How Long to Read Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World

How Long Does it Take to Read Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 56 minutes to read Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World by Patricia Jordan

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Pope Francis, writing a Letter to all Consecrated People, 'as a brother who, like yourselves, is consecrated to God', proclaimed the Year of Consecrated Life and outlined three main aims and five expectations for this special year. In this book, these aims and expectations have been reflected upon and woven into the text with their graces, invitations and challenges. Firstly, in looking to the past with gratitude, Sr Patricia draws our attention to the last fifty years in particular. With her emphasis on Jubilee, she emphasises gratitude and joy for the journey that has taken us to where we are now. In so doing, remembering and recounting our history 'preserves our identity, for strengthening our unity as a family and our common sense of belonging'. The call 'to live the present with passion' is presented by the author as the greatest challenge because it is the perennial challenge of the Gospel. As Pope Francis says: 'The Gospel is demanding: it demands to be lived radically and sincerely'. This is a twofold challenge to a personal and passionate love for Jesus and a reaching out to others with the love of his heart. Therefore the call to mysticism and prophecy is emphasised. Finally, to embrace the future with hope, invites us to allow the Holy Spirit to 'spur us on so that he can do great things with us'. This book will ask questions, pose challenges and invite us to 'constantly set out anew, with trust in the Lord' so that 'we may wake up the world' and be witnesses to the joy of the Gospel. Patricia Jordan is a Franciscan Sister Minoress. Graduating from Liverpool University with a B.Ed. (Hons.), she has taught Religious Education and English at secondary school level, and has both an MA (from the Franciscan Institute, St Bonaventure University) and a Ph.D in Franciscan Studies. She has been involved in the ministry of Religious Formation for over thirty years and writes here from her personal experience of Consecrated Life. She is currently Novice Director and is a member of the Leadership Team for her Congregation. She is also Director of The Portiuncula, House of Franciscan Prayer and Solitude, in Derbyshire. Her three other books, An Affair of the Heart: A Biblical and Franciscan Journey, Come Apart and Rest a While and Francis and Therese: Great Little Saints are also published by Gracewing.

How long is Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World?

Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World by Patricia Jordan is 174 pages long, and a total of 44,196 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 54% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 1 minute to read Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World aloud.

What Reading Level is Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World?

Shifting Sands and Solid Rock: Religious Life in a Changing World is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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