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I Call You Friends (Hardcover)
Leonard J. DeLorenzo, Timothy P. O'Malley
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The saints are good company. They are the heroes of the faith who
blazed new and creative paths to holiness; they are the witnesses
whose testimonies echo throughout the ages in the memory of the
Church. Most Christians, and particularly Catholics, are likely to
have their own favorite saints, those who inspire and "speak" to
believers as they pray and struggle through the challenges of their
own lives. Leonard DeLorenzo's book addresses the idea of the
communion of saints, rather than individual saints, with the
conviction that what makes the saints holy and what forms them into
a communion is one and the same. Work of Love investigates the
issue of communication within the communio sanctorum and the
fullness of Christian hope in the face of the meaning-or
meaninglessness-of death. In an effort to revitalize a theological
topic that for much of Catholic history has been an indelible part
of the Catholic imaginary, DeLorenzo invokes the ideas of not only
many theological figures (Rahner, Ratzinger, Balthasar, and de
Lubac, among others) but also historians, philosophers (notably
Heidegger and Nietzsche), and literary figures (Rilke and Dante) to
create a rich tableau. By working across several disciplines,
DeLorenzo argues for a vigorous renewal in the Christian
imagination of the theological concept of the communion of saints.
He concludes that the embodied witness of the saints themselves, as
well as the liturgical and devotional movements of the Church at
prayer, testifies to the central importance of the communion of
saints as the eschatological hope and fulfillment of the promises
of Christ.
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