Touch the Wounds
eBook - ePub

Touch the Wounds

On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Touch the Wounds

On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation

About this book

In this masterfully written book, Tomáš Halík calls upon Christians to touch the wounds of the world and to rediscover their own faith by loving and healing their neighbors.

One of the most important voices in contemporary Catholicism, Tomáš Halík argues that Christians can discover the clearest vision of God not by turning away from suffering but by confronting it. Halík calls upon us to follow the apostle Thomas's example: to see the pain, suffering, and poverty of our world and to touch those wounds with faith and action. It is those expressions of love and service, Halík reveals, that restore our hope and the courage to live, allowing true holiness to manifest itself. Only face-to-face with a wounded Christ can we lay down our armor and masks, revealing our own wounds and allowing healing to begin.

Weaving together deep theological and philosophical reflections with surprising, trenchant, and even humorous commentary on the times in which we live, Halík offers a new prescription for those lost in moments of doubt, abandonment, or suffering. Rather than demanding impossible, flawless faith, we can look through our doubt to see, touch, and confront the wounds in the hearts of our neighbors and—through that wounded humanity, which the Son of God took upon himself—see God.

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Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the English-Language Edition
  6. 1 The Gate of the Wounded
  7. 2 Without Distance
  8. 3 Arcanum Cordis
  9. 4 A Torn Veil
  10. 5 A Dancing God
  11. 6 Worshipping the Lamb
  12. 7 Stigmata and Forgiveness
  13. 8 Knocking on the Wall
  14. 9 Bodies
  15. 10 A Little Place for Truth
  16. 11 Veronica and the Imprint of the Face
  17. 12 Wounds Transformed
  18. 13 The Last Beatitude
  19. Notes