Healing the Original Wound: Reflections on the Full Meaning of Salvation (Paperback)

by Benedict J. Groeschel (Author) "MY FIRST MEMORY OF BETTY as a smiling little girl floated through my mind..." (more)
Key Phrases: original wound, new paganism, modern paganism, Catholic Church, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit (more...)

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Product Description
For anyone who knows something about the imperative need, the restlessness, the hunger we all have to find unfailing love in the brief reality that we call our lives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 233 pages
• Publisher: Servant Publications (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892837780
• ISBN-13: 978-0892837786
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #178,128 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is Catholicism, February 3, 2001

By	ceolnoth40 "ceolnoth40" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

In this book, Fr Groeschel examines the consequences of original sin, and gives us reasons for hope in a world where God permits much that is tragic. Written in a conversational tone (compared to his earlier work) and in a tenor of affable tough-mindedness, Fr Groeschel illustrates his theses about hell, about penitence, about God's grace, using many incidents and real-life stories from his own experience as a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal in the South Bronx, an area which police have denominated "Fort Apache" and which priests call "Our Lady's Playground."

Unsentimental but never hectoring, clear-eyed and hopeful, acutely aware of the tragic and the sinful but nonetheless unwavering in faith, hope, and charity, Fr Groeschel has given us a book that you will read at least seven times a year. There is a marvellously restorative effect to "Healing the Original Wound," and without hesitation, this reviewer declares it to be the best of the friar's books.

It might be mentioned further that a book like this one reveals the crippling inadequacy of labels like "liberal" or "conservative." Benedict Groeschel is a Catholic priest who works among the poor in New York City, who has an ardent love of Catholic tradition, who doesn't take kindly to dissings of JP2, who reveres the memories of Archbishop Oscar Romero and Dom Helder Camara, and who on occasion has kind words to say about Mother Angelica. We think it safe to say that he is uncategorizable and inimitable. And we thank God for him, and this wonderfully magnanimous book of his.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for all who believe in God!, August 31, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

"Healing the Original Wound" is a book that should be read by everyone. Father Benedict Groeschel does an excellent job of putting into perspective what the meaning of life really is. Father Benedict's faith, compassion and intelect flows freely in this easy to read book. For those that have read "Healing the Original Wound", putting into perspective everyday problems will no longer be a problem.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the essentials of the faith to the four last things, Fr. Groschel is your guide, July 18, 2005

By	CDS "C" (Boston,MA) - See all my reviews

I love Fr. Benedict's writing style, he is very down to earth and because of this he is very clear. In this book he guides the reader towards understanding exactly what the Salvation that Christ gained for us is, what hallmarks our lives have to have in order to truly reflect Christ's presence in our lives, as well as to draw us heavenward. Throughout the book he illustrates the points he is trying to make with vignettes from the lives of his parishioners and his friends, from the tragic to the funny. I highly reccomend this book, particularly to all who think that we live, we die and then that's it.