9798257320248 - growing old with god: a catholic guide to ageing, illness, and holy dependence de rette, grace (2 resultados)
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Growing older can feel like a long surrender.Strength fades. Illness interrupts. Dependence becomes harder to avoid. The world grows quieter. And for many faithful Catholics, later life raises serious questions that lighter books often pass over too quickly: What is old age for? What remains… when usefulness declines? How should a Christian endure weakness, loneliness, fatigue, grief, and the approach of death without despair?Growing Old with God is a thoughtful Catholic guide to ageing, illness, holy dependence, and final perseverance. Written with theological seriousness, pastoral steadiness, and deep respect for the real burdens of later life, this book does not offer shallow encouragement or easy answers. Instead, it helps readers face the losses of ageing honestly while recovering the Christian truth that old age is not spiritually empty.Inside, readers will find reflection on: the grief of physical diminishment and lost usefulnessdependence, dignity, and the fear of becoming a burdenillness, fatigue, interrupted plans, and hidden enduranceloneliness, bereavement, widowhood, and the thinning of the worldprayer in weakness, when attention, energy, and consolation are reducedthe hidden fruitfulness of later life through intercession, repentance, gentleness, and faithful sufferingChristian preparation for illness, incapacity, death, confession, anointing, and final perseveranceThe book also includes practical appendices on preparing for illness and death, along with traditional prayers for weakness, suffering, loneliness, dependence, and a happy death.For older Catholics, for those caring for ageing parents or loved ones, and for anyone seeking a more serious Catholic understanding of weakness and the final years of life, Growing Old with God offers clear, reverent, and hopeful guidance for growing old not merely toward death, but toward God. (Available in two formats: a standard paperback edition for everyday reading, and a large-print hardcover designed for greater ease and comfort.) This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
