Pause for Thought: Making Time for Prayer, Jesus, and God
In Pause for Thought, prominent theologian picks up where he left off in his previous book, Reflections for Busy People, offering new themes of reflection in the areas of prayer, Jesus, and God, and conveying in his popular, experiential, conversational, and accessible writing style new opportunities for prayer reflection.

In part one the author begins with six images of what prayer is like and then provides some sample texts for practicing prayer. Part two offers brief reflections on the story of Jesus from the annunciation and the nativity, through episodes in his ministry (e.g., his teaching and healing activity), and continues through the transfiguration and the Last Supper. Parts three and four propose “pauses for thought” on the passion, resurrection, and risen life of Jesus. These two parts consider the differences between the passion and Easter narratives offered by the four Gospels. These differences can enrich our life of prayer. Part five reflects on “the God of all comfort,” God in the various seasons of our lives, and in the final feast of heaven.

This particularly relevant book aims to help individual Christians, ministers, and members of religious institutes, who lead busy lives but wish to “pause for thought” regularly.
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Pause for Thought: Making Time for Prayer, Jesus, and God
In Pause for Thought, prominent theologian picks up where he left off in his previous book, Reflections for Busy People, offering new themes of reflection in the areas of prayer, Jesus, and God, and conveying in his popular, experiential, conversational, and accessible writing style new opportunities for prayer reflection.

In part one the author begins with six images of what prayer is like and then provides some sample texts for practicing prayer. Part two offers brief reflections on the story of Jesus from the annunciation and the nativity, through episodes in his ministry (e.g., his teaching and healing activity), and continues through the transfiguration and the Last Supper. Parts three and four propose “pauses for thought” on the passion, resurrection, and risen life of Jesus. These two parts consider the differences between the passion and Easter narratives offered by the four Gospels. These differences can enrich our life of prayer. Part five reflects on “the God of all comfort,” God in the various seasons of our lives, and in the final feast of heaven.

This particularly relevant book aims to help individual Christians, ministers, and members of religious institutes, who lead busy lives but wish to “pause for thought” regularly.
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Pause for Thought: Making Time for Prayer, Jesus, and God

Pause for Thought: Making Time for Prayer, Jesus, and God

by Gerald O'Collins SJ
Pause for Thought: Making Time for Prayer, Jesus, and God

Pause for Thought: Making Time for Prayer, Jesus, and God

by Gerald O'Collins SJ

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In Pause for Thought, prominent theologian picks up where he left off in his previous book, Reflections for Busy People, offering new themes of reflection in the areas of prayer, Jesus, and God, and conveying in his popular, experiential, conversational, and accessible writing style new opportunities for prayer reflection.

In part one the author begins with six images of what prayer is like and then provides some sample texts for practicing prayer. Part two offers brief reflections on the story of Jesus from the annunciation and the nativity, through episodes in his ministry (e.g., his teaching and healing activity), and continues through the transfiguration and the Last Supper. Parts three and four propose “pauses for thought” on the passion, resurrection, and risen life of Jesus. These two parts consider the differences between the passion and Easter narratives offered by the four Gospels. These differences can enrich our life of prayer. Part five reflects on “the God of all comfort,” God in the various seasons of our lives, and in the final feast of heaven.

This particularly relevant book aims to help individual Christians, ministers, and members of religious institutes, who lead busy lives but wish to “pause for thought” regularly.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780809147106
Publisher: Paulist Press
Publication date: 05/02/2011
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Part 1 Prayer

1 Six Images of Prayer 5

2 Prayer as Being Questioned 12

3 The Case Against Prayer 14

4 Two Texts for Prayer 20

5 Two Poems of the Passion 24

Part 2 The Coming and Mission of Jesus

1 The Annunciation 31

2 In Praise of Christmas Cards 34

3 Kissed into Life 38

4 The Face of the Christ Child 40

5 The Greatest Love Story 42

6 What Was Jesus Like? 44

7 Crazy About Jesus 47

8 The Miracle of Growth 49

9 Jesus and the Call to Love 51

10 The Healing of Two Women (Matt 9:18-26) 58

11 Comforts and Challenges (Luke 14:12-14) 60

12 "Abiding in Me" 63

13 "Eating This Bread and Drinking This Cup" 65

14 The Transfiguration of Jesus (Mark 9:2-8) 67

15 Bartimaeus Follows Jesus on the Way 69

16 A Scandalous Life and Death 74

Part 3 The Suffering and Death of Jesus

1 The Passion of Jesus According to Mark 79

2 The Passion and Death of Jesus 82

3 The Passion of Jesus According to Matthew and Luke 86

4 Holy Thursday According to John 90

5 Judas Iscariot 92

6 Judas, Jesus, and Peter 95

7 The Veil of Veronica 97

8 Holy Saturday 99

Part 4 The Resurrection and Risen Life of Jesus

1 The Resurrection According to Matthew 105

2 Mark on Darkness and Light 110

3 The Eyes of Love (John 20:1-9) 112

4 The Real Thomas (John 20:19-31) 115

5 "I Am the Bread of Life" 117

6 The Resurrection According to Paul 121

7 The Body Language of Love 127

Part 5 Our god

1 God and the Seasons of Our Lives 131

2 "The Father and I Are One" (John 10:30) 134

3 The God of All Comfort 136

4 God the Heavenly Chef 144

Epilogue 146

Index of Names 147

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