vanka" | p. 333 |
"The Trouble" from The Prince of Darkness and Other Stories | p. 339 |
"On Opening a Page in Time Magazine" | p. 354 |
Salvador Witness: The Life and Calling of Jean Donovan | p. 357 |
Seeing with the Artist | p. 369 |
Looking at Film | p. 371 |
Listening to Sacred Music | p. 378 |
How We Talk to God and How God Talks to Us (Prayer) | p. 383 |
Connecting with God | |
"In the Convent Chapel" from The Light Invisible | p. 386 |
"The Three Hermits" | p. 395 |
"March 7,1848" from Meditations and Devotions | p. 404 |
Inspirations to Prayer | |
"Hail Mary" from Dago Red | p. 407 |
Decree of the Second Council of Nicaea | p. 414 |
Praying in Times of Need | |
"An Experience of God at Midnight," from Bearing the Cross | p. 417 |
"A Woman's Prayer" from Union Square to Rome | p. 425 |
"His Cleric's Eye" from And the Risen Bread | p. 429 |
Seeing with the Artist | p. 435 |
Looking at Film | p. 437 |
Listening to Sacred Music | p. 439 |
Acknowledgements | p. 441 |
Reference List | p. 444 |
Index | p. 447 |
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