Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 страници Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... God's mercy. But then, I supposed, if you were not one of the elect, then God would see to it that you were not wearing your scapular at the time of your death. I imagined an adulterous husband, rushing home from an illicit interlude ...
... God. He is not asking for deliverance, not asking the baby to be born sooner than later. He is asking for acceptance—easy for him to ask. What kind of coldhearted man is this? What kind of cold- hearted God is receiving his prayers ...
... God. By age five, I was peppering Dad with questions. “Dad, which is more powerful, nature or God?” “Which do you think is more powerful?” I went with my experience. “Nature, because nature makes storms, and storms are more powerful ...
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The Poisonous Tentacles of AntiAbortion Zealots | 31 |
Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |