Spirit & Life: Essays on Interpreting the Bible in Ordinary Time

Spirit and Life: Interpreting the Bible in Ordinary Time provides the reader with a greater appreciation of the Living Word. In nine informative and engaging essays, Dr. Scott Hahn draws readers' attention to central themes in Scripture, which make sense when read in the " natural and supernatural habitat" of the liturgy.

Topics include:

• Scripture as God's symphony
• Pope Benedict's Scripture-based teaching on the person and prayer of Jesus
• The connection of Scripture, liturgy, and the Church
• The "liturgical sense" of God's Word
• The theme of fulfillment in Matthew's Gospel
• Church authority within a scriptural context
• A biblical approach to the "Pentecostal" phenomena
• A paradox? Christ as Majestic Judge vs. Christ as the Lamb

Hahn convincingly demonstrates that Scripture is not a dead letter, but rather a great, living gift from God.