Böcker av Dana Paul Robinson

Set against the backdrop of a graceful New England estate in the 1990s, Adeodata weaves a captivating tale of six distinct individuals, each navigating complex interrelationships and personal crises of faith. The narrative features an archbishop on the cusp of becoming a cardinal who shockingly discovers he has a grandchild, a wealthy but morally compromised bachelor business tycoon known for his generosity, a stressed housekeeper mourning the loss of societal civility, the tycoon's widowed sister-in-law who has been the object of his lifelong affection, a young rock singer in search of meaningful direction, and a beautiful Italian orphan who, while seeking her sole surviving relative in New England, tragically contracts a fatal disease. Each character faces unique challenges, raising profound philosophical questions. How does one cope with unexpected tragedy? What does it mean to confront loneliness and a lack of purpose? What obligations arise when one's life is saved by another? And what role does beauty play in our lives?

Readers at first will think this short book, Me Is Under Attack, is the lament of a disgruntled curmudgeon convinced that the declining standards in our society portend an irreversible descent into widespread boredom and barbarism. However, as they complete their journey through the always persuasive and sometimes entertaining pages, they will come to discover the author's great hope for a better future and his suggestions for how to bring it about. His recommendation entails strengthening relationships, the sinews of society, by reengaging those same personal standards we seem to be abandoning. And, he recommends we start with that paramount standard, the standard of beauty. It is an easy read and highly recommended for anyone discouraged by the creeping dullness that seems more and more to pervade what once was regarded as western civilization.

"God is. There is no statement more profound or simpler than this. Nothing exists apart from God. God is Being - the eternal, unchanging, infinitely powerful, infinitely knowing, and infinitely loving Being. God is life. He is creator and sustainer of all life and has created us in his own image to know, serve, and love him and to share eternal life with him. History is the story of our response to God's unceasing invitation to be known, served, and loved." And so begins one of our generation's most necessary and rationally deduced theological texts on Catholicism. A Parent's Catechism: Passing on the Catholic Faith is an accessible, highly readable, and objective explanation of the Catholic faith. With a measured hand and strong sense of hope, Dana Paul Robinson thoughtfully and eloquently examines all that is relevant and necessary as he explores the basics of the Catholic faith, a faith when effectively followed, leads to knowledge of God, commitment to God, and surrender to God.