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<DIV> to read more about the New Testament study bible and to download the study questions.The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church?s guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts. </DIV>

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<DIV>Now with a new afterword by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI! In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before.Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas Diat. Within the hushed and hallowed walls of the La Grande Chartreux, the famous Carthusian monastery in the French Alps, Cardinal Sarah addresses the following questions: Can those who do not know silence ever attain truth, beauty, or love? Do not wisdom, artistic vision, and devotion spring from silence, where the voice of God is heard in the depths of the human heart?After the international success of God or Nothing, Cardinal Sarah seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance. "Silence is more important than any other human work," he says, "for it expresses God. The true revolution comes from silence; it leads us toward God and others so as to place ourselves humbly and generously at their service."</DIV>

The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise

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How does a city boy who only lived to the age of fifteen &quot;go viral&quot; more than a decade after he died? Discover the story of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified by the Catholic Church. Born in 1991, the same year as the launch of the World Wide Web, Carlo has been hailed by the pope as an example of love and holiness in our complex digital age. This tech-savvy Italian teen has shown the world that computer coding and video games are no obstacle to sainthood. From a young age, Carlo&#39;s enthusiasm for Jesus was contagious. His witness brought his own family back to faith and even helped convert his Hindu au pair to Catholicism. Carlo called the Eucharist &quot;my highway to heaven&quot; and was eager to tell everyone about the incredible reality of Christ&#39;s true presence in the world. To this end, he used his computer to help design an exhibition dedicated to eucharistic miracles that has traversed the globe. Vatican journalist Courtney Mares has traveled in the footsteps of Acutis across Italy to tell his story in depth, interviewing many whose lives he helped transform. This book paints a portrait of him as seen through the eyes of his friends, family, teachers, priests, doctors, classmates, and followers. Features an eight-page color photo insert and an account of the miracles attributed to Acutis&#39; intercession, including one certified by the Vatican. Carlo sought no attention for himself while alive, yet in the years after his death, he has become a global &quot;influencer for God&quot;.

Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers

<DIV>In the worldwide best seller ; Values in a Time of ; Upheaval, Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) ; passionately defends the role traditional Judeo-Christian ; values should play in a pluralistic society and a ; multicultural world. He examines such crucial contemporary ; issues as the moral foundations of a free society, the role ; of spiritual values in promoting human rights, current ; challenges to Western culture, and the place of faith and ; love of God in finding true peace. Joseph Ratzinger ; proposes a balance of faith and reason that avoids the ; extremes of fundamentalist theocracies and secular, ; relativist states.Topics ; include: <ul><li>Politics and ; morality </li><li>Peace </li><li>The meaning of history ; </li><li>Truth in a pluralistic world </li><li>The ; moral basis of democratic states ; </li><li>Relativism </li><li>Human dignity </li><li>The ; Christian basis for hope ; </li><li>Bioethics </li><li>Freedom </li><li>Human ; rights and responsibilities </li><li>Marriage and ; family </li><li>Tradition and progress</li></ul></DIV>

Values in a Time of Upheaval: Meeting the Challenges of the Future

<DIV>Romano Guardini (1885-1968) was one of the greatest Catholic minds of the twentieth century. He helped shape Catholic theology between the two world wars and after, as well as the thinking of many non-Catholics of the period. His influence contributed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and it continues to be felt through Pope Benedict, who, as a theologian, a cardinal and now as Pope, has drawn extensively on Guardini for inspiration. Indeed, Guardini was a major theological mentor of Benedict XVI, influencing the Pope from his understanding of Jesus to his writings on the sacred Liturgy, from his view of faith to his perspective on the modern world. Romano Guardini: Reform from the Source, written by another great theological mind, Hans urs von Balthasar, presents a kind of ಜroadmapಝ to Guardiniಙs thought. As an introduction to Guardini, von Balthasarಙs study is intended to challenge readers to take up Guardiniಙs own writings and to find in him the wisdom that has inspired so many others. Many of Guardiniಙs influential works are still in print today, works that cover a wide range of important spiritual, theological and moral issues. ಜRomano Guardini was one of the most important interpreters of the modern Catholic experience, someone we need to engage again and again. This winsome precis by Hans Urs von Balthasar provides an ideal place to begin.ಝ  R.R. Reno, Featured Editor, First Things, Professor of Theology, Creighton </DIV>

