Sacrament
Personal Encounters with Memories, Wounds, Dreams, and Unruly Hearts
by Patrick Hannon, C.S.C.
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Pub Date Sep 29 2014 | Archive Date Oct 02 2014
Description
In the tradition of such writers as Anne Lamott, Richard Rodriguez, and Barry Lopez, Patrick Hannon takes his readers on a captivating spiritual journey with unexpected turns and delightful characters. In Sacrament, Hannon guides readers through his own everyday sacramental encounters as living, breathing moments with God. Each essay is a carefully crafted metaphor of one of the sacraments, and Hannon shows moments of deeply human interaction to indeed be encounters with divine grace. The connections between these narratives and the sacraments only come into focus at the very end of each account in a moment of well-earned epiphany. In presenting these beautiful, subtle meditations, Hannon prompts readers to explore their own imaginations and memories for revitalized appreciation for the seven sacraments.
Advance Praise
“It’s
rare to read vibrant, witty, piercing essays that get waaay under the
small boat of religion and deep into the sea of our wild spiritual
search. It’s a delight when you find essays like that from Barry Lopez
and Annie Dillard, and it’s a delight to find them here, from one of the
best Catholic essayists in America.”
Brian Doyle
Author of A Book of Uncommon Prayer
“At
a time when male writers too often confine themselves to theology and
apologetics, leaving spirituality to the women, Patrick Hannon has given
us a thoroughly masculine, genuinely original, and refreshingly honest
account of what it’s like to be a twenty-first-century man of God. Yet
this book will appeal to anyone, male or female, who is willing to do
some serious wrestling with the soul.”
Paula Huston
Author of A Season of Mystery
“A
lively guide to living out faith in the everyday from an engaging
storyteller who knows how to recognize those moments of grace that make
our lives sacramental.”
Judith Valente
Author of Atchison Blue
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781594715440 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Nicolás C, Educator
This is a very powerful and most surprising book, in which the author somehow opens the doors to his soul, dilemmas and life, and by doing so lets us know that many of our predicaments, joys and inner experiences are also experienced by others, who can help us in life... showing how the graces of the sacraments can be experienced in different levels and forms through encounters with others and different aspects of life.
The book is divided into sections each of which is devoted to a sacrament. After an interesting presentation of the Scriptures, each of them goes to introduce a sacrament and then the author shows what they aim to do in life by presenting analyses and thoughts about related issues, some directly related, some subtly so. This is a most interesting book that I completely recommend.
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