Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 2

Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

4.5/5 ( ratings)

To the unstudied eye, St. Matthew's gospel can seem a terse narrative, almost a historical document and not the tremendously spiritual storehouse that it is. In his second volume of meditations on Matthew , Erasmo Leiva shows Matthew s prose to be not terse so much as economicalastoundingly so given its depth. The lay reader can derive great profit from reading this. Each short meditation comments on a verse or two, pointing to some facet of the text not immediately apparent, but rich with meaning.Leiva s work is scholarly but eminently approachable by the lay reader. The goal of the book is to help the reader experience the heat of the divine heart/the light of the divine Word.Leiva comments on the Greek text, demonstrating nuances in the text that defy translation. He uses numerous quotes from the Fathers and the Liturgy of the Church to demonstrate the way the Tradition has lived and read the Word of God. His theological reflection vivifies doctrine by seeking its roots in the words and actions of Jesus."

Language: English

Pages: 800

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Release: January 01, 2004

ISBN: 0898709768

ISBN 13: 9780898709766

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 2

Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

4.5/5 ( ratings)

To the unstudied eye, St. Matthew's gospel can seem a terse narrative, almost a historical document and not the tremendously spiritual storehouse that it is. In his second volume of meditations on Matthew , Erasmo Leiva shows Matthew s prose to be not terse so much as economicalastoundingly so given its depth. The lay reader can derive great profit from reading this. Each short meditation comments on a verse or two, pointing to some facet of the text not immediately apparent, but rich with meaning.Leiva s work is scholarly but eminently approachable by the lay reader. The goal of the book is to help the reader experience the heat of the divine heart/the light of the divine Word.Leiva comments on the Greek text, demonstrating nuances in the text that defy translation. He uses numerous quotes from the Fathers and the Liturgy of the Church to demonstrate the way the Tradition has lived and read the Word of God. His theological reflection vivifies doctrine by seeking its roots in the words and actions of Jesus."

Language: English

Pages: 800

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Release: January 01, 2004

ISBN: 0898709768

ISBN 13: 9780898709766

More books from Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

Heart of the World

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Way of the Disciple

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

4.7/5 ( ratings)

Love's Sacred Order: The Four Loves Revisited

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 3

4.8/5 ( ratings)

Theology: The Old Covenant

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word

The Blossoming Thorn: Georg Trakl's Poetry Of Atonement

Bernanos: An Ecclesial Existence

Unless You Become Like This Child

The Threefold Garland

Rate this book!

Write a review?