Saint Francis and the Way of Lent: Francis of Assisi Spiritual Practices

by Jon M. Sweeney

Publisher:

New City Press

, 2022

Overview

Live a Lent that is of both personal and communal renewal in faith!

Saint Francis and the way of lent offers a four-week format designed for both individual and group use. Each week, or chapters, focuses on a Lenten theme:

Week 1: Lant as a Balanced Way of Life

Week 2: The Lost Art of Compunction

Week 3: Spending Time Alone

Week 4: Imitating Christ

Key Features

• Offers a four-week format designed for both individual and group use.
• Focuses on Lant as a balanced way of life.
• Explores the lost art of compunction.

Product Details

• Title: Saint Francis and the Way of Lent: Francis of Assisi Spiritual Practices
• Author: Jon M. Sweeney
• Publisher: New City Press
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781565487123, 1565487125
• Resource ID: LLS:SNTFRNCSSPRCTCS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-31T16:34:01Z

About Jon M. Sweeney

Jon M. Sweeney, is an award-winning author of over forty books, including The Complete Francis of Assisi; the People of God series biographies of James Martin, SJ: In the Company of Jesus and Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint; and new from St. Martin’s Press and Penguin Random House Audio: Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices. He speaks regularly at literary and religious conferences, retreat and conference centers, and churches. Jon is a Catholic married to a rabbi. Their interfaith marriage has been profiled in national media. Living in Milwaukee, he writes regularly for America magazine and The Tablet, and he is also editor at large at Orbis Books.