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Автор: Laurence McTaggart
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      Being Catholic Today

      Faith, Doubt and Everyday Life

      Laurence McTaggart OSB

      

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      an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Fount

      Copyright © 2000 Laurence McTaggart

      Laurence McTaggart asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Scripture quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, © 1966 Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday

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      Source ISBN: 9780007121793

      Ebook Edition © DECEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780007404452 Version: 2016-02-25

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      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Chapter 7 THE MISSING LINK

       Chapter 8 HOW TO BE BAD AT PRAYER

       Chapter 9 SHADOW BOXING

       Chapter 10 EYE OF THE NEEDLE

       PART 3 THE CHURCH AND US

       Chapter 11 MEETING CHRIST

       Chapter 12 HOW TO DISAGREE WITH THE POPE

       Chapter 13 WALKING CALMLY

       Chapter 14 LOST FOR EVER?

       Chapter 15 OUT OF COMMUNION

       Chapter 16 OTHER SHEEP

       Chapter 17 INTERCOMMUNION

       PART 4 ISSUES FOR TODAY

       Chapter 18 THE BETTER PART

       Chapter 19 WORTH A MASS?

       Chapter 20 LIVING IN SIN

       Chapter 21 SUICIDE

       Chapter 22 BLUE PIGS

       Chapter 23 ON THE SHELF

       AFTERWORD Being Catholic Today

       About the Publisher

       PREFACE

      Do not be afraid.

      Isaiah 41:14

      You may think this is a book, but it’s more a conversation. I’m not attempting to settle any of the problems of being a Catholic today, nor will I give any definitive account of what it means to be Catholic. Maybe those would be good things to do, but they are beyond any one person to achieve on his or her own. So, instead, I offer you one half of a conversation for you to react to as you wish. Parts you may like, and parts you may think are rubbish. Parts may even offend, in which case I ask your pardon as that was not my intention.

      You may also think of things I have not talked about which matter to you very much. Treat, if you will, what follows as one Catholic trying to say what his faith is in today’s world. It is part of the human condition to be confused and challenged, by faith and by the life we lead. We also yearn for sense and for vision. To find it, we have to share with each other, without too much fear. In what follows, I am trying to share what sense I have made of life so far. Indeed, the Church is made up of a lot of very different people united by one hope, of finding God and staying with him. Let us enjoy each other’s company