{"title":"2025","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-edge-of-sadness","title":"The Edge of Sadness","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Edwin O'Connor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFather Hugh Kennedy \u003c\/b\u003ehas come home. Newly sober, he is charged by his bishop with a derelict, dusty, and dying parish, in a decrepit part of the city. Quite content with his lot, Father Hugh is suddenly pulled back into a past world: the exuberant, turbulent, Irish-American world in which he was born and raised. With one telephone call, old Charlie Carmody brings Father Hugh out of his hum-drum, methodical priestly life, and gives him a place in the story of the Carmody family: old Charlie, his doting daughter, Mary, and free-spirited daughter, Helen; his prodigal son, Dan, and his priest son, John, and a complete supporting cast of vividly drawn and utterly memorable characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAt first, Father Hugh is as much in the dark as anyone about the exact plot and this story and the purpose of his unexpected casting in it; yet as he renews the old acquaintances and rehears the old stories, the reasons begin to come to light—and with them, an edge of sadness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eI knew at once some element of happiness was missing. The edge of sadness was visible…\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWritten with a simple dignity and gentleness, \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Sadness \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of faith, hope, and Irish affection—truthfully told and beautifully balanced between the poles of melancholy and mirth. Winner of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Edwin O’Connor’s masterpiece is truly an unforgettable book.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwin O’Connor \u003c\/b\u003e(1918–1968) was an American author, critic, and novelist. With his 1956 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hurrah\u003c\/i\u003e, he was hailed “as one of the most gifted interpreters of American life” (\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). O’Connor’s 1966 novel \u003ci\u003eAll in the Family \u003c\/i\u003eis also available from Cluny. \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e is widely regarded as his best work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953737\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46430575722715,"sku":"978-1685953737","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1192.jpg?v=1737063289"},{"product_id":"the-man-within","title":"The Man Within","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Graham Greene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGraham Greene’s\u003c\/span\u003e debut publication, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Within \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003etells of Andrews, a smuggler turned informant, fugitive, and friend-betrayer. Fleeing his former fellow associates, whom he fears plan fatal consequences for his infidelity, Andrews finds shelter in a remote cottage, home to a solitary young woman named Elizabeth. Forthrightly, almost impulsively, Elizabeth persuades Andrews to redeem his treachery by honesty—to bear open witness in a court of law against his one-time accomplices, and thus prove himself, if not the better, at least the braver man. Yet neither Andrews nor Elizabeth reckon that there are worse dangers than those threatened by the law, mortal dangers at the hands of men who will scorn both justice and mercy in their own quest for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere’s another man within me that’s angry with me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e”\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e(Sir Thomas Brown)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBegun by Greene at the age of twenty-one and first published in 1929, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Within \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003erepresents, in its author’s own telling, a gesture towards the past: “the period of ambition and hope.” Yet it is significant also as a forerunner of the future and preview of his later works, which dramatized so powerfully, even pitilessly at times, the wrestling of man with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/span\u003e (1904–1991) was an English writer and novelist. One of the most distinguished authors of the twentieth century, Greene penned twenty-six novels as well as numerous short stories and essays, plays and screenplays, and autobiographies and biographies. Averse to being called a “Catholic” novelist, he nonetheless achieved his best work in his novels with Catholic themes—foremost among them \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power and the Glory \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1940), \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart of the Matter \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1948), and \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of the Affair \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1951).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685953744\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46437797560539,"sku":"978-1685953744","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1196.jpg?v=1737374588"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-mary","title":"The Book of Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSacred Scripture\u003c\/b\u003e offers little detailed revelation about Mary, the Mother of God: just a few paragraphs to the beginnings of Luke’s and Matthew’s Gospels, some passing allusions in the course of Jesus’ public life, and a brief appearance, almost in silhouette, in John’s account of Calvary. Yet from this apparently insignificant foundation has arisen a universal devotion to Mary, a devotion exemplified over the centuries by prayers, poems, theological studies, and sacred music. To show how this came to be, Henri Daniel-Rops lays out all that is known from the testimony of contemporaries, ancient texts and later interpretations, about the humble maiden of Nazareth who was chosen to bear God’s only-begotten Son. With clarity and reverence, Daniel-Rops presents the recorded details of Mary: from Scripture and the early post-Biblical literature, the fascinating apocryphal and pseudo-epigraphical texts, and the writings of the early Church Fathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod sent the angel Gabriel to a city of Galilee called Nazareth,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhere a virgin dwelt, betrothed to a man of David’s lineage;\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ehis name was Joseph, and the virgin’s name was Mary.