Romano Guardini: Reform from the Source

Opening Credits

Introduction

1. The Need for This Book

2. What is Joy

3. Joy is Not in Us; We are in Joy

4. CS Lewis’ Mistake about Joy

5. The Last Commandment of the Last Apostle

6. Joy Is Not Essentially a Feeling

7. Sorting Out the Meanings of “Joy”

8. The Joy of Christ’s Cross

9. Doing God’s Will

10. Heaven and Hell

11. The Two Things “God’s Will” Means

12. Should We Pray for the Enjoyment of Earthly Things?

13. Joy is a Cat, Not a Dog

14. Don’t Get a “Spiritual Sweet Tooth”

15. Here is the Infallible Argument for Joy

16. Isn’t It Too Idealistic?

17. God or Joy? A Thought Experiment

18. Don’t Give Up on Joy

19. What’s the Catch?

20. Joy is a Marriage

21. Real Joy versus Apparent Joy

22. Only Two Philosophies of Joy

23. How Joy is Mystical

24. How Big is Joy?

25. What of Agony? How Can That Be Joy?

26. Joy and Hope versus Entropy

27. The Roller Coaster

28. Evangelization through Joy

29. The Simplest Concrete Icon of Joy

30. Joy is Ek-static

31. Joy is the Water, and the Brain is a Faucet Handle

32. Taking Stock: What We Know and What We Don’t

33. Taking Stock: More of What We Know and What We Don’t

34. The Trinitarian Basis for Joy

35. Joy’s Trinity

36. Joy’s Place and Order among the Fruits of the Spirit

37. Does God Enjoy our Joys?

38. The Three Levels of Reality and Joy

39. Why Isn’t the Way to Joy Simple and Easy to Find?

40. Why Does the Eucharist Give Us Joy?

41. What Happens in the Eucharaist to Give Joy?

42. That’s Great, But What If I Don’t Feel the Joy?

43. Christ is All “Four Causes” of our Joy

44. The Mystery of Withness

45. What Does the Bible Say about Joy?

46. How Do We Offer our “Prayers, Works, Joys and Sufferings”?

47. The Basis for our Joy is the Nature of God

48. The Simplest Secret of Joy

49. The Joy of Purgatory and the Difference It Makes Now

50. Joy is Visible

51. Living Purple or Living Beige

52. One More Time: Joy, Sorrow, Suffering and Love

53. The Way to Joy Is and Is Not Rocket Science

54. Is It Selfish to Seek our Own Joy

55. Christ or Joy

56. What Causes the Greatest Joy

57. Why is “How Do We Get this Joy?” a Trick Question?

58. Joy for Christ or Christ for Joy?

59. Joy’s Eschatology

60. How Sobornost Magnifies Joy

61. How Does It All Work?

62. Joy in Old Age?

63. Is It Really God or Nothing? No Joy apart from God?

64. How Can We Have Joy in Heaven if Someone We Love is in Hell?

65. Joy and Sorrow in the Rosary

66. Some of the Heavenly Appetizers of Joy and Glory

67. Does God change His Love toward Us When We Change Ours toward Him?

68. Love Times X Equals Joy. What is X?

69. Buddha’s Salvation from Suffering—and from Joy

70. Why Joy Must Conquer Sorrow

71. My Favorite Proof of Original Sin

72. From What Perspective Do We Look at the World

73. How Can Sorrows Be Turned into Joys?

74. City of Joy

75. The Stupidest Prize in the World

76. The Two Halves of Life

77. The Secret of the Joy of the Saints

78. Seven Obstacles to Joy

79. The Argument One More Time

80. God’s Love as the Cause of Our Deepest Joy

81. God’s Power as a Cause of Our Joy

82. The First Supernatural Bank and Trust Company

83. Simplicity as a Cause of Our Joy

84. Hope and a Joyful Death

85. Charity as a Cause of Our Joy

86. The Communion of Saints as a Cause of Our Joy

87. Mary as “Cause of Our Joy”

88. Angels as a Cause of Our Joy

89. Beauty as a Cause of Our Joy

90. Art as a Cause of Our Joy

91. Music as a Cause of Our Joy

92. Humor as a Cause of Our Joy

93. Seven Reasons Why Purgatory is a Cause of Our Joy

94. The Real “Joy of Sex”

95. The Three Most Essential Sources of Joy

Conclusion

Closing Credits

Joy: we look for it, long for it, and spend our lives chasing it. Yet do we really know what it is? Is it a feeling, a state of mind, or a reward for success? Do we know where to find it? The more we seek it, the more it eludes us.
Yet joy is real. &ldquo;Joy&rdquo;, writes philosopher Peter Kreeft, &ldquo;is a mystery. It is bigger than we are.&rdquo; Joy&rsquo;s secret, however, is that it cannot be reached or found but only given. True joy is God Himself, who, giving Himself, takes us outside ourselves, across valleys of loss and mountains of triumph.
This lucid, witty reflection on the true nature of joy convinces us, page after page, that while sorrow is inevitable, joy is very, very near at hand. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s scandalously simple,&rdquo; Kreeft reveals. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no method; you just do it.&rdquo; To &ldquo;do&rdquo; joy, we must let go of all fake happiness, all false gods. We must return, over and over, to the one true Joy, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Drawing from the wisdom of C.&thinsp;S. Lewis and Saint Thomas Aquinas, this instant classic by self-proclaimed curmudgeon Peter Kreeft walks us through the long, beautiful task of surrendering to deep joy, the chief work of any life worth living.

