Audiobooks narrated by Murray Bodo O.F.M.

Francis: The Journey and the Dream Audiobook

In 1972, a young Franciscan friar named Murray Bodo wrote a unique book about the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Francis: The Journey and the Dream offered readers a unique combination of lyrical prose and brief, absorbing vignettes that inspired hundreds of thousands of people all over the world to contemplate the life of the famous saint and see him in a new way. Fifty years and over 200,000 copies later, this book still captivates people everywhere, and Fr. Bodo is still writing about St. Francis and the Franciscan way of life. His poetic style continues to draw readers in, and he himself continues to gaze in wonder at the saint who worked nearly his entire life to rebuild the church. This special anniversary edition includes a new preface in which Fr. Bodo reflects on a half century spent immersed in the Franciscan way.

Murray Bodo O.F.M. (Author), John Michael Talbot, Murray Bodo O.F.M. (Narrator)

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Mystics: Twelve Who Reveal God's Love

Christianity is a mysterious faith. Some of these mysteries can be described with Scripture or doctrine, but others can only be experienced. Those graced with these experiences, these intimate glimpses of God, are called mystics. Murray Bodo's sensitive guidance leads us into the heart of what these mystics have expressed about God and how their insight can deepen our own experience of the boundless mystery of a loving God. This updated and expanded edition includes new chapters on St. Clare and St. Bonaventure.

Murray Bodo O.F.M., O.F.M. Murray Bodo (Author), John Quigley O.F.M., Murray Bodo O.F.M., O.F.M. John Quigley, O.F.M. Murray Bodo (Narrator)

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Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings of St. Francis

In his newest book, Fr. Murray Bodo, OFM, brings to life seven teachings from the life and writings of St. Francis of Assisi in the prayerful, lyrical style his readers will recognize. These seven teachings are both a way and a destination, the way being transformation and the destination being the love of God. St Francis invites us to go on a journey from love through love into love. The seven teachings outlined here-plus an eighth teaching on love, the teaching behind all teachings-define a spirituality for our own time that anyone can learn to practice in his or her own life, anyone who has an attitude of reverence for others and for the earth and all of nature, and who acknowledges the existence of a higher power that is beyond what one can perceive with the senses. St. Francis was not a medieval theologian but a teacher of wisdom who used sayings, stories, and rituals to show us how we can allow God to transform our lives. In this, as in everything else, he was following in the footsteps of Jesus, who is the mystery of the fullness of God among us. You, too, can follow in Jesus' footsteps with these teachings:The First Teaching: The Wonder of the IncarnationThe Second Teaching: The Paradox of Evangelical PovertyThe Third Teaching: Live the GospelThe Fourth Teaching: Go and Repair God's HouseThe Fifth Teaching: Making PeaceThe Sixth Teaching: All Creatures Are Our Brothers and SistersThe Seventh Teaching: The Joy of Humble Praise and Service of GodThe Teaching of Teachings: LoveThis simple map for living is why St. Francis is still admired today in our fractious and divided world. What he teaches, if lived, brings joy, which is the result of union with God, who lives with us and within all of creation. Meditating on these teachings from St. Francis will give you hope; for hope is the grace to imagine a future more positive, more loving, and more joyful than the world we now find ourselves in. As St. Francis used to say to his brothers, "Let us begin to do good, for up to now we have done nothing."

Murray Bodo O.F.M., O.F.M. Fr. Murray Bodo, Ph.D., O.F.M. Murray Bodo (Author), Murray Bodo O.F.M., O.F.M. Fr. Murray Bodo, Ph.D., O.F.M. Murray Bodo (Narrator)

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The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom

'This book is my secret journal,' Nouwen writes. At first, he had no intention of sharing this personal diary of the dark and difficult months when he felt all meaning in his life was missing and all ahead seemed a dark, bottomless abyss. In spite of his inner turmoil, Nouwen recorded the descent into his heart in these 63 journal entries. Friends persuaded him that sharing his painful soul-searching might help others who also struggle to embrace life with joy. Throughout his life, Nouwen longed for deeper relationships with others and with God. 'Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply,' he urges. While your heart may break, he says, you will then have a choice—to become bitter or to stand in your pain and become fruitful with God as the spiritual guide of your life. The inner voice is a voice of love.

Henri J.M. Nouwen (Author), Murray Bodo O.F.M., O.F.M. Murray Bodo (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Murray Bodo O.F.M.