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The thorny grace of it : and other essays for imperfect Catholics / Brian Doyle.

Summary:

" In this spirited collection of more than 40 essays, Doyle employs his trademark wit, candor, and gusto for life and faith to reignite readers’ excitement for Catholicism as he plumbs some of the stickier and trickier elements of the Catholic character."--Amazon.com

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780829439069 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0829439064 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xi, 185 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Loyola Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Jesus & other testy saints. Did the Jesus man die? -- Ten blessings -- Jesus Christ: the missing years -- How to be good -- Jessed blesus! -- Every other Thursday evening except during Holy Week... -- Confessio -- The silver Jesuses -- Nobody cannot be saints -- First draft of the First Letter to the Corinthians -- The scentsory adventure -- Speaking Catholic. The clan of Catholic -- A rosary -- The true story of Catholic Golf Digest -- A Mass -- On East First Street -- Piléir -- John's last Mass -- Stunning and lovely -- The baptismee -- A halting holiness -- Rise up, my love -- The letter -- The late Mr. bin Laden: a note -- Clans & tribes. Fatherness: a note -- The brilliantine coattails of lust -- His epic head -- His last game -- The country of who he used to be -- The Christmas letter -- The necessary spark -- The thorny grace of it -- There are many ways to pray. Mr. Kim -- Boots -- A cricket match on Bougainville, 1943 -- Buying a foot -- Meat -- The ballad of Jimmy Ward -- The eighth man -- Do wa do wa diddy -- Dawn and Mary -- The woman in the vast blue coat -- The rich soil of the past. Putting in the screens -- November -- Sister Anne -- The brilliant floor -- Sister Cook -- Mister Ward -- 40291 -- The stick -- Mister Burns -- The green seethe of the sea.
Subject: Christian life > Catholic authors
American literature > Catholic authors

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library 248.482 DOY 2013 (Text) 33892100361345 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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