The Mystery of Joy (Audiobook)

<DIV> In this fourth volume of his magnnum opus, von Balthasar considers the metaphysical tradition of the contemplation of Being. He provides major studies of Homer, the Greek Tragedians, Plato and Plotinus and the development of this tradition in the Middle Ages. He then explores the analogy between the metaphysical vision of the Being and the Christian vision of the divine glory of the Trinity. The book is a remarkable attempt to rediscover the ancient vision of Being in all its awesomeness as the context within which the specifically Christian vision, rooted in God's gracious self-revelation, took form and was expressed.</DIV>

The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics

<DIV>This well-researched book explains why the Catholic Church continues to teach marital indissolubility and addresses the numerous contemporary challenges to that teaching.It surveys the patristic witness to marital indissolubility, along with Orthodox and Protestant views, as well as historical-critical biblical exegesis on the contested biblical passages.&#160; It also surveys the Catholic tradition from the Trent through Benedict XVI, and it examines a Catholic argument that the Catholic Church's teaching can and should change.&#160; Then it explores Amoris Laetitia, the papal exhortation from Pope Francis on marriage, and the various major responses to it, with the issue of marital indissolubility at the forefront. Finally, it retrieves Aquinas's theology of marital indissolubility as a contribution to deepening current theological discussions.The author argues that Amoris Laetitia upholds the traditional Catholic teaching that a valid and consummated Christian marriage is absolutely indissoluble, in accord with the teachings of Jesus and the Apostle Paul, as solemnly and authoritatively taught by the Council of Trent and affirmed by later popes and the Second Vatican Council.&#160; He says that Amoris Laetitia should be interpreted and implemented in light of the doctrine of marital indissolubility: implementations that undermine this doctrine should be avoided.Levering says that numerous contemporary Catholic theologians and biblical scholars are mistakenly turning the indissolubility of marriage into contingent dissolubility based upon whether the spouses continue to act in loving ways toward each other.&#160; The sacrament's gift of objective indissolubility is thereby undermined.&#160; Fortunately, the main interpreters of Amoris Laetitia, whose views have been approved by Pope Francis, insist that the Apostolic Exhortation does not change the doctrine of marital indissolubility in any way.</DIV>

The Indissolubility of Marriage: Amoris Laetitia in Context

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini crossed oceans to spread the Gospel and serve the poor. She also wrote oceans of letters to her religious sisters as she travelled all over the globe. Frances suffered from health problems all her life. Despite her many limitations, she bravely faced persecution, poverty, and dangerous sea voyages to establish new schools and orphanages for her religious order, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. To keep in contact with her spiritual daughters throughout her many journeys, she constantly corresponded with her sisters. Mother Cabrini&rsquo;s letters have long been out of print in English, and this selection of her correspondence introduces modern readers to Cabrini&rsquo;s many gifts. Through her letters, we learn about her meetings with popes and bishops, as well as her encounters with ordinary people in Argentina, England, France, Nicaragua, Spain, and the United States. She vividly describes the sights and sounds she encountered during her travels to great cities and remote villages, including several experiences in which she came close to death. She demonstrates her business acumen, her innate leadership abilities, and her perseverance during the trials of establishing a religious congregation. She shows her sensitivity to her sisters&rsquo; needs, as well as her willingness to confront them about their failings. But above all, Frances Cabrini was a saint. Through her letters, we can become acquainted with a truly holy 20th century woman. Her writings display her spiritual depth, her personal love for the Lord, and even her favorite saints. Her greatest desire in life was to be a missionary sister: a woman who spread the Good News of Jesus Christ all over the world. In this goal, she was wildly successful. She always attributed her accomplishments to God through the Scripture passage she quoted most often: I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.

