Rosario Contemplativo eBook

This portable Manual contains all of the Rites for blessing, anointing and bringing the Holy Communion to the sick and homebound. The rites include Communion in Ordinary Circumstances, Communion in a Hospital or Institution, Celebration of Viaticum outside Mass, Orders for the Blessing of the Sick, Visits to the Sick and to a Sick Child, and Pastoral Care of the Dying. The book also provides the Gospel reading for each Sunday and day of obligation of the liturgical year B, so that the Bread of the Word strengthens the Catholic faithful. The introduction helps ministers to prepare an...

Jimmy Long, a campus minister for more than twenty-five years, is convinced that we are in the middle of a societal hurricane. As our culture moves further into post-modernity, now is a time of enormous and rapid change. How do we "do church" in such an era? How do we reach the lost? How do we communicate hope?In Emerging Hope Long traces the connections between post-modernism and the emerging generations--Generation X and the millennial generation--highlighting implications for evangelism and discipleship. What emerges is a compelling strategy for ministry that will appeal to a generation...

Shedding light on how one of the world's most influential religions views one of the world's oldest institutions, this study examines marriage in the context of Islamic tradition and describes the beliefs that guide the behavior of spouses toward each other. Several examples of the importance of marriage within the Islamic framework are presented, such as the way Islam facilitated marriage, reducing the requirements of formality and easing the economic burden; the way the Prophet Muhammad encouraged Muslims to marry—even those who had rejected marriage and family to devote themselves to...

These interactive workbooks include Bible investigation, application and reflection, with plenty of space to write in the answers.