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Mark G Boyer
This book continues The Shelbydog Chronicles by Shelby Cole, in which Shelby, a sixty-pound Labrador-Boxer mix, narrates the events of the first ten years of her life. As she approaches…
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Because there is no single word that translates the Hebrew word hesed and the Greek word eleos, multiple words are used in English biblical translations. Mercy is the most frequently…
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The bishops attending the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) decreed that the treasures of the Bible were to be opened for Roman Catholics by presenting a larger part of the Bible…
The Spirit of the Lord God presents seventy-three biblical-based reflections on the invisible power and life-source of God, known as Spirit, in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), Old Testament (Apocrypha)…
Mary, the mother of Jesus, is known in the Catholic Church as Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our…
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Con una reflexian sobre cada uno de los cuatromisterios del rosario ‘gozoso, luminoso, doloroso y glorioso 'este libro ayudara alos que rezan el rosario a encontrar un enfoque para meditar…
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Mission is an essential part of the vocation of every baptized Christian. In A Spirituality of Mission, Mark G. Boyer draws on a lifetime of priestly ministry to help readers…
This book offers a refreshing, reflective pause with its heartwarming stories, extended biblical quotations, questions for personal reflection, and homespun prayers centered around the inner sanctum of the home.
And These Thy Gifts aims to continue the Christian tradition of praying before eating a meal. While there are other books of collections of meal prayers, they require either multiple…
This book, a primer, serves as an introduction to a devotional practice known as the Rosary: Rosary means garden of flowers or necklace of beads. The word bead comes from…
Prayer, the raising of the heart to God, is the heart of the Christian life. For the author of Luke’s Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, prayer is the…
Almost every person has owned a pet at one time or another in life or known someone who has. In all world religions, animals serve as spirit guides; there is…
Fruit of the Vine: A Biblical Spirituality of Wine is designed to help the reader grow in spirituality through reflecting on biblical vineyard stores, wine making, and wine as a…
We are pilgrims on a journey; that means we will leave our home and move to another one at least once during our lifetime. This book is a resource for…
There are multiple names given to Jesus in the Bible. Fifty of them are presented in this book, Names for Jesus. In the ancient world, a name had a meaning…
He was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., on December 31, 1943, in Roswell, New Mexico. The general public knows him better as John Denver, trained architect, international performer, a man…
Christ Our Passover Has Been Sacrificed examines the paschal mystery as it is presented throughout the liturgical year in The Roman Missal. After offering an in-depth definition of the paschal…
All Things Mary provides reflections on all Scripture texts associated with celebrations in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary during the liturgical year, in addition to biblical texts presented in…
The title of this book, Shhh! The Sound of Sheer Silence: A Biblical Spirituality that Transforms, comes from the biblical narrative about the prophet Elijah experiencing God on a mountain…
What is Born of the Spirit is Spirit provides reflections on Scripture texts associated with (Holy) Spirit and (human) spirit. Various aspects of Spirit and spirit are explored in one-hundred-five…
Contemplation is a spiritual process involving long, thoughtful, steady, serious, and attentive consideration or observation in order to achieve closer unity with God and to discover and understand God’s will…
Every person has seen a tree and maybe planted or climbed one! In all world religions, various trees are considered sacred. Trees have the ability to help us reach wholeness…
What the Documents Say: Second Edition
About the Contributor(s): Mark G. Boyer, a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is the author of 35 books on biblical and liturgical spirituality. He teaches…
Sometime around the age of fiftyor as early as forty and as late as sixtymost of us come to terms with our age. We recognize that we have lived out…
The Roman Catholic Church issued its first, modern, one-volume Lectionary–a book of biblical texts assigned for every day of the year–in 1970 in response to the Second Vatican Council’s call…
The title of this book, Very Short Reflections–for Advent and Christmas, Lent and Easter, Ordinary Time and Saints–through the Liturgical Year, accurately describes its contents. Chapter 1 presents a short…
The Lent-Easter seasons cover one-fourth of the year, or 25 percent of the liturgical year. One of the many things we do as Roman Catholics is sing Lenten and Easter…
