Research Catalog

Title

The priesthood of the heart : woman's unique vocation / Jo Croissant.

Author

Croissant, Jo.

Publication

Staten Island, N.Y. : St. Pauls/Alba House, c2007.

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Details

Description

ix, 152 p.; 21 cm.

Uniform Title

Femme sacerdotale, ou, Le sacerdoce du cœur. English

Alternative Title

Femme sacerdotale, ou, Le sacerdoce du cœur.

Subject

• Catholic Church > Doctrines
• Women > Religious aspects > Christianity
• Women in Christianity
• Women in the Catholic Church
• Priesthood, Universal
• Women clergy
• Ordination of women > Christianity
• Women in church work

Contents

The search for identity -- A key epoch -- Feminism -- God's wonderful plan -- Ish and Isha -- Daughter of God -- From the fatherhood of man to the fatherhood of God -- Father and daughter -- Original sin -- The restoration of divine filiation and the healing of wounds -- Under the Father's gaze -- Becoming a child again -- The adolescent and the fear of the gaze of others -- The glorious freedom of the children of God -- Analysis or contemplation -- It is my gaze that purifies you -- A time of faith or trustful submission -- Son of God through faith -- Have faith in God -- Everything is possible to the one who has faith (Mark 9:23) -- Wife -- An immense, unsatisfied need to love -- From daughter to wife -- For the wife is the one who loves -- Disappointment -- The Garden of Eden and the fall -- From transparency to opacity -- From domination to submission -- Wife in the redemptive order : love and submission -- "As I have loved you, so you should love one another" (John 13:34) -- The mutual submission of husband and wife -- Submission and humility -- Obedience : an act of faith, hope, and love -- The woman must change first -- Husband and wife -- The man's love -- Recognizing the difference -- Fusion leaves no space for God -- Consecrated life -- Love and the cross -- The purification of love -- The impossibility of communicating -- The trial of truth -- Infidelity -- The power of the resurrection -- Mother -- Women no longer want to give birth -- Wife therefore mother -- Women refuse to give life -- From mastering fecundity to the refusal to give life -- Giving one's life to give life : motherhood conceived as a handicap -- Motherhood and the gift of blood -- Childbirth and pain -- The consequences of sin -- Oblation and fecundity -- A joyful offering -- The woman's yes -- Children and the cross -- Universal motherhood -- Behold your mother -- Mary's school -- The annunciation -- The visitation -- The nativity -- The presentation -- The finding -- The grace of the woman -- The fruit of the Spirit -- Silence -- The woman's heart : diffuser of peace -- Self-control -- Tenderness -- Chastity -- Beauty -- The woman at the heart of the family -- Serving unity -- The woman, light of her home -- The priesthood of the heart.

Call Number

JFD 08-354

ISBN

• 9780818912511
• 0818912510

LCCN

2007008083

OCLC

• 85692835
• vendorOCM85692835

Author

Croissant, Jo.

Title

The priesthood of the heart : woman's unique vocation / Jo Croissant.

Imprint

Staten Island, N.Y. : St. Pauls/Alba House, c2007.

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Research Call Number

JFD 08-354