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<DIV><P>A twentieth-century mystic's meditative reflection on the role of God the Father in eternity and in time. The book brings the reader a greater awareness of the First Person of the Trinity in eternity, and the interaction of the Three Persons. Then the reader is helped to consider the role of the Father in creation and throughout salvation history. Finally we are led to contemplate the Eternal Life toward which the Father's love is drawing us. </P><P>A very approachable and beautiful work, Adrienne closes her prayerful and meditative exploration with: ""Thus, by virtue of the Son's sacrifice and his having brought the world home again, the Father is able to regard men as his eternal creatures. Eternal life is not situated in heaven, far from man's grasp, something self-enclosed; it is the life-filled Word, in which men have a share because they are capable of taking it in. And that capability is itself grace."" </P></DIV>

The Countenance of the Father

Opening credits

Introduction 

1. The Traditions of Men 

2. A Commonsense Look at Jesus of Nazareth 

3. Famous Last Words 

4. Blind Alleys

5. The Dog That Didn't Bark 

6. The Lens in My Eye 

7. The Tradition of God 

8. Circles and Lines 

9. Dying and Rising 

Afterword 

Closing credits

<p>In this newly updated, expanded version of his popular work of apologetics, Shea presents a lively and entertaining look at his conversion to Catholicism from Evangelicalism and his discovery of Christian tradition. As an Evangelical, Shea accepted the principle of "sola scriptura" (Scripture alone) as the basis of faith. Now as a Catholic convert, he skillfully explains how and why Sacred Tradition occupies a central role in Divine Revelation.</p>
<p>Tracing his own journey of intellectual and spiritual awakening, Shea begins by looking for a rejoinder to those modern-day false prophets who would claim that Scripture itself is not to be trusted, and ends with his conviction that tradition, as explained by the Catholic Church, is the only sure guarantee of the truth of the revelation of Jesus Christ.</p>
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By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Audiobook)

<DIV><P><I>The Hundredfold </I>is a tapestry of hymns, monologues, and short lyrics knit together as one book-length poem in praise of Christ in all his startling humanity. Drawing from the riches of the English poetic tradition&mdash;meter, rhyme, music&mdash;the poet considers the mysterious man from Nazareth and the world he came to set on fire with splendor.&#160;</P><P>Having made a career translating the Italian masters Dante and Tasso, Anthony Esolen now puts on the dusty mantle of such English craftsmen as Donne, Milton, and Hopkins in his first book of original contemplative poetry. <I>The Hundredfold</I> contains dramatic monologues set in first-century Greece and Palestine; lyrical meditations on creation, longing, failure, modern emptiness, and unshakeable hope; and twenty-one brand-new hymns, set to such traditional melodies as &ldquo;Picardy&rdquo; and &ldquo;Old One-Hundred-Twenty-Fourth&rdquo;.&#160;</P><P>The book includes an introduction with diamond-sharp insights into English poetic form&mdash;at a time when form is so often misunderstood, if not dismissed. It provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and poets themselves, as well as those who simply read poetry for pleasure.</P></DIV>

The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord

<DIV>Von Speyr continues her wonderful reflections on the Gospel of John, concentrating here on The Farewell Discourses of Jesus, which reveal both the heart of John's Gospel and the Heart of Our Lord.<P><B>Adrienne von Speyr</B> was a contemporary Swiss convert, mystic, wife, medical doctor and author of some 70 books on spirituality and theology. She entered the Church under the direction of one the greatest theologians and spiritual writers of the 20th century, Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar, who became her spiritual director and confessor for the last 30 years of her life. Her writings, recognized as a major contribution to the great mystical writings of the Church, are being translated and published by Ignatius Press. Among her most important works are <I>Book of All Saints, Confession, The World of Prayer, Handmaid of the Lord</I>, and <I>The Passion from Within</I>. </P></DIV>

The Farewell Discourses: Meditations on John 13-17