Known as the Anweisung der Lieder and located at the front of the German-language hymnbook (Gesangbuch), this lectionary was in use by Mennonite congregations in the 18th and 19th centuries in Prussia and Russia. The extensive, yet selective, use of the Lutheran lectionary by these ministers illuminates an aspect of Mennonite church life that has seldom been recognized. Stoesz led Donald Stoesz on a fifteen-year odyssey in which he identified four hundred and fifty-seven Scripture texts used by seventeen Mennonite ministers in Canada over the course of one hundred years (1874-1977). 1874-1977Author: Donald StoeszPublisher: FriesenPressISBN:Category: ReligionPage: 324View: 670A chance discovery of a log book of sermons by grand-uncle and Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference minister Cornelius G. John of the Cross and the journey to God. Let this book help you explore the spiritual wisdom of St. John of the Cross, a Reflection, and a Prayer. Each day of Lent, weekdays and Sundays, begins with: a Gospel Reading, a selection from the Writings of St. John of the Cross, a History of Lent, and St. John of the Cross, a short biography of St. Inside you will find an Invitation from St. Accept the invitation to journey through Lent with Jesus Christ and one of the great spiritual writers of the Catholic Church, St. He reminds us that it is God who fulfills our desires, God who yearns for us, and God who will come to us if we seek Him. John of the Cross places before us God's great invitation of Love. Author: George MangiaracinaPublisher: Christus Publishing, LLCISBN:Category: ReligionPage: 273View: 193'O Lord, my God, who will seek you with simple and pure love, and not find that you are all one can desire, for you show yourself first and go out to meet those who seek you?' With these beautiful words, St.