All Things Are Possible: The Selected Writings of Mother Cabrini

<DIV>These Spiritual Exercises were written by Ignatius of Loyola, a theologian, priest and founder of the Society of Jesus, in the sixteenth century. They are Catholic prayers, reflections, meditations, mental exercises and directions designed to be read and carried out over a 28 to 30 day time period. These exercises are for Catholics and non-Catholics alike and grew out of Ignatius' own desire to seek God's will and to follow Christ no matter what the cost. Ignatius' intent was that the exercises would help others to discern God's will and to set the world on fire for Christ!</DIV>

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

<DIV>Adoration is love, and eucharistic adoration is love of Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament. In the Gospels there are few people who understand love for Jesus as well as Mary Magdalene, which is the reason she is a prophetess of eucharistic love.This work is an extended meditation on the life of Saint Mary Magdalene, known as the "Apostle to the Apostles" because the Risen Christ appeared to her first and then sent her to announce the Resurrection to the apostles. Based on the biblical texts traditionally associated with Mary Magdalene, this book helps readers to learn from her inspiring example and to enter more deeply into adoration of Jesus Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.In telling the story of Mary Magdalene's profound conversion after the Lord had to expel seven demons from her soul, this book shows how she is a shining witness to the transforming power of an encounter with Jesus Christ. Mary Magdalene is the perfect model for those who have experienced the redeeming love of Christ and who seek to deepen their devotion to him and to the Eucharist."Saint Mary Magdalene reminds us of the need to recover the primacy of God and the primacy of adoration in the life of the Church and in the liturgical celebration." — Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Author, God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith</DIV>

Saint Mary Magdalene: Prophetess of Eucharistic Love

Many see the practical as opposed to the poetic, but today’s guest, Sarah Cortez, proves the two can be harmonized and even complimentary. Sarah is not only a distinguished poet and the president of Catholic Literary Arts, but she is also a police officer of 27 years. Today Sarah and Andrew discuss poetry and how it brings us into contact with reality. Sarah shows how God is present in all things even the most difficult and gruesome moments. Her experience as both a police officer and poet give her a compelling perspective on the purpose of poetry and the necessity of joy.
 
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Sarah Cortez: Exploring Reality Through Poetry

<DIV>Written in the sixth century, The Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most popular and influential works of the Middle Ages. Boethius composed the masterpiece while imprisoned and awaiting the death sentence for treason. The Christian author had served as a high-ranking government official before falling out of favor with Roman Emperor Theodoric, an Arian. In the Consolation, Boethius explores the true end of life-knowledge of God-through a conversation with Lady Philosophy. Part prose, part poetry, the work combines Greek philosophy and Christian faith to formulate answers to some of life's most difficult and enduring questions. </DIV>

The Consolation of Philosophy: With an Introduction and Contemporary Criticism

<DIV>This is a popular account, by one of Europe's leading theologians, of the meaning of Christian faith and the serious contemporary challenges to that faith. Kasper has gathered together various lectures and revised and reworked them for publication. Not intended to be a theological treatise on faith, these very readable reflections address some of the real obstacles to the understanding and deepening of personal faith in today's world. Kasper examines the problem of "the handing on of the faith" that exists almost everywhere today. Faith itself is in question today, not simply the "how" of its being taught or handed on, but the "what" and "why" of faith. The knowledge of the faith has fallen to a new low today, and many of the fundamental attitudes of belief - reverence, humility, trust and devotion - have become foreign to us. Kasper provides profound insights into these problems and then give clear solutions to this modern dilemma.</DIV>

Transcending All Understanding: The Meaning of Christian Faith Today

<DIV>A Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and devout Catholic tells you everything you need to know about keeping your faith at a modern university. Drawing on her recent experience, Aurora Griffin shares forty practical tips relating to academics, community, prayer, and service that helped her stay Catholic in college.She reminds us that keeping the faith is a conscious decision, reinforced by commitment to daily practices. Aurora’s story illustrates that when you decide your faith matters to you, no one can take it away, even in the most secular environments and under strong peer pressure. Throughout the book, she shows how being Catholic in college did not prevent her from having a full “college experience,” but actually enabled her to make the most of her time at Harvard.Aurora encourages students who are about to begin this formative journey, or those now in college, that the most valuable parts of college life -- lasting friendships, intellectual growth, and cherished memories -- are experienced in a more meaningful way when lived in and through the Catholic faith.</DIV>

