The Wandering Friar: A Traveling Franciscan Preacher Looks at the Church through the Stories of Its Members

by John Anglin

Overview

For a quarter of a century, Trappist monk Fr. Thomas Keating has been contributing articles on Centering Prayer—the contemporary manifestation of the ancient Christian contemplative tradition—to the newsletter of Contemplative Outreach, the organization that he helped establish to promote this tradition. The Thomas Keating Reader gathers for the first time thirty of those articles (some never published elsewhere) to offer a valuable overview of some of the main strands of Fr. Thomas’ thinking and practice on Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, and interreligious dialogue. Rich with insight and humanity, The Thomas Keating Reader offers a broad introduction to the concepts that have animated Contemplative Outreach and reveals the gifts and challenges of the practice of the spiritual life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590565681
Publisher:	Lantern Publishing & Media
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Dedication 5

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 13

I The Hand of God 17

God, the Joy of My Youth 19

The Friar 27

The Wanderer 35

II The Living, Breathing Church 45

A Theological Perspective 47

Many Different Faces 53

The Hidden Lifeblood of the Church 55

The Open-Door Policy 63

Hispanics and Other Immigrants 71

Pablo-A True Child of God 75

Let the Children Come to Me 79

Faith Below the Surface 85

Here Comes Everyone 91

Spirituality in the Basement Rooms 101

The Digital Church 105

Living the Sacrament of Matrimony-My Married Friends 111

Many Styles of Leadership 117

Wonderful, Dedicated Priests 119

The Good Sisters 125

Vocations 133

Church without Priests 137

Missionary Priests 143

Lay Ministry in the Church 147

The Sacrament of Reconciliation 151

And the Lord Gave Me Brothers 159

Traveling Far and Wide 165

Belonging to All 167

Bolivia 173

Saving Las Vegas from Sin 179

Honduras 183

In the Good Ole Summertime-My Parishes 187

Cheyenne and Rome 193

Concluding Thoughts 197

The Body of Christ Extended 199

Not through Rose-Colored Glasses 205

The Body of Christ Amen 211

Endnotes 215