Remember Lot's Wife : Scriptural Reflections on How to Lose Your Life and Save It

by Burne, Martin J.

• ISBN13: 9780818912412
• ISBN10: 0818912413
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Alba House

Summary

We are indebted to the Gospel of Luke for the three simple words, "Remember Lot's wife." It was in the course of his instruction on the Day of the Son of Man that Jesus urged his listeners to do precisely that: "Remember Lot's wife," adding at once, "Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will save it." The meditations in this book, written the style of Lectio Divina, endeavor to illustrate Jesus' admonition in a variety of ways. Beginning with familiar passages from the Old Testament and working his way through the New, Abbot Martin (1914-2003) brings his considerable experience and expertise to unveiling the hidden meaning of the Word of God in such a way as to help its immediate application.

Table of Contents

Remember Lot's Wife	p. 1
Whose Daughter Are You?	p. 7
He Laughs	p. 13
Lord We Have Sinned	p. 19
I Will Show You the Man You Seek	p. 25
Elected By God	p. 33
You Are the Man	p. 39
The Mastic and the Oak	p. 47
Is the Arm of God Short?	p. 53
Roaming the Earth and Patrolling It	p. 59
I Will Say What My God Tells Me	p. 65
I Will Make a New Covenant	p. 71
I Was No Prophet	p. 79
I Will Lead Her Into the Desert	p. 85
Mene, Tekel, Peres	p. 93
The Infancy Narratives	p. 101
The Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand	p. 109
Go to Siloam and Wash	p. 115
Unexhausted Favors	p. 121
To Walk With Jesus	p. 127
Words From the Cross	p. 133
On the Third Day	p. 139
Woman, Why Are You Weeping?	p. 145
Were Not Our Hearts Burning?	p. 151
I Will Be Their Shepherd	p. 157
Consenting to His Execution	p. 165
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