How I Stayed Catholic at Harvard: 40 Tips for Faithful College Students

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Jen Nilsson has an MBA, a nice condo, and a fast-track job at a tech start-up in Silicon Valley. If her big product launch goes well next month, she may finally land the marketing director job she's been gunning for.&nbsp; But then her younger sister, Katie, just out of college and estranged from their newly devout parents, blows through the front door, dumping cardboard boxes and a lifetime of personal drama onto Jen's just-swept floor.&nbsp;Family is family, and Jen lets her sister, the embodiment of all that annoys her, move in. Maybe she'll turn aimless Katie into a model adult. But when Jen's own well-laid career plans hurtle off the tracks—a corporate buyout, a layoff, and a disastrous business trip to China—she turns more and more to Katie for support and begins to reassess the place of family, and love, in her life.If You Can Get It explores the quirks and the humanity of the twenty-first-century business world but finds its heart in the deepening relationship of two sisters as different as Elinor and Marianne of Sense and Sensibility.

If You Can Get It

<DIV>Cardinal Ratzinger offers selected passages from his profound spiritual and theological writings as meditations for each day of the year. He picked the title of this book from verse 8 in the third letter of St. John, which he also adapted for his coat of arms: "Co-Workers of the Truth." Just as these words signify for St. John the participation of all the faithful in the service of the Gospel, which includes the faithful extending hospitality to all who come as messengers of faith, so too Ratzinger shows the importance of our uniting charity with truth to make possible the proclamation of the Gospel. Through his meditations here, he hopes to help awaken in each reader the courage and generosity to become co-workers with the Gospel, which is the truth of Jesus Christ. The Cardinal picked the title of this book from the passage in the third letter of Saint John, verse 8, which he also adapted for his coat of arms: "Co-Workers of the Truth." Just as these words signify for Saint John the participation of all the faithful in the service of the Gospel, which includes the faithful extending hospitality to all who come as messengers of faith, so too Ratzinger shows the importance of our uniting charity with truth to make possible the proclamation of the Gospel. Through his meditations here, he hopes to help awaken in each reader the courage and generosity to become co-workers with the Gospel, which is the truth of Jesus Christ. "Man cannot be truly free but through love, the supreme love of God and the love of men, brethren, neighbors, countrymen.... This is what Christ, whose love knew no bounds, teaches us." -Pope John Paul II</DIV>

Co-Workers of the Truth: Meditations for Every Day of the Year

<DIV>Foreword by Robert BorkJanet Smith, well-known philosophy professor and writer, presents a critical look at the meaning of the "right to privacy" that has been so often employed by the Supreme Court in recent times to justify the creation of rights not found in the Constitution by any traditional method of interpreting a legal document. Smith shows how these inventions have led to the legal protection of abortion, assisted suicide, homosexual acts, and more. As Judge Bork says it shows that "morals legislation now seems constitutionally impermissible", and that the counterfeit right to privacy belongs to the genre of the indecipherable and incoherent that no one who wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would have contemplated.</DIV>

The Right to Privacy

<DIV>In an age of theological fragmentation, Hans Urs von Balthasar urges a reintegration of theology. The increasing specialization and compartmentalization to which theology has been subjected leads to confusion and disunity.Convergences: To the Source of Christian Mystery begins by showing the unity between Christian thought (theology) and Christian living (spirituality). Then Balthasar turns to the specializations and divisions of theology, and shows how the unity of dogma governs and directs the specializations. Next, he examines &#34;the dreadful multiplicity of churches and its pseudo-justfication through the alleged variety of theologies&#34; in the New Testament&#34;. Finally, Balthasar has the reader focus on himself, challenging him to consider where &#34;the integrated simplicity of his own existence might lie&#34;.Balthasar argues against an imprudent simplification of theology which seeks to return to the &#x201C;simplicity&#x201D; of ancient Christian thought by throwing away allegedly useless accretions. &#x201C;It is thought,&#x201D; says Balthasar in the Foreword, &#x201C;that liberating unity is achieved by ridding oneself of superfluous amassed goods.&#x201D; One cannot remain true to theology, argues Balthasar, by throwing parts of the tradition overboard in an attempt to find a lost, longed-for theological unity. A prior experience of the unity of theology is required to make sound judgments about what is useless and what is helpful.</DIV>

