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"These offer directions, suggestions and materials for improving liturgical celebrations and participation in them. They cover the major aspects of the liturgy: liturgical seasons, the sacraments, ministries, etc. They are prepared at the Centro de Pastoral Liturgica, with contributions by a variety of authors. Also works by a single author. Most Dossiers have had multiple printings. Where should the various books of the Bible be placed in the liturgical year? Here are reasons for how the readings are chosen and an exploration of their meaning.

For nearly 2,000 years, Nagarjuna's teachings have occupied a central position in Mahayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in the great Indian Buddhist monastic universities, these teachings were later incorporated into the Tibetan monastic programs that modeled their curricula on their Indian predecessors. In "The Middle Way, " the Dalai Lama offers a brief, brilliant, and complete presentation of the ultimate view of reality in the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism. The teachings are about the Buddhist view, yet the Dalai Lama presents them in a way that allows any...

The Book of Esther is one of the five Megillot. It tells the story of a Jewish girl in Persia, who becomes queen and saves her people from a genocide. The story of Esther forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim. The commentary presents a literary analysis of the text, taking into account the inclusion and arrangement of different pericopes, and an analysis of the narration. Likewise, it will discuss the style, the syntax, and the vocabulary. The examination of the intellectual context of the book, biblical and extrabiblical textual traditions on which the book is based and with which...

Dores que nos transformam nos fala dos sofrimentos que passamos em nossa trajetória, sem derrubar nosso ânimo; pelo contrário, mostra que quando frágeis, então somos fortes. Neste livro, os pastores Edson Fernando e Jonas Rezende somaram experiências para escrever uma obra ensolarada e afirmativa, que faz da esperança e da superação dos limites que nos afligem a sua tônica.