Product Description

The Fire in the Cloud was God’s glory that led the people of Israel in their Exodus through the desert. In Lent, which is our Exodus, God’s glory leads us in Scripture, where his Word is the burning flame. Scripture scholar and Bible teacher Father Francis Martin helps us respond to Christ, our Light, with insightful and inspiring meditations on the liturgical readings for every day of Lent.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1409636 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 205 pages

About the Author
Father Francis Martin serves as Professor of Biblical Theology at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, and spiritual advisor to the Mother of God Community, both in the same Archdiocese.He has written over 30 articles, books, and other works (tapes) for scholarly, popular, and pastoral audiences. In fact, he was one of the founders and contributing writers for The Word Among Us.

Customer Reviews

Very balanced and nourishing
This book has a great balance of being scripture-centered while also allowing insight from modern Catholic thinkers. His reflections are intellectual yet written for anyone. This is great learning and great inspiration.

From a Trappistine nun
Those of us who seek to be nourished by the Lenten liturgy are always on the watch for a fresh approach, a new and deeper look at these texts which are so familiar and "well-worn," yet capable of touching something deep with us that waits to be awakened to total receptivity and total gift.

Fr Francis Martin's book, THE FIRE IN THE CLOUD, is as striking as its title suggests. Reading it, praying it, is a personal journey into the desert. There the cloud shelters us, the fire burns us - and we are drawn beyond our familiar comprehensions to a landscape where new possibilities of self-gift are the horizon to which God's love beckons us through the texts set before us each day.

High protein nourishment and deeply satisfying
Fruit of the author's life-time dedication to the Scriptures, deep prayer, and spiritual direction, The Fire in the Cloud is a wonderful companion for Lent. The work is based on solid Scriptural scholarship, as well as liturgical history and theology, but is not concerned to draw us to these; rather, it draws us directly to Christ. It builds on the author's experience as student of the Scriptures, teacher, preacher, confessor and guide of souls. The power of Christ to transform our lives shines warmly from its pages. It's a simple and handy companion for Lenten observance and will do the reader more good than many other observances. It's solid nourishment for a time of fasting! You could hardly give a friend a better gift than this one, for it will bring all who use it rich fruit. Congratulations to Servant Publications for making it available!