Thomas Keating O.C.S.O.

In this book Father Thomas Keating provides his fast growing readership with a remarkable reflection on the experience of Christ in the liturgy.

PrefaceTHE POWER OF RITUALTRANSMITTING THE MYSTERY OF CHRISTTHE FIVE PRESENCES OF CHRIST IN THE LITURGYThe Christmas-Epiphany MysteryINTRODUCTIONTHE CHRISTMAS-EPIPHANY MYS­TERYTHE ANNUNCIATIONTHE VISITATIONCHRISTMASEPIPHANYTHE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WEDDING FEAST AT CANAThe Easter-Ascension MysteryINTRODUCTIONLENT AND THE HUMAN CONDI­TIONTHE TEMPTATIONS IN THE DESERTTHE TRANSFIGURATIONTHE PRODIGAL SONMARTHA AND MARYTHE ANOINTING AT BETHANYTHE FATHER AND I ARE ONETHE PASSIONFATHER, HOW CAN I, YOUR SON, BECOME SIN?THE BURIALTHE ANOINTING OF THE BODY OF JESUSTHE WOMEN VISIT THE TOMBMARY MAGDALENE MEETS THE RISEN CHRISTON THE ROAD TO EMMAUSTHE APPEARANCE IN THE UPPER ROOMCHRIST SATISFIES THOMAS' DOUBTSCHRIST APPEARS TO HIS FRIENDS AT THE SEA OF GALILEETHE ASCENSIONThe Pentecost MysteryINTRODUCTIONTHE FEAST OF PENTECOSTOrdinary TimeINTRODUCTIONTHE BEATITUDESTRUE HAPPI­NESSA NEW KIND OF CONSCIOUSNESSOUT REACHTHE HIGHER DEGREE OF HAPPINESSTHE ULTIMATE BEATITUDETHE PARABLESTHE REIGN OF GODTHE TALENTSINCIDENTS FROM JESUS' MINISTRYPETER AT CAPERNAUMLAUNCHING OUT IN TO DEEP WATERSPETER AT LAKE GENNESARETTHE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY-TWOAppendix 1THEROSARYAppendix 2CONTEMPLATIVE LITURGYNotes

Thomas Keating was a Cistercian monk who founded the worldwide 'Contemplative Outreach', teaching people the art of meditation. Following upon Open Mind, Open Heart, which presents a profound formation in Christian prayer, this book demonstrates the contemplative dimension of Christian worship. Here Father Keating recovers the deeper sense of the liturgical year and shares a theological and mystical perspective on the major feasts of the annual cycle. The reader is immersed in the wonder of faith in the mystery of Christ and of the unique nature of God's action and presence in and through the liturgy of our lives.