Convergences: To the Source of Christian Mystery

53: Lead Us Not into Temptation

<DIV>Countless saints have been priests or religious, living out lives of penance and sacrifice for the good of the Church. But many Catholics don't realize that married couples are called to holiness as well.Fr. Holböck's tells the inspiring stories of over 200 married saints and blesseds from the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph to Margaret of Scotland, King Louis of France, Thomas More, and modern examples like Gianna Molla and Louis and Zélie Martin, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. The example of these holy men and women is essential to living a truly Catholic married life. Important Church documents and scripture passages are also included to further guide and enlighten the reader. Many illustrations.</DIV>

Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries

<DIV>Maximus the Confessor, saint and martyr, is the theologian of synthesis: of Rome and Byzantium, of Eastern and Western theology, of antiquity and the Middle Ages, reexcavating the great treasures of Christian tradition, which at that time had been buried by imperial and ecclesial censure.Von Balthasar was an authority on the Church Fathers-Irenaeus, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, Evagrius Ponticus, Augustine, and above all, Maximus the Confessor. This masterpiece on Maximus broke new ground at that time. Subsequent editions included new material from decades of research. This is the first English translation of the latest edition of this acclaimed work.This book presents a powerful, attractive, religiously compelling portrait of the thought of a major Christian theologian who might, for this book, have remained only an obscure name in the handbooks of patrology. It is based on an intelligent and careful reading of Maximus's own writings. Here the history of theology has become itself a way of theological reflection.</DIV>

Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor

Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905&ndash;1988), a prolific Catholic theologian from Switzerland, has been called a &quot;new Father of the Church&quot;. His work&mdash;shaped not only by traditional theology and philosophy, but by literature, art, and music&mdash;made an impact on both Saint John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Aidan Nichols, O.P., describes Balthasar&#39;s fifteen-volume masterwork, the Trilogy, as &quot;perhaps the high-point of twentieth-century Catholic theology&quot;.Yet for all Balthasar&#39;s brilliance, the core of his theology is extraordinarily simple:&#160;love&mdash;for God is love. Love lies at the center of life, indeed, at the center of being itself. For Balthasar, the answers to all of man&#39;s big, existential questions revolve around love.The Meaning of the World Is Love, compiled by psychologist Richard Clements, brings Balthasar&#39;s meditations to a wider audience, using brief excerpts from the theologian to walk readers through the landscape of divine love, which is our home. The path of love is the path of self-gift&mdash;as well as of truth, goodness, and beauty&mdash;and it is the only way to genuine fulfillment. Balthasar, as Clements shows, can point us to the very heart of reality: God, who gives himself to us without reserve.

The Meaning of the World Is Love: Selected Texts from Hans Urs von Balthasar with Commentary

<DIV>This moving story shows how a family found joy after their hopes and dreams were shattered by the rare, fatal neurological illness of their two sons. Told by the family's father, a popular Catholic radio host and marriage counselor, it recounts the way he and his wife received the courage and the support they needed to give their children abundant, fulfilling lives in spite of their gradual decline.What initially seemed to be a tragedy for Joe Sikorra's family became a story of human triumph, an outcome made possible by the compassion and mercy of God. Their example can help those facing unexpected losses and challenges to believe that by placing their trust in Providence they too can overcome hardships with the most powerful force on earth&mdash;God's love.</DIV>

Defying Gravity: How Choosing Joy Lifted My Family from Death to Life

<DIV>In this theological masterpiece on the ministry of the Pope (the Petrine Office) and the nature of the Church, the great Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar examines what he calls the anti-Roman attitude-a widespread hostility toward the Papacy. Unfortunately, this attitude exists even within the Catholic Church. How should we understand this? More importantly, how should we overcome it?Hans Urs von Balthasar answers these questions by providing a balanced discussion of the Papcy's place in the Church. He shows how the Office of Peter is an essential aspect of the ongoing life and mission of Christ's Church. On the one hand, the Papacy is not "above" the Church, the author insists, nor is the mystery of the Church reducible to the Papacy. On the other hand, writes von Balthasar, the Petrine ministry of the Pope is a crucial element among other indispensable, constitutive principles, which include what von Balthasar calls the Johannine and Pauline dimensions, and above all else on the Marian aspect of the Church. </DIV>

The Office of Peter: And the Structure of the Church

You're right—it would all be a waste, if not for aκτιος.

