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St Joseph Spiritual Classics and Books Group
Books Group meets at 7 p.m. in the Parish Library at St. Joseph (130 Common Street, Belmont). See you there!What We're Reading.....
August
Book: The Screwtape LettersAuthor: CS Lewis
When: Monday, August 2th
In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis provides a series of lessons in the importance of taking a deliberate role in living out Christian faith by portraying a typical human life, with all its temptations and failings, as seen from devils' viewpoints. Screwtape holds an administrative post in the bureaucracy ("Lowerarchy") of Hell, and acts as a mentor to Wormwood, the inexperienced tempter. In the body of the thirty-one letters which make up the book, Screwtape gives Wormwood detailed advice on various methods of undermining faith and promoting sin in the Patient, interspersed with observations on human nature and Christian doctrine. Wormwood and Screwtape live in a peculiarly morally reversed world, where individual benefit and greed are seen as the greatest good, and neither demon is capable of comprehending or acknowledging true human virtue when he sees it. (source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters)
September
Book: Acts of the ApostlesSource: Christian Scriptures/New Testament
When: Monday, September 13th
The Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of Luke's two-volume work, continues Luke's presentation of biblical history, describing how the salvation promised to Israel in the Old Testament and accomplished by Jesus has now under the guidance of the Holy Spirit been extended to the Gentiles. This was accomplished through the divinely chosen representatives (Acts 10:41) whom Jesus prepared during his historical ministry (Acts 1:21-22) and commissioned after his resurrection as witnesses to all that he taught (Acts 1:8; 10:37-43; Luke 24:48). Luke's preoccupation with the Christian community as the Spirit-guided bearer of the word of salvation rules out of his book detailed histories of the activity of most of the preachers. Only the main lines of the roles of Peter and Paul serve Luke's interest. Read it online: www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/intro.htm
October
Monday, October 4Title: Have a Little Faith
Author: Mitch Albom
An 82-year-old man asks Mitch to deliver the eulogy at his
funeral. But not just any man - Mitch's lifelong rabbi. Mitch,
feeling unqualified for the eulogy request, insists on getting
to know the man behind the robes and the pulpit. Mitch explores
the human side of the people who 'believe', and examines why
people believe in those people. He and the rabbi discuss topics
that perplex modern man: how to be righteous in a world that
isn't; how clergy keep from growing cynical; intermarriage;
atheism; the 'us' and 'them' of religion; war; heaven; what
happens when a man of God begins to doubt God.
revised 2010