Preparing for Christmas: Daily Meditations for Advent

published by Franciscan Media | Trade Paperback | 112 pages
$ 14.99

Franciscan Richard Rohr reminds us that Christ challenges us to empty ourselves, to lose ourselves, to surrender. Preparing for Christmas offers daily meditations, prayers, Scripture readings, and questions for reflection for each day of Advent.

"Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus," Richard Rohr asserts. Advent is a time to focus our expectations and anticipation on “the adult Christ, the Cosmic Christ,” who challenges us to empty ourselves, to lose ourselves, to surrender. Richard Rohr’s Scriptural reflections for Advent are the perfect preparation for the Christmas season. This beautiful redesign provides daily reflections for the Advent season, along with each day's Scripture readings and questions for reflection. Item# B36478

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Mary Martin

I can't review it yet as I won't start reading it until Advent in a few months.

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Sharon Stephens
Nice choice

I enjoyed reading this book during advent

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Judith Verny
Grounding for advent

Your reflections stretched and grounded me.
Thanks

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Francis Perry
Advent Meditations

What a wonderful way to remember what we are created to be

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Donna Lybrand

Helped me each day to prepare for Christ coming.

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Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and lived kenosis (self-emptying), expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under WaterFalling UpwardImmortal Diamond, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi. Fr. Richard is academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing upon Christianity's place within the Perennial Tradition, the mission of the Living School is to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings. Visit cac.org for more information.
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Product Type:  Book

Item Number:  #B36478

ISBN:  9781616364786

Publication Date:  9/10/2012

BISAC:  RELIGION/Christianity/Catholic

Imprint:  Franciscan Media

Trim Size:  139.7 mm X 165.1 mm X 7.62 mm
(Approx. 5.5 in X 6.5 in X 0.28 in X )

Pages:  112

List Price:  $ 14.99