37: Why Waste Time Learning about God—and Praying? (Colossians Up Close, pt. 2)

A big question: Why would God create death? Why do things fall apart? Is it because of the Fall, because of sin? Then what about the brontosaurus? Here's a first approach at making sense of what scientists call the law of entropy.

22: Why Do Things Fall Apart? (Entropy, pt. 1)

<DIV>Devoted to silence, prayer, and austere simplicity, the Carthusian monks guard their solitude jealously and rarely allow visitors to live with them. The author of this book, however, was privileged to spend four months with the Carthusian community in Calabria, Italy, the resting place of the founder of their order, Saint Bruno. The American priest followed the daily regimen of the monks and wrote to family and friends in order to share his experiences and insights. His engaging and informative letters are presented in this book along with professional four-color photographs provided by the monastery.Report from Calabria describes and illustrates the distinctive features of the Carthusian way of life as they were encountered by the author. Historical background and excerpts from the writings of Saint Bruno round out the priest's experiences. The contemplative vocation-bracing and yet deeply human-comes alive in this vivid account of very little happening yet a lot going on.</DIV>

Report from Calabria

&quot;Everything is so beautiful when we look at it with a little love,&quot; wrote the French social worker and poet Madeleine Delbr&ecirc;l (1904&ndash;1964), whom the Vatican named Venerable in 2018. Through the convulsions of the twentieth century, she made her home in one of the most brutal towns of Europe&mdash;the Communist-run Parisian suburb of Ivry. But to her shock, she saw the dazzling light of God everywhere she looked. Gathered in this book are buds of wisdom from across the writings of Madeleine Delbr&ecirc;l, who believed that Christian joy is possible&mdash;indeed necessary&mdash;in the bleakest settings. God can never abandon the world he loves. &quot;We, the ordinary people of the streets, believe with all our might that this street, that this world where God has placed us, is, for us, the site of our holiness.&quot; Delbr&ecirc;l&#39;s luminous reflections on Christ, man, and everyday life tap into the depths of divine mystery yet shine with the simplicity of a child. If we read them carefully, we might finally become the saints we&#39;re called to be.

The Dazzling Light of God: A Madeleine Delbrêl Reader

1 Heretic

2 Cosmos

3 Waves

4 Control

5 Sex

6 Gender

7 Artifice

8 Wholeness

9 Gift

The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderstood.Weaving personal experience with expert knowledge, Dr. Abigail Favale provides an in-depth yet accessible account of the gender paradigm: a framework for understanding reality and identity that has recently risen to prominence. Favale traces the genealogy of gender to its origins in feminism and postmodern thought, describing how gender has come to eclipse sex, and how that shift is reshaping language, law, medicine, sexuality, and our own self-perceptions.With substance, clarity, and compassion, Favale teases out the hidden assumptions of the gender paradigm and exposes its effects. Yet this book is not merely an exposé—it is also a powerful, moving articulation of a Christian understanding of reality: a holistic paradigm that proclaims the dignity of the body, the sacramental meaning of sexual difference, and the interconnectedness of all creation. The Genesis of Gender is a vital, timely resource for anyone seeking to better understand the gender paradigm—and how to live beyond it.

The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory

<DIV>Despite signs in recent decades of a crisis in the Church, a countercurrent of intense interest in prayer and a close relationship with God is clearly at work today. A deeper esteem for contemplation has accompanied this turning to prayer, and many people desire spiritual direction and guidance.Written by a recognized expert on contemplative prayer, this book concentrates on the interior hardships experienced by souls who give themselves to God wholeheartedly. More than a summary of the symptoms of interior trial, these poignant observations are the fruit of the author's many years in retreat work. Personal experience, not simply knowledge of the spiritual tradition, inform his concise, carefully crafted comments.Throughout the book, the writing invites the reader to ponder the subject of spiritual darkness, perplexity, and other struggles in the spiritual life always in the light of the loving God, who draws souls into greater surrender to himself.</DIV>

Contemplative Enigmas: Insights and Aid on the Path to Deeper Prayer

An influential teacher, a distinguished theologian, a man who endured many trials, a father of souls&mdash;Blessed John Henry Newman (1801&ndash;1890) remains as fresh and relevant today as he was during his lifetime. In this engaging film, Fr. Nicholas Schofield and Fr. Marcus Holden, hosts of several other Ignatius films, present the inspiring story of Newman&rsquo;s life and visit the places in England where he lived and worked. From London to Oxford, from Littlemore to Birmingham, each reveals an important stage of Newman&rsquo;s life. Along the way, they explore his writings and teachings, his pastoral zeal for his students and parishioners, his journey of conversion to the Catholic faith, and his enduring message for Christians today.

