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История необыкновенного кота Мишки не только изобилует увлекательными забавными и драматическими эпизодами – в ней проглядывает повседневная жизнь Мишкиной хозяйки, мудрой христианки, чьей дружбой дорожили епископы, игумены и священники. Без пафоса, но с юмором Марина Журинская говорит о вещах житейских и духовных, заражая читателя любовью к Божьему созданию – вплоть до самого малого цветочка.

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«Перестаньте говорить о Христе. Начните говорить со Христом» – одна из главных фраз этой книги. Ее автор, наш современник, священник из уральского города Орска, отец шестерых детей, говорит нам об исихазме, о поиске Христа внутри своего сердца, об Иисусовой молитве. Мы привыкли читать это в творениях древних отцов – но оказывается, умным деланием можно жить и сегодня, в современном мире, ведь в Божественной реальности нет времени, и Христос ждет нас каждый день – на Кресте. Это издание – переработанная версия книги протоиерея Сергия Баранова «К свету».

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Александр Николаевич Бутаков (1779–1845) – офицер Российского императорского флота. Участник Трафальгарского сражения на корабле «Виктория», на котором держал свой флаг адмирал Нельсон, погибший в этой баталии. Участник войны с Турцией 1806–1812 годов (Дарданелльское и Афонское сражения), генерал-майор по адмиралтейству, директор Департамента корабельных лесов, писатель и переводчик. «Словарь морских слов и речений, с английскаго на французский и русский языки» опубликован в 1837 году и посвящён «Его Императорскому Высочеству генерал-адмиралу Государю Великому Князю Константину Николаевичу». Из предисловия автора к этому словарю: «Желая, по возможности, услужить любезнымъ моимъ товарищамъ, морякамъ, и занимающимся переводами Англійскихъ книгъ, я составилъ Словарь Англійскихъ морскихъ словъ и выраженій, съ переводомъ ихъ на Русскій и Французскій языки. При собираніи словъ и выраженій, вмѣстѣ съ ихъ объясненіемъ, къ составленію этого словаря, я пользовался собственною опытностію по служенію въ Нашемъ и Англійскомъ Флотахъ; многія выраженія я узналъ и пополнилъ съ дѣла; во вторыхъ, служили мнѣ пособіемъ слѣдующіе Морскіе Словари: Г. Фалконера (Falconer), Англійскаго флота Капитана; шести язычный Г. Нюманъ (Neumann); трехъ язычный знаменитаго Адмирала Шишкова и практика Г. Стиля (Steel). Труда было довольно. Англійскій языкъ предпочтенъ мною потому, что на семъ языкѣ выходитъ много отличныхъ книгъ по морской части. Впрочемъ, если благосклонное принятіе нынѣшняго моего труда покажетъ, что я угодилъ моимъ товарищамъ и друзьямъ, и что я трудился не напрасно, то я, получа болѣе охоты, примусь составлять вторую часть Словаря съ Французскаго на Русской и Англійской языки; а потомъ, если достанетъ силъ и времени, постараюсь составить и третью часть съ Русскаго на Англійскій и Французскій. /Александръ Бутаковъ/

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To find out why Pope Francis is making Oscar Romero a saint, read the words that cost him his life. ”A church that does not provoke crisis, a gospel that does not disturb, a word of God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed – what kind of gospel is that?” Three short years transformed El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero from a defender of the status quo into one of the most outspoken voices of the oppressed. An assassin’s bullet ended his life, but his message lives on. In March 2018 Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church would canonize Oscar Romero, acknowledging that he is indeed a saint who was martyred for proclaiming the gospel, and that the political and social implications of that message, which so scandalized the powerful, flowed directly from Romero’s faithfulness to the teachings of Jesus. These selections from Romero’s diaries and radio broadcasts invite each of us to align our own lives with the way of Jesus that lifts up the poor, welcomes the broken, wins over enemies, and transforms the history of entire nations.

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How do you follow Jesus without burning out? Gold Medal Winner, 2018 Illumination Book Awards, Enduring Light "This thoughtful collection of Day’s reflections incorporates abundant material for contemplation, all drawn from her extensive writings … [which] reveal Day’s signature honesty and frequent humor in addressing her hopes and fears and the sources of her inspiration…. This welcome compilation provides a window into the fundamental beliefs that undergirded Day’s life of faith." –Publishers Weekly, starred review In this guidebook Dorothy Day offers hard-earned wisdom and practical advice gained through decades of seeking to know Jesus and to follow his example and teachings in her own life.Unlike larger collections and biographies, which cover her radical views, exceptional deeds, and amazing life story, this book focuses on a more personal dimension of her life: Where did she receive strength to stay true to her God-given calling despite her own doubts and inadequacies and the demands of an activist life? What was the unquenchable wellspring of her deep faith and her love for humanity?

