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Advent mediations available from Belmont Abbey professor

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11092011theway BELMONT — The author of a popular Lenten meditations has just released a new edition of his Advent meditations, "Prepare the Way: Daily Meditations for Advent."

Dr. Ronald Thomas, assistant professor of theology at Belmont Abbey College, is the author of a widely-sold book of daily meditations on the Stations of the Cross featuring the unique carved Stations inside Belmont Abbey's basilica. Dr. Thomas has a Master of Divinity from Emory University and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.

The second edition of his daily Advent meditations has been updated for the current liturgical calendar, and it is being published through St. Benedict Press of Charlotte.

"With his daily meditations, Dr. Thomas provides a 27-step path along which we can journey more deeply into Jesus' loving heart, and through which Jesus can travel more deeply into ours," according to the publisher's website.

In "Prepare The Way," Dr. Thomas writes, "The beauty of the generosity of God is that He will take anything we give Him. Any little thing. And He will receive it from us as if we had given Him everything."

For details on obtaining a copy of "Prepare the Way," go online to www.saintbenedictpress.com.

— Patricia L. Guilfoyle, editor

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