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLuke 1:26–27)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst appearing in English translation in 1960, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Mary \u003c\/i\u003eis a treasure-trove of the original testimonies to the glories of Mary—and these, in the words of St. John Henry Newman, “are for the sake of Jesus; and that we praise and bless her as the first of creatures, that we may confess Him as our sole Creator.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965) was a French Catholic historian and author. Over a span of just thirty years, he wrote seventy books, including the monumental, ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular. In 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953751\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46437806670043,"sku":"978-1685953751","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1187.jpg?v=1737374993"},{"product_id":"saint-thomas-aquinas","title":"Saint Thomas Aquinas","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gerald Vann, O.P.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the year 1879\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePope Leo XIII formally inaugurated the modern revival of Thomistic thought. Some sixty years later, this revival had yielded great fruit in Catholic circles. In secular circles, however, its insights had been largely ignored or misunderstood, and the wisdom of Thomas Aquinas and the Scholastics taken instead as folly. This misapprehension, argues Gerald Vann, O.P., was the result of tragic misconception of Thomism as hyper-rational and reductive. In this study, Vann aims to prove the opposite: Thomism is the \u003ci\u003efides-et-ratio \u003c\/i\u003esynthesis par excellence; it affirms the vast totality of truth, from the mere possibility of being to Being itself—God; it affirms that “it is better to illumine than merely to shine”; and it affirms also that synthesis which saves reality from endless, chaotic perplexity: the celestial hierarchy which alone fully reveals “the \u003ci\u003esplendor ordinis\u003c\/i\u003e, the beauty of truth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth must consequently be the ultimate end of the whole universe,\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the consideration of the wise man aims principally at truth. \u003c\/i\u003e(Saint Thomas Aquinas)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDeemed by the great Church historian Philip Hughes “quite the best summary yet written in English of what makes St. Thomas the greatest of Catholic thinkers,” Vann’s \u003ci\u003eSaint Thomas Aquinas \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent introduction to its subject and an apt reminder that the beginning of wisdom is “the desire for discipline.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Vann, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1906–1963) was an English Dominican priest and author of numerous bestselling works of philosophy, spirituality, and theology. A gifted preacher and scholar, he was in great demand as a lecturer and retreat-master, and appeared frequently in the United States on the National Council of Catholic Men's weekly radio program, “The Catholic Hour.” Along with \u003ci\u003eSaint Thomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e, his books include \u003ci\u003eMorals and Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1937), \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Pity \u003c\/i\u003e(1945), and \u003ci\u003eThe Water and the Fire \u003c\/i\u003e(1953).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953768\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46438193365211,"sku":"978-1685953768","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1205.jpg?v=1737383699"},{"product_id":"sacrament-most-holy","title":"Sacrament Most Holy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“O Sacrament most holy, \u003c\/b\u003eO Sacrament divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.” This traditional phrase of devotion perfectly expresses Monsignor Ronald Knox’s devotion to the Holy Eucharist. In the words of Philip Caraman, S.J., “the Eucharist was the central, inexhaustible and unifying mystery of his priestly life” and the holy Sacrifice of the Mass was “not merely the central act of his own life, but the unifying mystery of the people of God.” And this because, in that Sacrifice, the very body and blood of Jesus Christ are made present in their substance and Christ offers himself as our true food and true drink, unto eternal life. It is truly right and just, in response to such an awesome gift, to render in return a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to its Giver.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the sacrament of Holy Eucharist, although it would far exceed all our deserts if he only gave himself to be our food, our Lord will redouble his condescension by remaining with us, to be adored in the monstrance or in the tabernacle; he is not content to satisfy our hunger, he spoils us with the crumbs of his grace. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Ronald Knox)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAnd just such a sacrifice did Monsignor Knox offer in his preaching. \u003ci\u003eSacrament Most Holy \u003c\/i\u003ecollects in a single volume those thirty-one sermons specifically on the Holy Eucharist (and only previously published separately in \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Charing Cross\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Window in the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Pastoral Sermons\u003c\/i\u003e). Each of these\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethirty-one sermons, without exception, brings home the mystery of the Blessed Sacrament with authority, thanksgiving, and unmistakable joy.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of ser­mons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953775\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46438199886043,"sku":"978-1685953775","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1200.jpg?v=1737383854"},{"product_id":"lightning-meditations","title":"Lightning Meditations","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrevity is the soul of wit. \u003c\/b\u003eOn the evidence of Monsignor Ronald Knox’s \u003ci\u003eLightning Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e, it is also the secret of effective preaching. Like its pre­decessor volume, \u003ci\u003eStimuli\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection of meditations is compiled from the short sermons Knox contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eover a span of twelve years; also like \u003ci\u003eStimuli\u003c\/i\u003e, its contents are to the point and pointed, ready to sting consciences out of complacency and into cooperation with the abundant graces on offer from almighty God. Drawing from the wisdom and tradition of the Church, the writings of saints and scholars, and—above all—Sacred Scriptures, Knox is able to illuminate in lightning fashion those favored recesses of mind, heart, and soul in which one attempts to hide from God and his commandments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod sees the grace he gave that man, perhaps not as a flame that burns his brow, but as a spark creeping among the embers of a difficult nature. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Ronald Knox)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThese seventy-eight meditations are timely reflections for the seasons of the Church year and topical considerations on the mysteries of the Kingdom, the cultivation of virtues, and the rooting out of vice. 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Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of ser­mons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953782\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46438210011355,"sku":"978-1685953782","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product235.jpg?v=1737384539"},{"product_id":"kristin-lavransdatter-the-bridal-wreath","title":"Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal Wreath (Volume I)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset | Translated by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, \u003c\/b\u003eSigrid Undset’s most famous work, is the story of an ordinary woman’s life in fourteenth-century Norway. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVolume I—\u003ci\u003eThe Bridal Wreath—\u003c\/i\u003efollows Kristin from her childhood on her family’s estate of Jörundgaard to her coming-of-age and encounter with Erlend Nikulaussön. Immediately attracted, Kristin and Erlend enkindle an illicit and forbidden romance—illicit because Kristin is already betrothed; for-bidden, because Erlend is already married. 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Leaving no gap between this world and God’s world, Undset tells her trilogy with unwavering courage and conviction in the facts of man’s freedom and God’s mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset \u003c\/b\u003e(1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a convert to the Catholic faith. In 1928, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 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Of these, \u003ci\u003eA Retreat for Beginners \u003c\/i\u003eis singular: for, in Knox’s own declaration, it is addressed not to a crowd, but to one particula\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003er soul—to \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e. The point of a retreat is that God means to do something in and to the soul; God, in this time of quiet, intends to conduct a spring-cleaning of sorts in the retreatant’s spiritual life, illuminating a particular fault, loosening the fetters of some foul habit or unhealthy friendship, or introducing some fresh means of serving Him. This Divine housekeeping takes place as the mind and soul are refreshed with the waters of good Christian teaching. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eKnox distributes this water generously, with twenty-two reflections on central truths and mysteries of the Faith, including the Divine Nature and the Incarnation; original sin and personal sin; the Holy Mass and the Blessed Sacrament; prayer and the Rosary; personal vocation and vocation to the priest­hood; and the Last Things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLose no time in asking God to take your life and break it and remould it according to his own plan; for you will find no peace, believe me, and no satisfaction until you have learned to want to be what he wants you to be—that and nothing else.\u003c\/em\u003e” (Ronald Knox)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFollowing the spirit of St. Paul’s remark, “You were little children in Christ’s nurs­ery,” Knox’s preaching is proper schooling for souls at every stage of life’s journey.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. 