A LENTEN JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRIST & ST JOHN OF THE CROSS
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"O Lord, my God, who will seek you with simple and pure love, and not find that you are all one can desire, for you show yourself first and go out to meet those who seek you?”
With these beautiful words, St. John of the Cross places before us God's great invitation of Love. He reminds us that it is God who fulfills our desires, God who yearns for us, and God who will come to us if we seek Him.
Accept the invitation to journey through Lent with Jesus Christ and one of the great spiritual writers of the Catholic Church, St. John of the Cross. Inside you will find an Invitation from St. John of the Cross, a short biography of St. John of the Cross, a History of Lent, and St. John of the Cross on following Jesus. Each day of Lent, weekdays and Sundays, begins with: a Gospel Reading, a selection from the Writings of St. John of the Cross, a Reflection, and a Prayer.
Let this book help you explore the spiritual wisdom of St. John of the Cross and the journey to God.
About the Author Rev. George Mangiaracina, OCD, has been a Discalced Carmelite friar since 1988 with the Discalced Carmelites of the Washington Province. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1993.
He earned a Licentiate degree in Sacred Liturgy in 2001, and his doctorate degree in Sacred Liturgy from Sant Anselmo College in Rome, Italy in 2008. He has been an adjunct professor at Boston College, where he taught Exploring Catholicism. He has written several articles on the Sacred Liturgy. He was born in 1952, in Brooklyn, NY. Currently, he is a conventual member of the Monastery of the Espousal of Mary and Joseph in Brighton, MA.
With these beautiful words, St. John of the Cross places before us God's great invitation of Love. He reminds us that it is God who fulfills our desires, God who yearns for us, and God who will come to us if we seek Him.
Accept the invitation to journey through Lent with Jesus Christ and one of the great spiritual writers of the Catholic Church, St. John of the Cross. Inside you will find an Invitation from St. John of the Cross, a short biography of St. John of the Cross, a History of Lent, and St. John of the Cross on following Jesus. Each day of Lent, weekdays and Sundays, begins with: a Gospel Reading, a selection from the Writings of St. John of the Cross, a Reflection, and a Prayer.
Let this book help you explore the spiritual wisdom of St. John of the Cross and the journey to God.
About the Author Rev. George Mangiaracina, OCD, has been a Discalced Carmelite friar since 1988 with the Discalced Carmelites of the Washington Province. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1993.
He earned a Licentiate degree in Sacred Liturgy in 2001, and his doctorate degree in Sacred Liturgy from Sant Anselmo College in Rome, Italy in 2008. He has been an adjunct professor at Boston College, where he taught Exploring Catholicism. He has written several articles on the Sacred Liturgy. He was born in 1952, in Brooklyn, NY. Currently, he is a conventual member of the Monastery of the Espousal of Mary and Joseph in Brighton, MA.