Reflections for Busy People : Making Time for Ourselves, Jesus, and God

by O'Collins, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780809146062
• ISBN10: 0809146061
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

This book provides accessible and manageable lines of thought for busy people wishing to reflect on the deeper realities of their lives.

Author Biography

Rev. Gerald O'Collins, SJ, is currently a research professor of theology at St. Mary's University College, Twickenham, United Kingdom. He is the author of fifty-two books and hundred of articles in both professional and popular journals, a renowned international speaker on spirituality and theology, and a professor for thirty-three years at the Gregorian University in Rome.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Ourselves
The Hungers of the Heart	p. 3
Letting Ourselves Be Loved	p. 6
The Busy Pope with Time to Pray	p. 8
The Prayer of One Couple	p. 10
Faces in Rome	p. 12
Life Is Saturated with Death	p. 16
Ash Wednesday	p. 20
Seeing Myself	p. 21
Sin	p. 23
"...for what we have failed to do"	p. 25
Surfers, Wanderers, or Pilgrims?	p. 27
Jesus in His Lifetime
Jesus, Our Friend	p. 31
The Beauty of Jesus	p. 34
Being Sentimental at Christmas	p. 36
Christ the King	p. 38
The Baptism of Jesus	p. 40
Three Beatitudes	p. 42
The First Beatitude	p. 45
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you"	p. 47
Good or Bad Foundations	p. 50
A Question and a Saying	p. 53
The Only Son of a Widow	p. 56
Two Women Meet Jesus	p. 58
The Call of Matthew	p. 61
The Call of Simon and Jude	p. 63
Seeing Jesus	p. 65
The Sign of Jonah	p. 67
Jesus in His Death and Resurrection
Facing the Future	p. 73
Eating and Drinking	p. 75
Arranging for the Son to Be Killed	p. 77
Matthew and Mark on the Passion	p. 81
The Dead Jesus	p. 84
Something New in the World-Easter!	p. 86
"Who will roll away the stone?"	p. 89
Seeing Where We Buried Them	p. 91
Seeing with Our Heart	p. 93
Waiting for Faustus	p. 100
God
Who Is God?	p. 105
What Is God Like?	p. 107
The God We Love	p. 109
"...with all your heart"	p. 111
All Is Grace	p. 112
Our Hunger for the Trinity	p. 115
Experiencing God in Prayer	p. 118
A "Countdown" Culture	p. 119
Loving You Always	p. 121
Epilogue	p. 123
Index of Names	p. 125
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