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The Virgin Mary has appeared to thousands and performed miracles from the early fifth century until now. Millions around the world are devoted to her. But have we wrapped so much elevating imagery around her that we've lost the real woman who gave birth to Our Lord? Was Mary of Nazareth a pain-free, perpetual virgin, a spiritual superwoman, even something of a goddess, floating calmly above the storms of her life? Or was she a woman who experienced the agony of childbirth, the dirt and grit of everyday existence, and ultimately witnessed her Son being tortured to death? What do we really know about her from Scripture, and how have we made this first-century peasant woman into a sort of glowing, semi-goddess? And while we're at it, how has the divinity of her Son obscured our clear sight of her? Simply Mary: Meditations on the Real Life of the Mother of Christ answers these questions in a combination of reflection and biography, exploring things we can know and can surmise from the record that have not been brought up before now. With both the eyes of faith and of a realistic, historical appraisal, this book addresses the most important question that has never been answered: who was the woman, Mary of Nazareth? Before she can be the Mother of God, she has to be a woman.

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Father Luke's Journey into Darkness shows the struggles of a fictional parish in Washington, DC, when their parishioner, Father Luke, fights against another priest who is trying to sexually abuse a child. The novel captures the difficulties and drama of alerting Catholic and legal authorities before the Catholic sexual abuse crisis was widely known. Father Luke joins with other priests to get the attention of the Vatican and police to stop abuse of a child. On the way to seeking help, Father Luke turns to Ignatius of Loyola and others to seek wisdom and discernment.

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Старец Иосиф Исихаст (1897–1959) – афонский подвижник, почитаемый и любимый не только в Греции, но и в России. С его именем связано возрождение духовной жизни на Афоне в XX веке, а вся его собственная жизнь была непрестанным поиском Божественной благодати. В этой книжечке собраны краткое жизнеописание старца Иосифа Исихаста, рассказ о его блаженной кончине, оставленный одним из его ближайших учеников Ефремом Филофейским, и духовные наставления старца. Текст сопровождается множеством иллюстраций, в том числе уникальными фотографиями, помогающими нам воочию увидеть удивительную жизнь Иосифа Исихаста.

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In the face of growing skepticism and relativism, «believe in reason» is the central message in Pope John Paul II's Fides et Ratio. Only by the two wings of reason and faith together can the human spirit soar. The current work, Ratio et Fides, is its philosophical counterpart. It is not a watered-down introduction but a «leading-into» the heart of philosophic thinking. Firmly rooted in the phenomenological description of an ordinary artifact, a mailbox, the book uses the principles involved in the description to examine key figures in the history of thought. We focus on three areas: the Soul, Morality, and God. We consider seven thinkers. Plato and Aristotle, who founded the tradition, were taken up by Augustine and Aquinas in developing their theologies. Descartes launched the distinctively modern tradition, culminating in Hegel's systematic presentation of the whole Western tradition, philosophical and religious. More recently, Heidegger approached that tradition in terms of its hidden ground in the Mystery of Being, recalling us to meditative thinking as the secular counterpart to prayer. Armed with this background, students will be able to approach with profit the Fathers of the Church and major theologians and philosophers, past and recent.

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The theology of the Laestadian Lutherans is simply set forth here, accessible to the lay reader. Contemporary issues are dealt with, and Scripture is cited to help us all keep discerning a path forward to help our neighbors. Love, sin, grace, images, translation, characters from the Bible, interpretation issues, and many other topics are covered in this brief but comprehensive volume. The reader is challenged in this collection of short essays by a clear and tender theology. We are all asked to be concerned with how we act in our communities and with the person living right next door. We are asked to ponder where we get our answers about issues we are all confronted with in the home, the place of worship, and the workplace. Who is our neighbor? Who are we, really? And where do we go for help? What moral and theological questions are we facing every day? The straightforward biblical theological essays found in this volume guide us to carefully consider our deepest heart thoughts, our God, and the world we live in.

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