Why Matter Matters: Philosophical and Scriptural Reflection on the Sacraments Sobol

Why Matter Matters: Philosophical and Scriptural Reflection on the Sacraments SobolIs it really important that the wine we use for Communion be made only of grapes? Why not anoint the sick with corn oil instead of olive oil? Do the material parts of the Sacraments really make that much difference? Yes, they do! In this unique and fascinating book, we are shown why the material elements of the sacraments like bread, wine, water, and oil are absolutely crucial to our faith. You'll find not only the answers to your questions, but the

These astonishing essays contradict all our pragmatic and puritanical conceptions about labor and leisure

This volume combines both skills as it is a collection of his homilies on his favorite saints

Two books in one: Old Sam

while the Rosary is lead by various voices and responded to by a group of voices

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Many of these texts have never before been translated into English

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an architect from England

a Marist Missionary priest from Australia

The two rough-looking men who abduct her and take her far from home and family make no response to her frantic questions "Why me

What you will read in this book is not new - it is all tied-and-tested

The teaching on contraception is rejected because Western rationalism has imposed a dualism that rejects the conjugal Bride-Bridegroom relationship