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Title: The Sun and Moon over Assisi: A Personal Encounter With Francis and Clare by Gerard Thomas Straub ISBN: 0-86716-393-3 Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Sun and Moon over Us
Comment: I love this book and, in fact, I'm buying copies to give to friends. The story of the ongoing conversion of the author is an example of the journey of any seeker of God: great awakenings, stumbles, doubts, reassurances, understanding.
The first portion of the book is compelling and hard to put aside. The other chapters, however, are so rich with material from additional sources that I found them best to meditate on, think of as you live your life, and then dip into once again. This is perfect as a devotional for the liturgical seasons of advent and lent.
Rating: 5
Summary: Take the Time
Comment: When I pick up a book on spirituality, that is nearly 600 pages long, I find myself flipping back and forth, counting the number of pages I still have to read (yawn). Having admitted that, I will add that "religion" is probably my first choice when searching for new books. Conversely with this book, I found myself counting the pages to see how many pages were left, because I didn't want it to end. Straub takes us along on his spiritual pilgrimage. In his "Thoughts Scribbled While walking," we can almost chart his spiritual growth (like an ascending line on graph paper). This book will inspire you to follow his lead by pursuing a deeper relationship with God. I was skeptical upon reading his background as a TV/soap writer, but I found it (along with his honesty and humility),to lend credibility to his personal transformation . I have never read a book that inspired me to write the author to tell him how much his writing touched me. This is one author I would like to thank.
This is a book to be savored. As a resident of Southern California, I found his personal observations on the cultural values of Americans right on target. It's too bad this book may never make the N.Y. Times Best Sellers' List, it could change the world.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sts. Francis & Clare: Sources for Conversion
Comment: As St. Francis is a man for all Ages, This book can be read on so many levels. As a straightforward biography of Sts. Francis and Clare it offers a modern no nonsense rendering of the lives of Assisi's greatest progeny. The chapters on Francis and Clare have a spiritual depth that would enhance the formation and understanding of any inquirer into the lives and spiituality of these two great saints.
Straub's honesty and openness in describing his own personal journey from being an atheist to a believer with a special evangelical vocation, the insightful musings of his Pilgrim's Diary, the history of the churches of Assisi all add up to a tour de force. I believe this book will have a great appeal to the general reader in addition to those with a special love for Franciscan and spiritual themes.
Certain parts of the book radiate incandescently. The rule of synergy states that the "whole is greater than the sum of it's parts." And yet, there are so many "parts" in this book that seem to stand alone in excellence at least equal to the power and depth of the whole. The treatment of Francis' timeless elegy to his God's creations, The Canticle of the Creatures, is truly inspired. The poem's majesty is wonderfully underscored by Staub's personal reflections and those the of other writers quoted in praise and awe of St. Francis' spiritually poetic genius. In closing his reflection on the canticle with Fr. Eloi Leclerc's The Language of the Soul's Night, Straub poignantly illustrates how St. Francis was as relevant in elevating souls in the rawest and most dire moments of the twentieth century as he was in the past and, most assuredly, will be in the future.
A specific charism of the Franciscan is to be able to shed the layers of meaningless diversions, vanities and preoccupations that restricts us from either confronting or exposing the truths and essential realities of our lives. Straub is able, in the most literary and articulate fashion, to expose his spiritual (human) doubts and shortcomings as he grapples with the profound search for meaning in his life. His "inner life" is shared with the reader in the most intimate terms without apology or embarrassment. I felt priveleged to become a part of Straub's journey and reveled in the awareness of how much we humans have in common with each other.
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Title: The Way of St. Francis: The Challenge of Franciscan Spirituality for Everyone by Murray O.F.M. Bodo ISBN: 0867162449 Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: To Live As Francis Lived: A Guide for Secular Franciscans by Leonard Foley, Jovian Weigel, Patti Normile, Jovian Wiegel ISBN: 0867163968 Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Clare: A Light in the Garden by Murray O. Bodo ISBN: 0867161221 Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Prophet (Francis of Assisi: Early Documents Vol 3) by Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann, William J. Short, Wayne J. Hellmann ISBN: 1565481143 Publisher: New City Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: When Did I See You Hungry? by Gerard Thomas Straub ISBN: 0867165022 Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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