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The gift of peace : personal reflections / by Joseph Bernardin. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Image Books, (c)1998.Edition: first Image Books editionDescription: xv, 153 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780385494342
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX4705.B523.G548 1998
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BX4705.B38125A3 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001867866

Originally published: Chicago : Loyola Press, c1997.

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.

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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