The Deep End

A Journey with the Sunday Gospels in the Year of Matthew
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78812-564-2
Verlag: Messenger Publications

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 141 mm, Gewicht: 226 g

In a world of so much uncertainty, Matthew has much to say to us. It is a Gospel written for a community at a turning point, trying to discern their identity as a community, reflecting on who they are and who Jesus is for them. This early Christian community were nourished by the Risen Christ, alive and active, present in their community, just as the Word is alive and active, Christ present in our world today (Heb 4.:12).

Matthew is written to offer hope from Jesus, their Teacher. We are also invited to this encounter, so that we can be nourished and sustained in our desire to live out Jesus’ teaching and example and find a way forward in a world and a Church that are also at a turning point. In Jesus’ most famous sermon, delivered from the mountain top, we hear the challenge of The Beatitudes. These are the core teachings of Christianity today, characteristics for Christian living. They set out before us the challenge to live like Jesus, and show us that God always sides with the poor, those who thirst for justice and peace, those who are persecuted and those who mourn.

The book includes tips for prayer and meditation to nourish ourselves along the way, as well as practical suggestions for living out our faith in the modern world. Following on from our inclusion of the Season of Creation in the Luke edition, we continue to focus on the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.

As we navigate Matthew’s Gospel, we hope to address the question of how this Gospel is relevant for everyday life in all its complexities and in doing so, offer a nourishing spirituality grounded in the Word of God.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doherty, Triona

Doherty, Tríona

Mellett, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gebet & liturgisches Material
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Predigten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. 8

1: Welcome. 12

2: Advent. 22

3: Christmas. 34

4: Ordinary Time (1). 48

5: Lent. 62

6: Easter. 76

7: Ordinary Time (2). 100

7.1: Season of Creation. 132

Index of Scripture References. 164

Über Autor(innen)

Doherty, Tríona
Tríona Doherty is a journalist, writer and editor. She has worked in regional journalism for more than ten years, most recently with the Westmeath Independent, and is a former editor of Reality magazine. Tríona has carried out editing for Redemptorist Communications, CatholicIreland.net, Messenger Publications and the Carmelite Institute of Britain and Ireland. She also works with Good Shepherd Ireland to help promote their work with asylum seekers, refugees, and vulnerable women and children. Originally from Kells, Co Meath, Tríona lives in Athlone with her husband and eight-year-old son.

Mellett, Jane
Jane Mellett currently works as the Laudato Si’ Officer for Trócaire. Prior to this she was a Parish Pastoral Worker for the Archdiocese of Dublin and has worked in the area of pastoral ministry for over ten years. A native of Carlow, Jane is a qualified spiritual director, yoga teacher and retreat facilitator. Jane also completed a Masters in International Development in 2010 (Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Dublin). She writes for a number of publications including the Laudato Si’ column in The Irish Catholic and has contributed articles to Reality and Messenger magazines. In 2018 Jane walked 1,000km from Italy to Poland, as part of the Climate Pilgrimage, carrying the message of Laudato Si’ from Rome to the United Nations climate conference (COP24).

Jane Mellett currently works as the Laudato Si’ Officer for Trócaire.  Tríona Doherty is a journalist, writer and editor of Reality magazine.