Gift of Peace

Name: Gift of Peace
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ISBN: 9780385494342

ISBN-10: 0385494343

ISBN-13: 9780385494342

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Authors: Joseph Bernardin, Joseph Bernardin

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Joseph Cardinal Bernardin's gentle leadership throughout his life of ministerial service had made him an internationally beloved figure, but the words he left behind about his final journey would change the lives of many more people from all faiths, from all backgrounds, and from all over the world. In the last two months of his life, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin made it his ultimate mission to share his personal reflections and insights as a legacy to those he left behind. The Gift of Peace reveals the Cardinal's spiritual growth amid a string of traumatic events: a false accusation of sexual abuse; reconciliation a year later with his accuser, who had earlier recanted the charges; a…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/10/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.23" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Personal Letter to the Reader


Acknowledgments



Letting Go



False Accusation


Meditation: Emptying Oneself


Facing False Charges


Sharing the Truth with the World


The Case Unravels


Meeting My Accuser: Forgiveness and Reconciliation



Cancer


Meditation: Suffering in Communion with the Lord


New life


Diagnosis: Cancer


An Aside: My Father


Sharing the News with My "Family"


Surgery


An Aside: My Mother


My Cancer Ministry Begins



A Priest First, a Patient Second


Meditation: "As Those Who Serve"


Heeding God's Call: The Priesthood


"Unofficial Chaplain" to Cancer Patients


A Special Community


Practicing What i Preach


An Aside: The Importance of Prayer


A Priest First, and a Patient Second


Further Challenges


"A Sign of Hope": My Pastoral Letter on Healthcare


Letters from Fellow Cancer Patients



Befriending Death


Meditation: "Come to Me All You Who Are Weary and Find Life Burdensome"


A Visit from an Old Friend


The Cancer Returns


Dying Publicly


My Ministry Continues


Meeting with the Holy Father


Letting Go of the Future


Praying with the Presbyterate


Letting Go of My Ministry


The Cross Comes into Clear View



The Gift of Peace