The Gift of Peace: Personal Reflections by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (Illinois) - Softcover

Bernardin, Cardinal Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385494343 ISBN 13: 9780385494342

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998

Synopsis

In the final two months of his life, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin made it his mission to share his personal reflections and insights in this book, "The Gift of Peace." Using as a framework the previous three years, which included false accusation of sexual misconduct, diagnosis of cancer, and return of the cancer after fifteen months of being in remission, Cardinal Bernardin tells his story openly and honestly. At the end of his life, the Cardinal was at peace. He accepted his peace as a gift from God, and through this book, he shares that gift with the world. "The Gift of Peace" is part of the Cardinal's pastoral legacy; through this book his ministry lives on.

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Review:

"A wonderful book celebrating and showing the way to peace."
-New York Newsday

"Poignant."
-Chicago Tribune

"A gem of a book."
-Publishers Weekly

"This is a book for people of all religions."
-Columbus Dispatch

"Very moving-written with simplicity and deep wisdom."
-Library Journal

"A gentle, personal voice."
-USA Today

"This uplifting book testifies to a life well spent-The Cardinal shares with his readers a tremendous trust in the Lord that results in inner peace-Simple true words that can give us all a deeper sense of hope."
-America

"Overflows with strength and compassion-Bernardin's recipe for personal peace transcends organized religion."
-Paul Reid, Palm Beach Post

"In his final testament, Cardinal Bernardin urges the dying to bask in the light of each other."
-Newsweek

"We come to know a humble man who touched many people with love and compassion, without judgment."
-Hartford Courant

About the Author:

Joseph Louis Bernardin was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1928. He was ordained a priest in 1952 and served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (1966-68), general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. (1968-1972), president of the Conference (1974-1977), and Archbishop of Chicago (1982-1996). He became Cardinal in 1983. Cardinal Bernardin was widely respected for his gentleness, his spirituality, and his ability to reconcile. He received the Medal of Freedom at the White House two months before he died of pancreatic cancer in November 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385494343
• ISBN 13: 9780385494342
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176