El islam en la España actual

Marriage is filled with times of change. Some are filled with wonderful promises and others are difficult. Strong marriages require daily sustenance and a solid, mutual agreement with God which allows the couple to love each other and persevere.

Forty-one inspirational accounts share the experiences of people who believe their lives have been saved or transformed by encounters with Mary, from a paralyzed woman's recovery to a journey to Lourdes by a AIDS-stricken couple.

This book makes a prophetic proposal, respectful of church teaching, that addresses the growing deficiency of priests in the Catholic church. Based on sound theology and firsthand experience, this book is presented in an illustrated and easily digestible form and was written by an author with decades of experience who has studied the situation as a theologian and developed realistic solutions as a pastor and bishop.

Me animo a escribir estas páginas –dice el autor– desde la experiencia pastoral de acompañamiento a tantos que han perdido un ser querido y quedan heridos y sin horizonte. A lo largo de muchos años de trabajo parroquial y en mi actual tarea como capellán del tanatorio de la M-30, de Madrid, he tenido la gracia de estar cerca de los enfermos terminales y de sus familiares después de su muerte. Siempre he creído en la fuerza transformadora de la presencia, de la sacramentalidad cristiana, de la palabra que conecta con la existencia concreta y que ayuda a trascendernos, a vislumbrar lo ...