Lent with the Beloved Disciple: The 2024 Lent Book

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The 2024 Bloomsbury Lent Book invites you on a six-week journey in the company of the beloved disciple as found in the narrative of the Gospel of St John. As the only disciple to have stayed close to Jesus at every stage from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion at Calvary, this eagle-eyed eyewitness intentionally records certain subtle details and signs which, when perceived with the eyes of faith, indicate a deeper and far lasting significance. Michael Marshall explores what these signs are and how, with prayerful reflection, they draw us ever more deeply into the personal, eternal and cosmic significance and awareness of all that Christ accomplished by his death and resurrection the Paschal Mystery. Ideal for both individual use and for small group study, Lent with the Beloved Disciple takes us into the heart of that Paschal Mystery, by which all things in heaven and earth are ultimately fulfilled in the risen and ascended Christ, who is all in all.

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Bishop Michael Marshall is a writer and spiritual director. He was the Vicar of All Saints Margaret Street in London and was Bishop of Woolwich at the age of 39, subsequently moving to the USA where he served as a bishop in South Carolina. He was appointed by Archbishop Carey to be missioner for England and through his travels became widely known as a preacher, lecturer and spiritual director. He also lists concert pianist among his many accomplishments.