Bibliograph

Goodness and light, readings for Advent and Christmas, Michael Leach, James Keane, Doris Goodnough, editors

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Label

Goodness and light, readings for Advent and Christmas, Michael Leach, James Keane, Doris Goodnough, editors

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Goodness and light

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

891609564

Responsibility statement

Michael Leach, James Keane, Doris Goodnough, editors

Sub title

readings for Advent and Christmas

Summary

Anthology of selections by 48 beloved writers

Table Of Contents

November 21 : Advent / Thomas Merton -- November 22 : Salvation Army Santa Claus clangs his bell / Frederick Buechner -- November 23 : What are you waiting for? / Robert Barron -- November 24 : Christmas time in Bolivia / Maggie Fogarty -- November 26 : Less is more / Richard Rohr -- November 26 : Christmas is a sad season for the poor / John Cheever -- November 27 : Christmas to me / Harper Lee -- November 28 : Magnificat / Joelle Chase -- November 29 : Soda bread in Tanzania / Sr. Patricia Colloquy, MM -- November 30 : The time machine / Anna Guendolen -- December 1 : Mary Christ bus / Brian Doyle -- December 2 : The burglar's Christmas / Willa Cather -- December 3 : The smell of sheep / Carlo Carretto -- December 4 : Advent is about desire / James Martin, SJ -- December 5 : Christ in Cambodia / Maria Montello -- December 6 : Asking for a sign / Alan Jones -- December 7 : Advent in Peru / Larry Rich -- December 8 : A familiar, sweet hunger / Phyllis Tickle -- December 9 : Advent / Mary Jo Salter -- December 10 : Would it be okay if you hugged me? What a tearful teenage boy taught me about advent / Sarah Thebarge -- December 11 : One or two things about Christmas / Annie Dillard -- December 12 : Expectation of Our Blessed Mother / Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, MM -- December 13 : True happiness / Alfred Delp, SJ -- December 14 : Be vigilant at all times / David Davis -- December 15 : The materialism of Santa Claus and the spirituality of Baby Jesus / Leonardo Boff -- December 16 : The Jesus I love / Mohandas Gandhi -- December 17 : Christmas in prison / Pedro Arrupe, SJ -- December 18 : The surprise child / James T. Keane -- December 19 : The miracle of Christmas bread / Rose Marie Berger -- December 20 : Do not be afraid / Greg Kandra -- December 21 : Into the dark with God / Hans Urs von Balthasar -- December 22 : Christmas poem / Mary Oliver -- December 23 : Christmas eve vigil / Kathleen Norris -- December 24 : A burst of brilliant light / Pope Francis -- December 25 : Have a defiant Christmas! / John Shea -- December 26 : The birth of Jesus / Mary Christine Athans -- December 27 : Christmas confession / Anne Rice -- December 28 : Papa Panov's special Christmas / Leo Tolstoy -- December 29 : Holy innocents / Robert Ellsberg -- December 30 : Jesus the worker / Walter Ciszek, SJ -- December 31 : Christmas for mystics / Marianne Williamson -- January 1 : In Congo or in Croydon, God is there for us / Rowan Williams -- January 2 : Amazing peace / Maya Angelou -- January 3 : The shepherds of Bethlehem / Ernesto Cardenal -- January 4 : Missa cantata / Evelyn Underhill -- January 5 : If Christ had become incarnate now / Oscar Romero -- January 6 : Remembering the sacred presence of the one who dwells among us / Joyce Rupp -- January 7 : Epiphany-- goodness and light / Kathy McNeely

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