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National Catholic Register Saturday Book Pick: Mike Aquilina\'s
"A Year With the Church Fathers" (June 4, 2011)
Times change, but human nature does not. Neither do the daily
struggles that all Christians experience in their walk with the
Lord. Today as two thousand years ago we fight anger, pride, lust,
spiritual sloth. Now as then we strive to be more diligent in
prayer, more faithful to the commandments, more patient and
charitable toward others. And in our time, no less than in the
earliest centuries of Christianity, we need wise guidance to direct
us on the road to holiness.
In "A Year with the Church Fathers," popular Patristics expert
Mike Aquilina gathers the wisest, most practical teachings and
exhortations from the Fathers of the Church, and presents them in a
format perfect for daily meditation and inspiration. The Fathers
were the immediate inheritors of the riches of the Apostolic Age,
and their intimacy with the revelation of Jesus Christ is
beautifully evident throughout their theological and pastoral
writings: a profound patrimony that is ours to read and cherish and
profit from.
Learn to humbly accept correction from St. Clement of Rome. Let
Tertullian teach you how to clear your mind before prayer. Read St.
Gregory the Great and deepen your love for the Eucharist. Do you
suffer from pain or illness? St. John Chrysostom\'s counsels will
refresh you. Do you have trouble curbing your appetite for food and
other fleshly things? St. John Cassian will teach you the true way
to moderation and self-control.
" A Year with the Church Fathers " is different from a study guide,
and more than a collection of pious passages. It is a year-long
retreat that in just a few minutes every day will lead you on a
cycle of contemplation, prayer, resolution, and spiritual growth
that is guaranteed to bring you closer to God and His truth. From
the Church Fathers we should expect nothing less.
Beautiful gift edition, with two- tone ultra soft cover, ribbon
marker, and designed interior pages.
Parents of any age or at any stage can cultivate the same virtues
in prayer that Saint Monica discovered during her long wait for
God's answer for her child. This devotion includes 18 contemporary
reflections, meditations taken from the writings of Saint
Augustine, and prayers adapted from the liturgy and other ancient
sources.
This new and extensively updated edition is the definitive resource
for anyone interested in learning about the Church Fathers and
their legacy. Ideal for RCIA, catechists, clergy, as well as lay
Catholics who want to learn more about the great teachers of early
Christianity.
Living the Mysteries is a daily devotional--and more--for the
period from Easter to Pentecost. Each day features: a brief
meditation; a short passage from that day's Mass readings; a
reflection on the reading adapted from the writings of the Fathers
of the Church; a particular focusing on a relevant point of the
mystical or moral life; and a plan with practical applications for
everyday prayer and living. This is a thoughtful, practical, and
sure-to-be appreciated gift for any new Catholic! (And a great
choice for longtime Catholics, too.)
The Catholic University of America Press is proud to present the
third volume in its Sayings of the Fathers of the Church series.
Featuring esteemed scholars and writers compiling material from our
acclaimed Fathers of the Church volumes, each title is devoted to
select areas of theology. The inaugural volumes covered the Seven
Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, and now we turn to The Holy
Mass. The documents of early Christianity are rich in mentions of
the Mass and its component parts. Sometimes they're detailed
descriptions, sometimes quick allusions. In this volume Mike
Aquilina, a popular author on early Christianity, takes readers
step by step through the Mass, from the Sign of the Cross through
the Dismissal, illuminating the way with the words of the Fathers.
Along the way readers encounter familiar rites, words, and
gestures, but also familiar complaints - about long homilies, bad
singing, liturgical abuses, and distracted congregations. The Holy
Mass is divided into chapters based on the parts of the Mass known
to modern Catholics of the Roman Rite. The Mass did not follow this
sequence through the entirety of the era of the Fathers. Gregory
the Great moved the position of the Lord's Prayer. There were
geographic variants for the placement of the Sign of Peace. Some
ancient liturgies lacked a specific penitential rite - though all
the liturgies had a penitential dimension to their prayers. Mike
Aquilina's introduction provides historical context and describes
the rich development of the liturgy through the Church's first few
centuries. A foreword by Thomas Weinandy, OFM, Cap., a member of
the Vatican's International Theological Commission, speaks of the
relevance of this material for worshipers today.
Explore the impact of each of the early Christian women on the
Church, then and now. Their stories will enthrall you. Their
writings will inspire you. Their witness will empower you.
What did the first Christians believe about the Eucharist?
How did they follow Jesus' command, "Do this in remembrance of
me"?
How did they celebrate the Lord's Day?
What would they recognize in today's Mass?
The answers may surprise you.
In The Mass of the Early Christians, respected author, scholar,
and television host Mike Aquilina reveals the Church's most ancient
Eucharistic beliefs and practices. Using the words of the early
Christians themselves -- from many documents and inscriptions --
Aquilina traces the history of the Mass from Jesus' lifetime
through the fourth century. That the Mass stood at the center of
the Church's life is evident in the Scriptures, as well as the
earliest Christian sermons, letters, artwork, tombstones, and
architecture. Even the pagans bore witness to the Mass in the
records of their persecutions.
These legacies from the early Church bear witness to the same
worship Catholics know today: the altar, the priest, the chalice of
wine, the bread, the Sign of the Cross ... the "Lord, have mercy"
... the "Holy, holy, holy" ... and the Communion.
This little book easily fits in your pocket, but it answers all the
important questions about what we believe. A bestseller since it
was introduced, it also includes a treasury of prayers, a closer
look at the Mass, and a brief manual for confession. Makes a
perfect gift for a new convert.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Sayings of the Fathers of the Church is the
inaugural volume in a new series from The Catholic University of
America Press. This series will feature a wide range of scholars
compiling material from the Fathers of the Church series to focus
on a specific area of theology. Forthcoming titles will focus on
Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell, and Angels and Demons, with
others to be announced shortly. Sacred Scripture did not neatly
list the seven deadly sins, so where did this tradition come from?
Unsurprisingly, it can be traced back to the Church Fathers. But
were there eight or seven? In a sense, the answer is “both.”
The tradition of the capital sins has a rich development in the
patristic era, not only in the presentation of the list of vices
but in the preaching and teaching of the early shepherds of the
Church. So how do the capital sins spawn other vices in the soul?
How does one cultivate the virtues that heal the soul from those
vices? How are gluttony and lust related? Is sadness really a vice?
How is vainglory different from pride? What role does almsgiving
have in soothing the passion of anger? The Fathers of the Church
answer these questions and more in this volume. The capital vices
are the gateway drugs to countless sins. The path of the book
descends through the vices, culminating with their queen ruler,
pride. The words of the Fathers will assist the reader in being
more realistic about the attacks upon the soul. The text should
also be edifying and medicinal. Since each chapter begins with vice
and ends with virtue, one’s path through the chapters represents
a sort of ascent out of vice and into the freedom of the virtues.
The text gives special attention throughout to the thought of
Augustine of Hippo, Evagrius of Pontus, John Cassian, Gregory the
Great, and Maximus the Confessor.
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