The gift of peace : personal reflections /

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Main Author: Bernardin, Joseph Louis, 1928-1996
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Chicago : Loyola Press, 1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Partial contents. pt. 1. False accusation. Meditation : Emptying oneself. Sharing the truth with the world. Meeting my accuser : forgiveness and reconciliation
  • pt. 2. Cancer. Meditation : Suffering in communion with the Lord. My cancer ministry begins
  • pt. 3. A priest first, a patient second. Meditation : "As those who serve." Heeding God's call : the priesthood. Practicing what I preach. The importance of prayer. "A sign of hope" : my pastoral letter on healthcare. Letters from fellow cancer patients
  • pt. 4.Befriending death. Meditation : "Come to me all you who are wary and find life burdensome." The cancer returns. Dying publicly. Letting go of the future.