Synopsis
According to Father Tom Heron, the spiritual journey may be viewed through the prism of life experience and the meanings and virtues that involve many core elements, which are often difficult to see and discern in everyday life. Any mature spiritual adventure that tries to avoid these unavoidable challenges will be laden with trouble at some point or another. Change is challenging. Spiritual maturity takes a long time. There are no shortcuts. Today, everyone needs to find a spirituality that can live and grow in the midst of chaos and apparent absurdity. How well can you embrace uncertainty and live with risk? An Introductory Guide to Spiritual Maturity unmasks the concept of mature spirituality as the response of human freedom to the impulse of the Holy Spirit within us all and that which is all around us. For Christians, this encounter involves the person of Jesus, not as a historical figure of the past, but as the resurrected Lord in the present.
About the Author
J. Thomas Heron is a Philadelphia Archdiocesan Priest. He has served in his current role as pastor of the newly formed St. Matthew Parish in Conshohocken, Pa., since 2014. In 1978, Heron received a Master of Divinity degree, followed by a Master of Arts degree in religious studies in 1982 - both from St. Charles Seminary. Following his ordination, Heron served in various assignments, including parochial vicar at St. Michael the Archangel (Levittown, 1978-82), teacher at Archbishop Kennedy High School (Conshohocken, 1982-86), school minister at Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, 1986-89), Formation Faculty at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (1989-96), parochial vicar at Saint Cyril (East Lansdowne, 1996-97), pastor at Good Shepherd Parish (Philadelphia, 1998-2003), pastor at St. Gabriel's (Norwood, 2003-07), parochial vicar at St. Pius X (Broomall, 2008-09), pastor at St. James (Elkins Park, 2009-10), parochial vicar at St. Coleman's (Ardmore, 2010-11), and parochial administrator at St. Matthew Church (Conshohocken, 2011-12), and pastor at St. Matthew Church (Conshohocken, 2012-14), prior to the formation of the newly merged parish, which includes the former churches of Ss Cosmas and Damian, St. Gertrude, and St. Mary's. An Introductory Guide to Spiritual Maturity is his second book.
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