Sabbath Presence : Appreciating the Gifts of Each Day

By Kathleen Casey

Thirteen reflections, each with scripture, a meditation activity & meditation questions, offer us the chance to explore the gifts of Sabbath. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594710686
• ISBN13: 9781594710681
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Be Still and Know

I've been telling so many people about this book I've lost count. I would love to buy several copies to share them with my nearest and dearest. This is the perfect book for anyone who is busy trying to balance family, work, volunteering, personal prayer time...In short, it belongs on everyone's must-read list. It expands upon the "Be Still and Know" theme inviting us to deeper personal reflection and quiet time to feel God's presence. "Being still" seems countercultural and all but un-American. Kathleen Casey recognizes this, and through a close look at her own life experiences and desire for balance, examines how we can benefit if we "keep holy the Sabbath." I can't tell you what a profound impact this book has had on my life. I've read more spiritual books than I could keep track of over the years, but I rarely reread any books. I knew how deeply this book resonated with me when I read through it, stopping to do the meditations and journaling exercises at the end of each chapter, then I immediately started to reread it. The second time around I've only read one chapter on any given day, so all of the wisdom can sink in and I can take as much time as I need to process through prayer and journaling how the principles apply to my own life. Sabbath Presence is an intimate portrayal of Kathleen's own struggle to let go of the tendency to fill every waking minute with activities. She shares her own experiences and then leads us to take a look in the mirror and ask ourselves how we can break away from a life of busy-ness in order to rest in God's presence, Sabbath presence. There are numerous thought-provoking questions in the book, but the main one that links all of the others together: how would it change your life, the Church, the world...if everyone observed the Sabbath by making it a day of rest to focus on God and family?

An informative and "reader friendly" approach to understanding the Sabbath Day

Very highly recommended reading, especially for seminary and theology students, Sabbath Presence: Appreciating The Gifts Of Each Day by Kathleen Casey is an informative and "reader friendly" approach to understanding the Sabbath Day and how it may best be integrated into the everyday daily lives of Catholic laity and clergy. A complete and practical guide, Sabbath Presence provides thought provoking documentation in the course of deftly addresses the intricacies of life and the most effective and constructive ways to work meditations and personal time into busy contemporary schedules. Sabbath Presence is a superbly written and basically informative read for all practicing and work-obligated Catholics seeking to find an instructive mapping to aide in making the most of their personal-time while enhancing adherence to their spiritual and religious obligations.