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A priest is chosen by God himself, divinely elected a shepherd of souls, appointed an ambassador from heaven to earth, ordained another Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn these eighteen conferences, Monsignor Ronald Knox offers instruction, encouragement, and refreshment for the men who have accepted this vocation. Anchoring each meditation in the Old Testament, Knox uses the stories of Abraham, Jacob, Esther, and more, to throw the situations and needs of the spiritual life into sharp relief. Pairing these stories with ones from the New Testament, Knox underscores those admonitions and encouragements toward holy living, placed there by the Holy Spirit when he inspired the sacred authors to write as they did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAs God chose your soul, chose that it should exist, so he chose, before the foundation of the world, your priesthood; determined that you and not some other should stand at his altar and minister to his people.\u003c\/em\u003e” (Ronald Knox)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eA retreat, as Knox describes it, is a time of leisure for God. Yet a retreat is not a permanent state; one must return from the mountain to the world of familiar work and care. The grace of \u003ci\u003eA Retreat for Priests\u003c\/i\u003e—what makes it an immensely beneficial book both for priests and for the laity entrusted to their care—is its power to make its readers like the Apostles at the close of the Transfiguration, seeing “no man any more, but Jesus only.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. 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Yet few saints have attracted such lively interest and steadfast devotion down the centuries than the Apostle of the Emerald Isle. Honoring that interest and devotion, Hugh de Blácam brings the man who shepherded the Irish into the fold of the Church to life—not as mythic hero, but as a man in love with Christ and bound to preach His gospel. Like the Apostle Paul, Patrick’s was a “strong, fiery nature, ready to do all, dare all, and endure all for Christ.” Beginning with Patrick’s boyhood and enslavement, de Blácam then chronicles his commission as bishop to return to Ireland; his answer to the “voice of the Irish”; his casting down of pagan idols and contentions with kings and druids; and his unwavering confession that Christ is Lord and Ireland is Christ’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eI commend my soul to my most faithful God, whose ambassador I am in my \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003elowliness.… He knoweth that fully and greatly I desire and have been ready that \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe should grant me to drink of His cup, as He hath granted to others who love Him.\u003c\/em\u003e” (Saint Patrick)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“Under God’s providence,” wrote F. J. Sheed, “the Irish were born of St. Patrick, and after fifteen centuries every generation of them still bears his imprint.” First published in 1941, \u003ci\u003eSaint Patrick: Apostle of Ireland \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to this truth, told with a charm, distinction, and power worthy of its saintly subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh de Blácam \u003c\/b\u003e(1891–1951) was an English-born Irish author and editor. A member of the Gae­lic League, he was a staunch republican and advocate for Irish independence from British rule. Inspired by the apologetical writings of G. K. Chesterton, he converted to the Catholic faith in 1913. His other works, Catholic in theme or topic, include \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Colmcille \u003c\/i\u003e(1929), \u003ci\u003eThe Saints of Ireland: Brigid and Columcille \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), and \u003ci\u003eGolden Priest \u003c\/i\u003e(1943), a drama on the martyrdom of St. Oliver Plunkett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953829\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46474178199771,"sku":"978-1685953829","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1227.jpg?v=1738861546"},{"product_id":"rossetti-his-life-and-works","title":"Rossetti: His Life and Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Evelyn Waugh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA plain account \u003c\/b\u003eof Dante Gabriel Rossetti, his life and works, may merit interest and attention for two reasons, writes Evelyn Waugh. First, taking Rossetti simply as a character for a story, his life is one of intense interest; second, his turgid and perverse genius provides a needed kick to conventional aesthetic standards. A fascinating account of Rossetti’s consistently mysterious, at times vapid, but ultimately tragic life combines, under Waugh’s deft hand, with a presentation of the provocative person­alities, Pre-Raphaelite and otherwise, of Rossetti’s world—Ford Madox Brown, John Ruskin, William Morris, and others—as well as of his muses Elizabeth Siddal, Fanny Schott, and Jane Morris, and his creations by both paint and poetic pen. The portrait of Rossetti which results is at once keenly perceptive, modestly amusing, and undeniably interesting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWaugh’s first book, commissioned by the publisher and published in 1928, \u003ci\u003eRossetti: His Life and Works \u003c\/i\u003eis a critical entry in the Waugh canon. It is also an accomplishment of both art history and criticism, thanks to its candid presentation of that “baffled and very tragic figure of an artist born into an age devoid of artistic standards…a mystic without a creed; a Catholic without the discipline or consolation of the Church; a life between the rocks and the high road.