Singing for the Kingdom

by Kelty, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780879070151
• ISBN10: 0879070153
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-15
• Publisher: Cistercian Pubns

Summary

For almost half a century Trappist monk Matthew Kelty has delivered homilies to monks and retreatants in his unique style. Visitors at his monastery have been inspired, and challenged by his talks, given after Compline each evening, and monks have come to love and appreciate his preaching skills at Mass and in Chapter. In this collection of his homilies we read his reflections on life and death, the mysteries of faith, the monastic life from the inside, and his love of the Mass. Those who have heard Father Matthew speak will welcome this new volume, and those who have not will be introduced to a speaker and writer of exception talent.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
The Monastic Life
Seeking Authentic Reality	p. 3
Supple Love	p. 6
Witnesses to the Transcendent	p. 9
We Sing for the Kingdom	p. 12
A Bonding Beauteous	p. 15
Holy Recreation	p. 18
True Hearing and True Speech	p. 21
Our Impractical Life	p. 23
Faithful to the Core	p. 25
A Great Man of God	p. 28
I Am a King	p. 30
Fantasy Versus Reality	p. 32
Is God Less Creative than Man?	p. 36
Mysteries of Faith and Life
Our Just Desserts?	p. 41
Trust in God's Mercy	p. 43
Traces of the Trinity	p. 45
Coincidence? Or Angels?	p. 48
Ponder the Great Mysteries of the Faith	p. 51
Three Kinds of Waiting	p. 54
A Glorious Prelude	p. 56
Who Do You Say He Is?	p. 58
The Deepest of Mysteries	p. 61
Living the Faith
Begin in Your Own Heart	p. 65
Christ-like Forgiveness	p. 68
Foresight	p. 70
The Master Key	p. 73
Even There, Even Then: I Am with You	p. 76
Moral Power	p. 79
"Do You Love Me?"	p. 82
Light of the World, Salt of the Earth	p. 84
Visions of the Real and the Unreal	p. 87
A God of Mercy	p. 89
The Mass
The Greatest of the Sacraments	p. 93
The Name of the Game	p. 96
Climbing the Tree	p. 98
Acting Out Vicarious Guilt	p. 101
The Curtain	p. 104
Mary
The New Eve	p. 109
Both Darkness and Light	p. 112
Death and Beyond
A Lovely Flower Unfolding	p. 117
O Death, Where Is Thy Sting	p. 120
Our Names Are Written in Heaven	p. 123
Rehearsal for Reality	p. 126
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