Bernardin, Joseph,  1928-1996., <br/><br/>
The gift of peace :  personal reflections /  [print] 
by Joseph Bernardin. 
 - first Image Books edition. 
 - New York :  Image Books,  (c)1998. 
 - xv, 153 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Chicago : Loyola Press, c1997. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Letting Go --  part 1. False Accusation --  Meditation: Emptying Oneself --  part 2. Cancer --  Meditation: Suffering in Communion with the Lord --  part 3. A Priest First, A Patient Second --  Meditation: "As Those Who Serve" --  pt. 4. Befriending Death --  Meditation: "Come to Me All You Who Are Weary and Find Life Burdensome" --  Conclusion: The Gift of Peace. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385494342 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98028019 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bernardin, Joseph, 1928-1996. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cardinals--Illinois--Chicago Region--Biography.<br/>Catholics--Illinois--Chicago Region--Biography.<br/>Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>Spiritual life--Catholic Church.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4705.B523.G548 1998