[PDF] No Cross No Crown eBook

Author : Sister Mary Bernard Deggs
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 31,78 MB
Release : 2002-08-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253215437

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Nineteenth-century New Orleans was a diverse city. The French-speaking Catholic Creoles, whether black, white, or racially mixed-so different from the city's English-speaking residents-inspired intense curiosity and speculation. But none of the city's inhabitants evoked as much wonder as did the Sisters of the Holy Family, whose mission was to evangelize slaves and free people of color and to care for the poor, sick, and elderly. These women, whose community still thrives, are portrayed in an account written between 1896 and 1898 by one of their sisters, Mary Bernard Deggs, who shortly before her death made it her mission to record the remarkable historical journey the women had taken to serve those of their race. Although Deggs did not officially join the Sisters of the Holy Family until 1873, she was a student at the sisters' early school on Bayou Road and thus would have known, as a child, Henriette Delille, the founder and first mother superior of the Sisters of the Holy Family, and the other women who joined her. This account captures, in a most graphic way, the founding of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans in 1842 and the difficult years that followed. It was not until 1852 that the foundresses were able to take their first official vows and exchange their blue percale gowns for black ones (and it was 1873 before they were permitted to wear a formal religious habit). Shortly before Delille's death in 1862, Union forces seized the city, and Delille's successor, Juliette Gaudin, faced dire economic circumstances. The war and postwar years economically devastated New Orleans and its population. Freed slaves poured into the city, unintentionally adding themselves to the already overwhelming mission of the sisters. Those were the poorest and most uncertain years the sisters were to face. We know very little about Sister Mary Bernard Deggs herself, but her history of the early years of the Sisters o

Author : T.D. Jakes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 1416547339

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Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.

Author : Mark A. Noll
Publisher : Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 32,17 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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To help Christians apply the person and work of the incarnate Christ as they think about the nature of politics or engage in political activity.

Author : Gabriel Agbo
Publisher : Litres
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 5042382151

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This little but powerful book is written to encourage and empower Christians who are going through tough times of trial. They should know that those unpleasant situations will serve as God's instruments of lifting them to their next phase of breakthrough. Here, we will see that our attitude can determine our altitude in our walk with God. And also, that there is always a profit in every adversity.

Author : Glenn Dowell
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2015-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1504327659

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This book chronicles the problems and tragedies that occur in our lives. When they occur, we are normally so overcome with grief and sadness that our tears slow us down and cloud our judgment. If the tragedy is caused by another, our impulse is often to get even by causing them harm. It is during these occasions that we must take our problems to the Lord in prayer. He will save us and place us in his mighty arms for protection and solace. He will speak to us and say, I am the Lord, thy God; fear not. These stories are designed to be a source of inspiration for others. Never give up trusting in the Lord; He will save you and provide you comfort in your time of despair. If you believe, your faith will be a source of comfort in your time of need. Are you a Believer?

Author : Andreas J. Köstenberger
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 44,79 MB
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433684012

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The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown guides serious New Testament students through the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the biblical text, allowing them to better understand and share God’s “word of truth” (2 Tim 2:15). It offers a thorough introduction to all twenty-seven books of the New Testament and closely examines events such as Christ’s incarnation and virgin birth, his crucifixion and resurrection, and triumphant return. The second edition features updated bibliographies and footnotes, interpretation sections that cover different literary genres in the New Testament, an epilogue that canvasses the entire storyline of Scripture, and a variety of maps. All of these new features contribute to making this a life-long resource for students of Scripture.