Rejoice and Be Glad: Daily Reflections for Easter 2019 - Softcover

Francl-Donnay, Michelle; Kodell OSB, Jerome; Linner, Rachelle; Witherup PSS, Ronald D.; Upchurch, Catherine; Cormier DMin, Jay; Glen OSB, Genevieve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814644139 ISBN 13: 9780814644133

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2019

Synopsis

There is no better season to renew one’s relationship with God than Easter, the most joyful days of the church’s year. Rejoice with these inspiring reflections on the daily Mass readings. In just minutes per day, the insightful meditations of Rejoice and Be Glad can help you embrace, live, and share the good news of the great Easter mystery. 

Introducing a splendid new annual resource for deepening prayer―in the tradition of our best-selling Advent/Christmas and Lent annual reflection guides!

Rejoice and Be Glad is ideal for:

• Parish communities
• Schools
• Campus Ministry Programs
• Prayer Groups
• RCIA catechumens and candidates
• And more!

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Review:

Fifty days of feast follow forty days of fast. But how can you prolong the spiritual benefits received in Lent throughout all of Easter Time? Rejoice and Be Glad offers meditations on the readings from daily Mass, reflection questions, and prayers. With this book you may feast on God's word during each day of glory from Easter to Pentecost.Fr. Paul Turner, Pastor, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, Missouri

About the Author:

Michelle Francl-Donnay is a writer, teacher, wife, and the mother of two college-aged sons. Her regular column, Catholic Spirituality, appears at the Philadelphia Archdiocese's news site, CatholicPhilly.com. She is a professor of chemistry at Bryn Mawr College and an adjunct scholar of the Vatican Observatory. She blogs about faith and science at http://mfrancldonnay.blogspot.com/, is the author of Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2020, and is a contributor to Give Us This Day, published by Liturgical Press.

Jerome Kodell, OSB, is a monk of Subiaco Abbey, where he has honed both his biblical scholarship and his leadership skills as the former abbot. He is a contributor to Give Us This Day and the author of several books, including Twelve Keys to Prayer; Don’t Trust the Abbot: Musings from the Monastery, The Eucharist in the New Testament; John the Baptist, Forerunner; Barnabas, Man for Others; and co-author of Waiting in Joyful Hope 2015-16 with Genevieve Glen, OSB.

Rachelle Linner, a freelance writer and reviewer, has a master of theological studies from Weston Jesuit School of Theology. She writes frequently in Give Us This Day.

Ronald D. Witherup, PSS, is superior general of the Sulpicians, an order of diocesan priests dedicated to initial and ongoing formation of priests. He holds a doctorate in biblical studies and is the author of numerous books and articles on Scripture, including The Word of God at Vatican II: Exploring Dei Verbum, and Biblical Fundamentalism, What Every Catholic Should Know, published by Liturgical Press. He is also a contributor to Give Us This Day.

Catherine Upchurch serves as the director of Little Rock Scripture Study and the general editor of the Little Rock Catholic Study Bible. She brings years of adult faith formation experience to her writing and speaking. She is an associate editor of The Bible Today, a regular contributor to Give Us This Day, and the author of Christmas, Season of Wonder and Hope; Mary, Favored by God; Moses, Called and Equipped; and Hospitality, Welcoming the Stranger.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0814644139
• ISBN 13: 9780814644133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112