Forty Days Plus Three: Daily Reflections for Lent and Holy Week (Lent/Easter) - Softcover

McIlhon, John J.

 
9780814617694: Forty Days Plus Three: Daily Reflections for Lent and Holy Week (Lent/Easter)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0814617697 ISBN 13: 9780814617694
Publisher: Liturgical Press, 1989

Synopsis

In these reflections on the readings for Lent and the Triduum, Monsignor McIlhon invites us to ponder the consistency between what we believe about human dignity and how we live that dignity. If Lent becomes a daily journey whereby we consent to become one with the visible features of Christ's risen life, waiting to be raised from the dyings of our life, then the paschal mystery becomes a marvelous experience.Although he writes with great sensitivity and theological depth, Monsignor McIlhon does not become pedantic nor does he go beyond the depth of the average reader.For priests, religious, and serious lay people looking for something more than pious writing about the most important season of the Church year, this book will make excellent Lenten reading.

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About the Author

Msgr. John J. McIlhon (1922-2006), was a priest of the diocese of Des Moines, and had served as a retreat director, teacher, hospital chaplain, and pastor, including a term as pastor-in-residence at the North American College in Rome. Monsignor McIlhon lived with a community of priests at the St. Joseph Educational Center, where he had served as an adult-education teacher and resource person since 1983.

From the Back Cover

In these reflections on the readings for Lent and the Triduum, Monsignor McIlhon invites us to ponder the consistency between what we believe about human dignity and how we live that dignity. If Lent becomes a daily journey whereby we consent to become one with the visible features of Christ's risen life, waiting to be raised from the dyings of our life, then the paschal mystery becomes a marvelous experience. Although he writes with great sensitivity and theological depth, Monsignor McIlhon does not become pedantic nor does he go beyond the depth of the average reader. For priests, religious, and serious lay people looking for something more than pious writing about the most important season of the Church year, this book will make excellent Lenten reading.

From the Inside Flap

In these reflections on the readings for Lent and the Triduum, Monsignor McIlhon invites us to ponder the consistency between what we believe about human dignity and how we live that dignity. If Lent becomes a daily journey whereby we consent to become one with the visible features of Christ's risen life, waiting to be raised from the dyings of our life, then the paschal mystery becomes a marvelous experience. Although he writes with great sensitivity and theological depth, Monsignor McIlhon does not become pedantic nor does he go beyond the depth of the average reader. For priests, religious, and serious lay people looking for something more than pious writing about the most important season of the Church year, this book will make excellent Lenten reading.

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Publisher
Liturgical Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0814617697
ISBN 13 
9780814617694
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136