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1903–1966) was an English Catholic writer. Acclaimed by Graham Greene as the greatest novelist of their generation, Waugh wrote more than a dozen novels as well as numerous essays, short stories, and works of biography and travelogue. In addition to his best-known novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1945), his fiction includes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1934),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Loved One\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1948), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelena\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1950), and his 1959 biography of Monsignor Ronald Knox (for whom he served as literary executor) is an exemplar of its genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953805\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46474187866331,"sku":"978-1685953805","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1222.jpg?v=1738861777"},{"product_id":"the-christ","title":"The Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvangelization is an exclusive mission, \u003c\/b\u003esingle-minded in purpose. Its thought, as the first missionary, St. Paul the Apostle, describes it, is of nothing but bringing knowledge of “Jesus Christ, and of him as crucified.” In these thirty-two addresses, broadcast for The Catholic Hour radio program over the years 1931–1932 and 1934–1935, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFulton J. Sheen takes the page straight from St. Paul’s book, preaching Christ and him crucified and seeking to illumine souls concerning the incarnate Son of God and his Church. The same yesterday, today, and forever, Jesus Christ offers to a novelty-obsessed world the gifts of true newness, true renewal, and true refreshment, to be enjoyed in the loving, steadfast shelter of his Church.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eI have only one purpose in mind: to teach the hungry hearts and souls of our land that Christ is the life of their souls, their only solace and their only peace.\u003c\/em\u003e” (\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFulton J. Sheen)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eA prime example of excellent preaching, \u003ci\u003eThe Christ\u003c\/i\u003e combines addresses originally published in the volumes \u003ci\u003eManifestations of Christ \u003c\/i\u003e(1934) and \u003ci\u003eThe Fullness of Christ \u003c\/i\u003e(1935). Delivered with Sheen’s typical consummate clarity and inspirational power, \u003ci\u003eThe Christ \u003c\/i\u003eshines steady light on the path toward better living of that life which is divine, a better understanding of that truth which is the Word, and a deeper love of that love which is the Spirit of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. Sheen \u003c\/b\u003e(1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. An eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer, Sheen provided insight into the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith for millions around the world through his scores of books and countless radio and television programs. 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As Monsignor Ronald Knox describes, it is that recurring situation in Church history in which men and women, seek to be less and less “of the world” and more and more attentive to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Their assumption is audacious yet simple: grace does not perfect nature; it destroys and replaces it. The inevitable result: separation, secession, schism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn twenty-three informative and entertaining chapters, Knox presents various enthusiastic movements: the first-century Corinthians, Montanists, Donatists, Albigenses, the Reformation sects, Jansenists, Quietists, Convulsionaries, Quakers, and Methodists—with special reference to those episodes from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Under Knox’s perceptive pen, religious history is interpreted as com­pelling drama, in which fascinating characters—like St. Paul and Tertullian; Martin Luther and the French Prophets; Madame Guyon and J.-B. 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In subject and style, it makes for a fitting masterpiece: a survey of centuries of religious achievement which meets squarely the undeniable truth that “men will not live without vision”—a meeting haunted by these strange words: “the only vice is inertia and the only virtue, \u003ci\u003eenthusiasm\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. 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Nor is he alone: a ruthless alchemist also seeks the stone, believing it to be the key to the secrets of life.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eLearning from his father the story and the skills of the trumpeter of Krakow, Joseph prepares for the moment when he might bear the sentinel’s duty. When that moment comes, Joseph must risk danger and even death to deliver his family and the city from the dark messengers of evil and the raging fires of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA story of excitement and mystery, handsomely decorated by Janina Domanska, Eric P. Kelly’s \u003ci\u003eThe Trumpeter of Krakow \u003c\/i\u003emakes crystal clear the truth that where courage, honor, and sacrifice are found, there too is adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric P. 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In the centuries since, the devotion has enjoyed such success that Pope Pius XI could declare that the devotion to “the Sacred Heart is the very epitome of our religion, and opens the way to a more perfect life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLearn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart.\u003c\/em\u003e” (Matthew 11:29)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eJesus, meek and humble of heart, make our heart like unto Thy Heart.\u003c\/em\u003e” (The Roman Breviary)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTreating his subject with love and honor, Arthur R. McGratty, S.J., records a story of \u003ci\u003ecor ad cor loquitur\u003c\/i\u003e—the Sacred Heart speaking to every human heart and inviting each to draw near the altar of the world’s desire. First published in 1951, \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Heart: Yesterday and Today \u003c\/i\u003edistills the abundant fruit of a venerable devotion into a refreshing blend of historical interest and spiritual inspiration.