From Hero to Servant to Mystic (eBook)

Navigating the Deeper Waters of Priestly Spirituality

Scott P Detisch (Autor)

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2019
168 Seiten
Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-8146-4493-5 (ISBN)

Infos

From Hero to Servant to Mystic addresses both the initial and ongoing formation of priests by tracing three significant stages in how their spiritual lives unfold. Fr. Scott Detisch offers seminarians, priests, spiritual directors, and clergy personnel directors a way of understanding the whole gamut of spiritual growth and development in priests by focusing on three major clusters of energies within menthe Hero, the Servant, and the Mystic. By recognizing the difficulties that may arise within the inner life and outer world of a priest, Detisch offers helpful methods for navigating through those challenging periods. By applying these energies to their spiritual lives, priests will experience a different form of relationship with the person of Christthe Hero, who offers his life for Christ; the Servant, who ministers with Christ; and the Mystic, who lives his life in Christ.

Inhalt

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1Chapter One A Noble Hero for Christ 15Chapter Two A Faithful Servant with Christ 47Chapter Three A Humble Mystic in Christ in Me 77Chapter Four The Archetypes in the “Ark-of-Types” 105Chapter Five The Archetypes in Initial and Ongoing Priestly Formation 123Epilogue The River Always Beckons 147  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
• Schlagworte: Chapter Four: “Mentoring Spiritual Growth in Seminary Formation and the Ongoing Formation of Priests” offers some observations about how best to meet seminarians where they are at in their initial formation but also how to prepare them for what lies ahead in the spiritual life. It also offers advice about what dioceses and religious communities need to do to assist priests in recognizing and then navigating the shifts that are occurring in their spiritual growth and development. • Chapter One: “The Hero for Christ” traces the initial stages of vocational discernment within seminarians and the initial years of ministry for newly ordained priests. • Chapter Three: “The Humble Mystic in Christ” examines how a priest’s inner life begins to shape more strongly his outer ministry and leads to a greater awareness of his generativity as a priest, all of which come from the abiding presence of Christ within him. • Chapter Two: “The Faithful Servant with Christ” looks at how a priest emerges from the period of increasing frustrations and disappointments with priestly life by discovering a deeper sense of companionship with Christ and living out of a new archetypal energy. • Preaching • Priestly Formation • Priestly spiritual growth
• ISBN-10: 0-8146-4493-7 / 0814644937
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8146-4493-5 / 9780814644935