| Description |
xi, 153 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Letting Go -- Pt. 1. False Accusation -- Meditation: Emptying Oneself -- Pt. 2. Cancer -- Meditation: Suffering in Communion with the Lord -- Pt. 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
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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. |
| Subject |
Bernardin, Joseph, 1928-1996.
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Cardinals -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- Biography.
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Catholics -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- Biography.
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Chicago Region (Ill.) -- Church history -- 20th century.
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Spiritual life -- Catholic Church.
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| ISBN |
0829409556 alkaline paper |
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9780829409550 alkaline paper |
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