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Seven Last Words de James Martin

Seven Last Words

Autor James Martin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 feb 2016

Notăm cu interes contribuția adusă de James Martin, preot jezuit și editor al revistei America, în spațiul reflecției teologice contemporane. Autorul, a cărui pregătire la Weston Jesuit School of Theology fundamentează o abordare deopotrivă academică și pastorală, propune în Seven Last Words o incursiune în psihologia divin-umană a ultimelor momente ale Răstignirii. Subliniem faptul că această lucrare nu este un simplu comentariu exegetic, ci o serie de meditații structurate care urmăresc să apropie cititorul de figura lui Iisus prin prisma vulnerabilității și a empatiei.

Fiecare capitol analizează una dintre cele șapte rostiri biblice — de la iertarea dușmanilor la încredințarea spiritului în mâinile Tatălui — interpretându-le ca momente pedagogice esențiale. Reținem că această abordare se aliniază cu alte lucrări spirituale ale autorului, precum Come Forth, unde acesta explorează episoade cheie din Noul Testament pentru a oferi ghidaj spiritual modern. Volumul se distinge clar de producția sa editorială gastronomică, precum James Martin's Saturday Morning Cookbook, reconfirmând versatilitatea autorului, dar rămânând ancorat în vocația sa primară.

Comparativ cu Final Words from the Cross de Adam Hamilton, care oferă o perspectivă axată pe parcursul Postului Mare, lucrarea lui Martin este mai concentrată pe dimensiunea psihologică a suferinței și pe modul în care aceasta devine un liant între divinitate și condiția umană. Dacă lucrarea lui Hamilton servește ca un ghid de călătorie spirituală cronologică, Seven Last Words funcționează ca o examinare aprofundată a caracterului și a milei, oferind un portret intim al lui Iisus în fața morții.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780062431387
ISBN-10: 0062431382
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 136 x 194 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Harpercollins

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte se adresează celor care caută o înțelegere mai profundă a semnificației teologice și emoționale a Răstignirii. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă nouă asupra modului în care suferința poate fi transformată în empatie. Este o recomandare esențială pentru perioada Paștelui sau pentru studiul individual, oferind un suport meditativ accesibil, dar riguros, despre ce înseamnă să fii „pe deplin om” în momente de cumpănă.

Despre autor

James Martin este un preot jezuit american, autor de succes și editor la revista catolică America. Absolvent al Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Martin a devenit una dintre cele mai influente voci ale catolicismului modern, fiind cunoscut pentru capacitatea de a traduce concepte teologice complexe în limbaj accesibil. Deși este renumit și pentru activitatea sa în domeniul culinar, cu titluri precum Butter sau Cheese, contribuțiile sale majore rămân în sfera spiritualității, unde explorează viața sfinților și textele biblice cu o sensibilitate aparte față de nevoile omului contemporan.

Descriere scurtă

“Spiritually rewarding and uplifting.” — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
New York Times bestselling author and editor at large of America magazine Father James Martin reveals how we can turn to Christ completely in mind, heart, and soul. Martin offers a portrait of Jesus, using his last words on the cross to reveal how deeply he understood our predicaments and shows us what it means to be fully human.
Each meditation is dedicated to one of the seven sayings:
  • “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”
  • “Today you will be with me in Paradise.”
  • “Woman, this is your son”  . . .  “This is your mother.”
  • “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
  • “I thirst.”
  • “It is finished.”
  • “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
With the warmth, wisdom, and grace that infuse his works, Father James Martin explains why Jesus’s crucifixion and death on the cross is an important teaching moment in the Gospels. Jesus’s final statements, words that are deeply cherished by his followers, exemplify the depth of his suffering but also provide a key to his empathy and why we can connect with him so deeply.

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New York Times bestselling author James Martin, SJ, offers a vivid and compelling portrait of Jesus based on the Messiah’s dramatic last words on the cross. Father Martin shows how deeply Jesus understands our struggles and why we can turn to him completely—in mind, heart, and soul. Based on Martin’s homilies at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Good Friday 2015, each meditation reflects on one of the seven traditional sayings:
“Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
“Woman, here is your son. . . . Here is your mother.”
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
“I am thirsty.”
“It is finished.”
With the warmth, wisdom, and grace that infuse all of his writings, Father Martin explains why Jesus’s words from the cross are so important for the life of the believer. For Jesus’s final statements show how deeply Jesus understands our human struggles and why we can turn to him completely, sharing all our hopes and fears with him.
Jesus Understands You
From the New York Times bestselling and award- winning author James Martin, SJ, comes a series of meditations on the seven sayings of Jesus from the cross, which reveal not only Jesus’s love and forgiveness, but also why we can confidently turn to him with our worries, fears, and even doubts.
“Spiritually rewarding and uplifting.”—Cardinal Timothy Dolan, from the Foreword
“This insight alone makes this book worth reading: Jesus endured suffering, so he understands ours.”—Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man Walking
Praise for James Martin
“A masterful teacher and storyteller.”—Our Sunday Visitor
“Father Martin is a great spiritual teacher.”—Mary Karr, author of Lit
“A terrific storyteller . . . wise and entertaining.”—The Chicago Tribune “Martin is one of our most popular spiritual writers—and for good reason.”—Commonweal

Recenzii

“This insight alone makes this book worth reading: Jesus endured suffering, so he understands ours. There is nothing more isolating than suffering, everyone’s suffering is largely incommunicable. Thus, in seeking to shoulder the sufferings of others we must pray to be able to hear the muffled cry.” — Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man Walking
“As I sat in the cathedral on Good Friday, I listened to Father Martin’s reflections on the Lord’s Seven Last Words, grateful for the spiritual renewal he was bringing to the faithful assembled in prayer on this most solemn day of the Church year.” — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
“Spiritually rewarding and uplifting.” — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
A short but powerful work.” — Publishers Weekly
“An inspiring, spirit-srengthening resource for anyone bearing the weight of their own or another’s suffering. “James Martin’s compassion breathes through this book.” — Joyce Rupp, author of Fly While You Still Have Wings
“Tremendous... very moving.” — The Leaven
“Martin’s book keeps coming back to the central point: Yes, Christians believe Jesus is divine-but, because he also was human, Jesus’s compassion is deeper than we may expect. . . . Readers will walk away feeling hopeful-and feeling a renewed commitment to help others in our world.” — Read the Spirit
“When you struggle in the spiritual life, when you wonder where God is, when you pray in doubt and darkness, and even when you are close to despair, you are praying to someone who is fully human and fully divine, someone who understands you fully.” — America Magazine
“Martin invites the reader to inhabit the gospels; to live out the Passion in the privacy of the mind. He knows how to render the familiar-yet-strange events of Good Friday in such a way that the reader does not so much relate to Jesus’ experience as taste it.” — The Tablet
“Based on a series of reflections he delivered on Good Friday, 2015, in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Fr. Martin preserves the sense of discursive intimacy with which he conducted the talks, while offering the reader the chance to engage the traditional Lenten exercise of prayerful meditation.” — Vatican Radio
“Father James Martin is one of the most brilliant philosophical minds of our times. His prolific career as a writer has brought to us the insight and awareness of service to others along with the need to incorporate Joy into our lives.” — OM Times
“The renowned Jesuit, James Martin, offers reflections on Christ’s last words and refers to the type of ‘radical forgiveness’ Christ showed on the cross. It is very powerful, but very rare. Yet when we see it, we recognize it, he says.” — Crux
“Wisdom is sprinkled throughout.” — Stuart Dunn
“One of the most important religious voices in the country.” — Religion News Service