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur R. McGratty, S.J. \u003c\/b\u003e(1909–1976) was an American Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus. Besides \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Heart: Yesterday and Today\u003c\/i\u003e, his writings include \u003ci\u003eFace to the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), \u003ci\u003eThe Fire of Francis Xavier \u003c\/i\u003e(1952), and \u003ci\u003eThe Early Miracles of Jesus \u003c\/i\u003e(1958).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46685085171931,"sku":"978-1685954024","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1278.jpg?v=1744280369"},{"product_id":"sacred-images","title":"Sacred Images","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy St. John Damascene | Mary H. Allies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“War is toil and trouble,” \u003c\/b\u003ewrote the poet John Dryden in 1697. Almost a thousand years before, a war in the Byzantine Empire proved no exception to this rule. Yet it was not a war of fire and sword, but of images and words, waged not in the name of domination, but of divine worship. It was the \u003ci\u003eiconomachy\u003c\/i\u003e—the war of icons—now known as the Iconoclastic Controversy. The Iconoclasts contended, in keeping with the Old Law prohibition of graven images, that depictions of God and his saints had no place in Christian worship; the Iconophiles contested this, distinguishing between worship and veneration to provide a place for sacred imagery in the Christian devotion and liturgy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAmong the Iconophiles, Saint John Damascene was a figure of prime import­ance. In his writings, he asserted that the Incarnation affirms the goodness of creation and bestows on matter the capability, in the words of Pope Benedict XVI, of “becoming, through faith, a sign and a sacrament, efficacious in the meeting of man with God.” Translated by Mary H. Allies from the Saint’s \u003ci\u003eApologetic Treatises Against Those Decrying the Holy Images\u003c\/i\u003e, and supplemented by three of his sermons on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, \u003ci\u003eSacred Images \u003c\/i\u003eis a timeless treatment of a fundamental truth of the Christian faith: that “God saw all that he had made, and found it very good.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ematter for my sake, and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emy salvation through matter.\u003c\/em\u003e (Saint John Damascene)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaint John Damascene \u003c\/b\u003e(c. 676–749) was the last of the Greek Fathers of the Church. A monk and priest at the monastery of Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, he wrote prolifically on apologetical, liturgical, and theological matters, and composed num­erous homilies. In 1890, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954000\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46685113811163,"sku":"978-1685954000","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1299.jpg?v=1744281005"},{"product_id":"the-seven-virtues","title":"The Seven Virtues","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cross of Christ \u003c\/b\u003esets the pattern for virtuous living. In the words of Pope Pius XI, the Cross “is the holy sign of redemption and the emblem of moral strength and greatness.” In \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Virtues\u003c\/i\u003e, Fulton J. Sheen carefully illustrates this pattern with a set of meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ, connecting each to one of the seven cardinal and theological virtues. Readily recognizing that modern man suffers from a condition of spiritual fragmentation, Sheen prescribes peace as the remedy for that condition. And the path to peace is paved by the virtues of fortitude, prudence, justice, temperance, faith, hope, and charity—each exemplified by Jesus Christ in his life on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1940, amidst the early tumult and turmoil of World War II, Fulton J. Sheen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Virtues \u003c\/i\u003eshines a small yet steady light on the only sure sign of peace: the Cross of Christ. Embracing that sign, enduring its shadow, the weakness of fallen man is made perfect by the \u003ci\u003evirtus\u003c\/i\u003e—the power—of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake my yoke upon yourselves, and learn from me; I am gentle and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.\u003c\/em\u003e (Matthew 11:29)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1979), one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century, was an eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him “Venerable.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953997\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46685142352091,"sku":"978-1685953997","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product237.jpg?v=1744281110"},{"product_id":"handbook-to-the-heart-of-culture-volume-i","title":"Handbook to The Heart of Culture, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gwen Adams, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe West’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eeducational crisis may be unresolved, but there are signs of renewal in Catholic education. In this effort, the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership’s 2020 volume \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Heart of Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehas given its readers hope that the Catholic educational tradition is both resilient and true.