The Office of Faith Formation and Lay Ecclesial Ministry would love for you to visit us at the library. The library has periodicals and resources for small group study. Located at the Diocese of Youngstown, 225 Elm Street, the library is open to anyone during our regular hours Monday through Friday from 8 am – 4 pm.
Here is a small sampling of seasonal materials:
Faces of Easter: Meeting the Paschal Mystery in People Around Us. Albert Holtz. Liturgical Press, 2019. Using vignettes set in or near his monastery in downtown Newark, New Jersey, Benedictine monk Albert Holtz helps us to see that the Easter mystery, which can often seem abstract and distant, is in fact present all around us. As we accompany him through the fifty days of the Easter season, we listen in on his intriguing interactions with local street people and his inner-city high school students – an insider’s look at what goes on in a monk’s heart as he chants Vespers to the sound of police sirens. Anyone wishing to deepen his or her experience of the Easter mystery will find this a valuable and engaging book.
Daily Reflections for Easter to Pentecost. William Skudlarek, OSB. Liturgical Press, 2023. There is no better season to renew one’s relationship with God than Easter, the most joyful days of the church’s year. Rejoice with these inspiring reflections on the daily Mass readings. In just a few minutes each day, the insightful meditations of Rejoice and Be Glad can help you embrace, live, and share the good news of the great paschal mystery.
Jesus of Nazareth: Who He Wanted, Who He Was. Gerhard Lohfink. Liturgical Press, 2012. Who was Jesus? A prophet? There have been many of those. A miracle-worker? A radical revolutionary? A wise teacher? There have been many of these, too. Scripture scholar Gerhard Lohfink asks, What is unique about Jesus of Nazareth, and what did he really want? Lohfink engages the perceptions of the first witnesses of his life and ministry and those who handed on their testimony. His approach is altogether historical and critical, but he agrees with Karl Barth’s statement that “historical criticism has to be more critical.” Lohfink takes seriously the fact that Jesus was a Jew and lived entirely in and out of Israel’s faith experiences but at the same time brought those experiences to their goal and fulfillment. The result is a convincing and profound picture of Jesus.
