{"product_id":"cardinal-zens-lenten-reflections-9798889110767","title":"Cardinal Zen's Lenten Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003e Lent is a time of preparation and renewal through prayer, mortification, and charity. With candor and compassion, Joseph Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong explains how you can open your heart to grow in love of God. These meditations, collected from His Eminence's homilies and pastoral letters during a time of social and political tension, will fortify you to face temptations in a secular world and choose the light of life. As he journeys with you, you will also find the path to healing amid suffering and the glory of resurrected love. Most significantly, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e God's wedding gift to you -- and your response \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Five attitudes to cultivate to become a cheerful giver \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How to restore your amazement and awe in the Paschal Mystery \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ways to make your Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter celebrations more meaningful \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What you must do to be saved and embrace God's healing and liberation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Seven lessons on the road to Emmaus that will transform your life \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this relational book, you will develop renewed fervor in your devotion to Jesus, our Savior, who wants to take you to a higher level. You will also find out how to live in imitation of the Good Shepherd and love your neighbor with a mother's heart. Through Cardinal Zen's real life reflections, wisdom, and thought-provoking questions, you will further see how the message of Jesus in the Gospels affirm the dignity of the human person. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As His Eminence reveals the mystery of the cross, you will find what it means to have the faith of a child and experience the comfort and tenderness of the Holy Spirit, especially in times of persecution and suffering. You will also learn about the steps to take in following God's call and, with the man healed of blindness, say: \"I went. I washed. I was able to see.\" Most significantly, you will experience the love of the Eternal Father who welcomes you home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889110767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Cardinal Joseph Zen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448899797173,"sku":"9798889110767","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5de6e43e-77d9-4e94-927a-8938a22b4edb.jpg?v=1704214126","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cardinal-zens-lenten-reflections-9798889110767","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}