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Louis IX, king of France from 1226 to 1270 and twice crusader, was
canonized in 1297. He was the last king canonized during the
medieval period, and was both one of the most important saints and
one of the most important kings of the later Middle Ages. In
Blessed Louis, the Most Glorious of Kings: Texts Relating to the
Cult of Saint Louis of France, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin presents six
previously untranslated texts that informed medieval views of St.
Louis IX: two little-known but early and important vitae of Saint
Louis; two unedited sermons by the Parisian preacher Jacob of
Lausanne (d. 1322); and a liturgical office and proper mass in his
honor-the most commonly used liturgical texts composed for Louis'
feast day-which were widely copied, read, and disseminated in the
Middle Ages. Gaposchkin's aim is to present to a diverse readership
the Louis as he was known and experienced in the Middle Ages: a
saint celebrated by the faithful for his virtue and his deeds. She
offers for the first time to English readers a typical
hagiographical view of Saint Louis, one in counterbalance to that
set forth in Jean of Joinville's Life of Saint Louis. Although
Joinville's Life has dominated our views of Louis, Joinville's
famous account was virtually unknown beyond the French royal court
in the Middle Ages and was not printed until the sixteenth century.
His portrayal of Louis as an individual and deeply charismatic
personality is remarkable, but it is fundamentally unrepresentative
of the medieval understanding of Louis. The texts that Gaposchkin
translates give immediate access to the reasons why medieval
Christians took Louis to be a saint; the texts, and the image of
Saint Louis presented in them, she argues, must be understood
within the context of the developing history of sanctity and
sainthood at the end of the Middle Ages.
Celebrate A Season of Renewal and Reflection The theme of
bitterness runs through the Bible as a sour reminder of sin's
presence in our world-yet it's because of this bitterness that
Jesus' grace is so sweet and satisfying. As we learn to turn from
our vices and crave real beauty, goodness, and truth through the
pursuit of virtues, we grow nearer to God and become more like who
He made us to be. From Tsh Oxenreider, bestselling author of Shadow
and Light: A Journey into Advent, arrives a devotional to help you
meditate and rejoice in the transcendent miracle of Easter. You
will... uncover what it means to participate in the liturgical
traditions of Lent, from fasting to almsgiving experience artwork
and music that illuminate the impact-both personal and global-of
Jesus's death and resurrection contemplate the wonder of Christ's
redemption of all humankind, especially as this time of
introspection reveals your human limitations Starting on Ash
Wednesday and leading you all the way through Holy Week, Bitter and
Sweet is an invitation to better understand Jesus's sacrifice as
you delight in His ultimate love for you.
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