Spirituality/Inspiration
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FOR MANY CATHOLICS, practicing one’s faith may have felt much
simpler as a child. This was true for author Catherine Wiecher Brunell; but as she matured, she encountered a tension in her faith—a disconnect between the faith she learned as a child and the faith she lived as an adult. In Becoming Catholic, Again, Brunell shares her realization of a spiritual identity that is both congruent with her lived experience and Church Tradition. Becoming Catholic, Again examines how to maintain an authentic spiritual life and a connection to the Church in a postmodern world. For example, Brunell describes her experience with “theology of inadequacy”: if we only prayed more and did more, then blessings and grace would flow. But that attitude might actually box God out of our lives—to find grace, we should focus on the lives we lead and meet the needs we see in the world from where we stand.
CATHERINE WIECHER BRUNELL is a pastoral minister of the everyday. Her life’s work is about finding meaning in ordinary things by teaching and practicing faith. She has a master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Boston College. She lives in Natick, Massachusetts, with her four children and husband.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8294-3751-5 ISBN-10: 0-8294-3751-7
BRU N E LL
Brunell invites us to experience a faith that grows through personal discovery. Like Brunell, we may no longer have the absolute faith of a child, but we can nurture an adult faith that reconciles any differences.
Becoming Catholic, Again
ARRIVI NG AT A FAITH THAT MATTE RS
Becoming Catholic,
Again Connecting the Faith We Were Taught with the Faith We Live
CATH E RI N E WI ECH E R BRU N E LL