{"id":247,"date":"2013-07-03T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T14:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2013-07-03T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T14:46:59","slug":"a-contemporary-expression-of-ancient-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/a-contemporary-expression-of-ancient-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"A contemporary expression of ancient faith. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0.4em;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ep.yimg.com\/ca\/I\/yhst-38174537758215_2270_432523276\" width=\"210\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1970, near a small fishing village on the shores of Cape Cod Bay, God called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/\">Community of Jesus<\/a> together\u2014some 25 mostly Protestant Christians, who felt a common sense of vocation to live, pray, and work together. Today the Community of Jesus has grown into a contemporary Benedictine Monastery in the form of a modern ecumenical abbey comprised of people from many walks of life and varying occupations. Religious Sisters and Brothers and married families with children all live, work, and pray together. Many of the adults work at the Community&#8217;s Christian publishing house, Paraclete Press.<\/p>\n<div>At the heart of the Community is the new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchofthetransfiguration.org\/\">Church\u00a0of the Transfiguration<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/church-of-the-transfiguration-book.html\"><i>The\u00a0Church\u00a0of the Transfiguration<\/i><\/a>\u00a0tells the story of this contemporary expression of a fourth-century style of architecture filled with mosaics and frescos, sculpted bronze, glass, and stone images.\u00a0This\u00a0church\u00a0is a visible sign of God\u2019s saving action redeeming humanity, drawing on Scripture and\u00a0Church\u00a0tradition and on the Community&#8217;s\u00a0Cape Cod setting. This volume is also the story of lives that were shaped and formed by planning and building this\u00a0church, and of the transformation of those lives, through the daily prayer that takes place within its walls,\u00a0into faithful witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ, promoting a vision for reconciliation and Christian unity, and, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, glorifying God through worship, common life, creative arts, and hospitality.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You can browse sample pages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/church-of-the-transfiguration-book.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paraclete Press website<\/a> or visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community of Jesus website<\/a> to read more.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1970, near a small fishing village on the shores of Cape Cod Bay, God called the Community of Jesus together\u2014some 25 mostly Protestant Christians, who felt a common sense of vocation to live, pray, and work together. 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