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Title: Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0-385-50170-6 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Food for Thought and Soul
Comment: This is another thoroughly enjoyable and insightful book by Dr. Hahn. I highly recommend this book for Catholic and non-Catholic alike. This is a timely and much needed book covering a topic and sacrament apparently and sadly underutilized by many Christians. Dr. Hahn with a characteristic positive approach shows how confession as a wonderful gift not only heals and reconciles but also grooms and maintains the Christian on the right path. One could hardly discuss the sacrament of Confession without looking into what drives the need for reconciliation and that is of course sin. Using scriptural examples like the prodigal son, and St. Augustine's "Confessions", the author effectively illustrates our basic weakness toward sin in ways I hadn't considered before (for example I hadn't considered much the role of the older brother in the parable of the prodigal son). I also liked the discussion of how sin affects the whole mystical body of Christ and how its strength is found in the sacrament of penance. There's lots of good stuff in this book. I picked up a copy of this book before catching a flight for Pittsburgh and then on to Steubenville for my niece's graduation. I drove my niece to Steubenville from Washington State 4 years ago and loved the faithful Catholic university environment. This time for the graduation, I had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Hahn after Sunday mass.
Rating: 5
Summary: Warmly personal & theologically rich guide for regular folks
Comment: Like many Catholics, I approach the confessional with about the same degree of enthusiasm as I generally muster for the dentist's chair. In "Lord, Have Mercy," Scott Hahn writes about the sacrament in a warmly personal yet theologically rich way that's sure to have many of us running for the nearest confessor.
After a vivid opening story, Hahn introduces an in-depth discussion of God as our loving Father, who always offers us, through the sacrament of reconciliation, the free and powerful gift of divine mercy to heal us of the effects of our sins, and to provide us with a gentle way back home. Tracing the ways in which the Church's confessional practices have developed through the ages, Hahn shows that its basic understanding of the sacrament has remained the same. He also encourages readers to begin the practice of regular confession, if they haven't already. And, in three appendices, he gives the rite of reconciliation of individuals, acts of contrition, and prayers to say before and after the sacrament. Then follows an excellent, thorough guide for the examination of conscience.
No, confession isn't easy. But let's get over it. The chance to restore our relationship with God, our eternal loving Father, is well worth a short bout of the squirms. if you're not convinced of that, read "Lord, Have Mercy".
Rating: 5
Summary: Hahn's an excellent guide: clear, deep and thought-provoking
Comment: In reading this book I was regularly surprised by unexpected depths. Hahn is wiser than he seems because he strives to write at a simple and popular level. This book is also well-organized and documented, and will serve as an excellent guide to anyone seeking to understand the classic Roman Catholic theology of sacramental confession.
I found this to be a book of firm and orderly persuasion, calling Catholics (like me) back to a sacrament that has become astonishingly neglected. Hahn finds a biblical foreshadowing of confession in the Old Testament sacrifices: the sinner was required to personally offer God something costly and difficult in satisfaction for his sins. This is not the only way Hahn presents confession; he also speaks of it as healing and reconciliation, and devotes a chapter to the parable of the Prodigal Son. Hahn also knits together four aspects of the Atonement: economic, military, liturgical and legal -- all under one heading, that of Covenant. Only from the over-arching perspective of God's Covenant with us in Christ, he says, can we understand the full mystery of reconciliation.
Hahn also makes the valuable point that when we tell ourselves self-excusing stories, we cut ourselves dangerously loose from reality. We all do this, to a greater or lesser degree, and it takes great effort to resist it and practice honest, but we must realize that we are in God's all-seeing presence all the time anyway. We must grow to tolerate that light, because it is the only light there is; all else is confusion and darkness. This is just one of Hahn's many thought-provoking discussions.
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Title: The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385496591 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Understanding "Our Father": Biblical Reflections on the Lord's Prayer by Scott Hahn ISBN: 1931018154 Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501684 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385496613 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God by Scott Hahn, Leon J. Suprenant ISBN: 0966322304 Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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