To Follow You, Light Of Life

by Forte, Bruno

• ISBN13: 9780802829351
• ISBN10: 080282935X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

"To Follow You, Light of Life" gathers the meditations preached by Bruno Forte before the Holy Father John Paul II and his closest aides during the Spiritual Exercises, held from February 29 to March 6, 2004.

Author Biography

Bruno Forte is Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy

Table of Contents

Foreword, by His Holiness John Paul II	ix
Opening Greeting	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
First Day: Called to Freedom	11	(36)
1. Jesus, a Story of Freedom: The Choice He Made and the Way He Lived	13	(9)
2. Jesus: Situating His Freedom	22	(9)
3. The Father Sets Us Free: Lectio Divina on Luke 15:11-32	31	(9)
4. Mary, Listening Lady: Lectio Divina on Luke 1:26-38	40	(7)
Second Day: Journeying Toward the Cross	47	(32)
5. Jesus, the Gospel of Sorrows	49	(7)
6. The Cross as the Story of the Trinity	56	(7)
7. Abraham and the Aqedah of Isaac: Lectio Divina on Genesis 12 and 22	63	(8)
8. Mary at Cana and at the Foot of the Cross: Lectio Divina on John 2:1-11 and 19:25-27	71	(8)
Third Day: In Easter Light	79	(32)
9. The Life-Changing Encounter	81	(8)
10. The Resurrection as the Story of the Trinity	89	(7)
11. Moses and the Passover of Freedom: Lectio Divina on Exodus 3:1-15 and 14:5-15:2o	96	(8)
12. Mary, Ark of the Covenant: Lectio Divina on Luke 1:39-45	104	(7)
Fourth Day: In the Church That Is Communion	111	(36)
13. Ecclesia de trinitate	113	(8)
14. The Church, Icon of the Trinity	121	(8)
15. The Martyrdom of Peter	129	(8)
16. Mary, Bride at the Messiah's Wedding Feast: Lectio Divina on Luke 1:46-55	137	(10)
Fifth Day: The Church in Mission	147	(34)
17. Journeying Home to the Trinity: The Church in Mission	149	(7)
18. Eucharist and Beauty	156	(8)
19. Paul, Proclaiming the Good News	164	(8)
20. The Woman of the Apocalypse: Lectio Divina on Revelation 12	172	(9)
Sixth Day: Conclusion	181
21. John, Contemplating Love	183