Lead Kindly Light: The Life & Message of Blessed John Henry Newman

<DIV>This easy-to-use companion study guide helps the readers who approach Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth without the benefit of extensive theological or biblical training. The goal is not to replace Benedict’s book but to make it more accessible, more fruitful for the average reader?whether lay, religious, priest or deacon.Designed for individual study or for group/parish discussion, this guide has the following features for each section and chapter of Jesus of Nazareth:<ul><li>a reader-friendly summary</li><li>an outline</li><li>a list of key terms</li><li>questions for understanding, reflection, application and discussion</li><li>a section for readers to include their personal reflections on the reading</li></ul>The guide also includes an ample introduction explaining the background for understanding Pope Benedict’s approach and how to use this guide as an easy-to-use glossary that defines important terms and identifies key people discussed in Jesus of Nazareth.</DIV>

Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

<DIV>Divine Intimacy is considered a classic throughout the Christian world, a work prepared with loving and conscientious labor by one of the great Catholic teachers of our time. This revision of his famous works vibrates with the freshness of the springtime of grace stirred up by Vatican II and inspired by the renewed impulse to a more vital return to Sacred Scripture. Of all the books of meditation available today, this series is the most practical, liturgically and spiritually formative, and helpful for true communion with God. Volume III covers from the Ninth Sunday through the Twenty-first week of Ordinary Time.</DIV>

Divine Intimacy

<DIV>Foreword by Bishop Dominique Rey Includes an Index In July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI released his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, allowing for unprecedented freedom for priests to celebrate the so-called Tridentine Mass, now referred to as the "Extraordinary Form" of the Mass, as opposed to the Mass of Paul VI, or the "Ordinary Form". In this new book by French bishop Marc Aillet, the historical and cultural impetus for the motu proprio as well as the rich tradition of liturgical reform are explored. As a priest of the Community of Saint Martin, which celebrates the Mass of Paul VI in Latin, Bishop Aillet has been committed to the promotion of liturgical reform that is rooted in tradition for many years. As bishop of the diocese of Bayonne in France, he has been instrumental in reintroducing the Extraordinary Form in his diocese. A work that is both easy to understand and deeply rich, The Old Mass and the New gives an overview of the history and theology of the liturgy. At the same time, Bishop Aillet beckons us to look ahead to move beyond the crisis in the liturgy to a reconciliation of these two forms of the Latin rite. An excellent introduction for those interested in the theological foundations of the liturgy. Includes the full text of Summorum Pontificum and Pope Benedict XVI's explanatory letter. "This motu proprio is by no means a step backward. The gesture of reconciliation it expresses calls with prophetic voice for a liturgical renewal based on an increased theological and spiritual appreciation of the principles of the liturgical reform of Vatican II." -From the foreword by Bishop Dominique Rey</DIV>

The Old Mass and the New: Explaining the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI

<DIV>Why would an all-loving God allow suffering? Are not suffering and love opposed to one another? Does suffering have any meaning or benefit? Is there any objective evidence for God, for a soul that will survive bodily death, for the resurrection of Jesus? Who is God anyway – benevolent and loving, or angry and retributive?Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., gives a comprehensive response to these questions and many others, explaining the contemporary evidence for God, the soul, and the resurrection. He discusses how God uses suffering to lead us to compassion for others and eternal life. He also shows how the Holy Spirit guides us through times of suffering toward our salvation, explaining the signs and the interior movements that reveal the Spirit's actions.Fr. Spitzer not only addresses the perplexing questions associated with suffering but teaches us how to suffer well. He points out some of the most common mistakes people make when trying to interpret God's motives for allowing or alleviating suffering. He demonstrates why suffering – in combination with love – is one of the most powerful motivating agents for personal, cultural, and societal development.</DIV>

The Light Shines On in the Darkness: Transforming Suffering through Faith