In Everyday Conceptions of Emotion, prominent anthropologists, linguists and psychologists come together for the first time to discuss how emotions are conceptualised by people of different cultures and ages, speaking different languages. Anger, fear, jealousy and emotion itself are concepts that are bound up with the English language, embedded in a way of thinking, acting and speaking. At the same time, the metaphors underlying such concepts are often similar across languages, and children of different cultures follow common developmental pathways. The book thus discusses the...

God wants us whole and healed no matter what the circumstances of our lives. Some of the most whole people are those whom God has put back together after suffering. God wants to be with us in our sorrows as in our joys and the Cross is the way He gave to be present at all times. Sometimes it might seem easier to shirk the Cross rather than stay facing it, but by joining our trials and difficulties to the redemptive Cross of Christ we experience grace and healing, for the Cross is where He is truly to be found.

In the 1960s, Vatican II brought renewed grace and blessing for many within the Catholic Church. For me personally, it also brought the experience of God's healing power in the Eucharist, increasing my love of mass and personal prayer life. As a mother of young children, I was then invited by my parish priest to become a catechist; this in turn led to serving Christ as a Eucharistic minister and becoming more involved in the work of Christian Unity. What I have been shown time and again is that throughout our ordinary everyday lives, the Light of Christ never goes out. This book shares some...

With the coming of Vatican ll in the early 1960's, many Catholics experienced a renewal and deepening of faith. For me this led also to a joyful experience of God's healing power, bringing with it an increased awareness of the work of grace within our everyday lives. God's grace transforms us, for grace is God's way of doing the impossible within us. This book expresses something of the way we cooperate with God to receive the power of grace already ours through a life-giving union in Jesus Christ, and reflects on how throughout our lives we are dependent upon Him for the salvation of our...

The well-known Catholic tradition of 'The Stations of the Cross' focuses our attention on the immense love Jesus has for us by undergoing His Passion and Death. By His Cross, Jesus united us to His Father, our Father, bringing us to know His healing and Light as we journey with Him throughout our ordinary everyday lives. This book, with meditations, pauses at each Station made by Jesus, contemplating the depth of His love while mindful of all He gained for us through His powerful Resurrection.

In the Virgin Mary, God revealed His power in a way we cannot rationalise but in faith believe. God took flesh in the way that spoke of His patience down through the ages and in 'The Immaculate Conception' revealed His choice, reminding us that through her Son we too are called and chosen. God not only presents the holy Virgin as a model of discipleship, but reveals ever more of Himself through her. This book traces some of the steps taken by the Mother of God and how, in a world all busy and rushed, she reminds us that we too are called to listen to God, to consider His ways and take time to...

The Holy Spirit constantly shows us, as God's beloved children, how vital it is to pray, to remain in His Presence, to listen, to trust, to be still. The meditations in this book offer hope as we make our journey of faith. Time and time again God tells us He is with us; it is in prayer that we can realise quite how deep is His Love for us in Christ Jesus.

When we hear a second-hand account of an event or a conversation, its true content can be distorted. When we read a biography we gain an insight into, rather than a full impression of, a person's life. In the Gospels, Jesus as if gives us His autobiography, speaking in the first person saying "I Am," giving His own testimony, His true account. Scripture tells us that 'In Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell'; this book looks at some of the ways in which Jesus fearlessly describes Himself, giving His followers confidence to call upon Him, for when we seek so shall we find.

The Psalms enter God's heart, reaching from the height and depth of our being. What makes the Psalms so especially relevant to our prayer life is that they were part of the prayer life of Jesus, hallowed words prayed to His Father in Heaven. The beautiful surroundings of the Santa Barbara Mission in California lend themselves to contemplating the splendour of creation and the marvel of God as Creator. In this book the chosen Psalms reflect the joy that is found in delighting in God, the comfort found in resting in Him. However we pray the Psalms, saying or chanting them, we can come ever...

A pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1998 involved going to places which have remained largely unchanged since before Jesus walked upon the earth; and a visit to the Holy Land can but enrich a love of the Gospels by going to where Jesus was conceived, to where He was born, to where He prayed and carried out His ministry as the Messiah. As someone who has personally experienced the healing power of the Risen Christ, it is especially meaningful to have stood where Jesus transformed peoples? lives through His miracles and preaching. It is inspiring to recall His Passion and Cross, treading the Via...