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eGwen Adams’ \u003ci\u003eHandbook to \u003c\/i\u003eThe Heart of Culture fortifies this hope with stories of renewal, spiritual reflections, and practical applications. In each of the three \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003evolumes, Adams examines an aspect of Catholic educational history with particular attention to the education of children and adolescents; offers an insightful reflection on a virtue critical to education; and supplies abundant resources in pedagogy and materials. Perfectly balancing the weight of the tradition across the three volumes, Adams offers to new and experienced teachers alike insights and skills for educating in truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume I\u003c\/strong\u003e traces Catholic educational history from its roots in Israel and Greek \u003ci\u003epaideia\u003c\/i\u003e, through the Incarnation and the early Church, to the establishment of monasticism. Following a reflection on sensory-emotional formation, wonder, and studiousness, the Workbook gives guidance for cultivating wonder, with practical plans and suggestions for physical education, nature study, reading aloud, and the Socratic method.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.\u003c\/em\u003e (Psalm 27:4)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwen Adams, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eis an author, playwright, director, and teacher. With experience in parish, diocesan, school, and university settings, she has taught history and literature and directed plays in­cluding \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife Is a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Adams is the author of \u003ci\u003eBy an Unexpected Way: Stories of the New Evangelization \u003c\/i\u003e(Augustine Institute, 2019) and the founder of Bardstreet.com, offering theater and new plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabiger Institute for Catholic Leadership,\u003c\/b\u003e housed in the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), provides Catholic students with leadership formation in a more organic and collaborative model of Catholic leadership in the academy, in the Church, and in civil and professional life.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954031\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVolume I of \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com%20%E2%80%BA%20products%20%E2%80%BA%20handbooks-to-the-heart-of-culture\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Handbook to The Heart of Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Heart of Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ehere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46685147758811,"sku":"978-1685954031","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1283.jpg?v=1744281814"},{"product_id":"handbook-to-the-heart-of-culture-volume-ii","title":"Handbook to The Heart of Culture, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gwen Adams, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe West’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eeducational crisis may be unresolved, but there are signs of renewal in Catholic education. In this effort, the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership’s 2020 volume \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Heart of Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehas given its readers hope that the Catholic educational tradition is both resilient and true.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eGwen Adams’ \u003ci\u003eHandbook to \u003c\/i\u003eThe Heart of Culture fortifies this hope with stories of renewal, spiritual reflections, and practical applications. In each of the three \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003evolumes, Adams examines an aspect of Catholic educational history with particular attention to the education of children and adolescents; offers an insightful reflection on a virtue critical to education; and supplies abundant resources in pedagogy and materials. Perfectly balancing the weight of the tradition across the three volumes, Adams offers to new and experienced teachers alike insights and skills for educating in truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume II \u003c\/strong\u003etraces Catholic educational history from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance-Baroque era, surveying the rise of cathedral schools, universities, and humanistic models, most notably the Jesuit school. Following a reflection on docility, the Workbook gives guidance for cultivating that virtue, with practical plans and suggestions for crafting great lectures, leading poetry discussions, teaching the art of memory, and staging a play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.\u003c\/em\u003e (Psalm 27:4)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwen Adams, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eis an author, playwright, director, and teacher. With experience in parish, diocesan, school, and university settings, she has taught history and literature and directed plays in­cluding \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife Is a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr. Adams is the author of \u003ci\u003eBy an Unexpected Way: Stories of the New Evangelization \u003c\/i\u003e(Augustine Institute, 2019) and the founder of Bardstreet.com, offering theater and new plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHabiger Institute for Catholic Leadership,\u003c\/b\u003e housed in the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), provides Catholic students with leadership formation in a more organic and collaborative model of Catholic leadership in the academy, in the Church, and in civil and professional life.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954048\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVolume II of \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com%20%E2%80%BA%20products%20%E2%80%BA%20handbooks-to-the-heart-of-culture\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Handbook to The Heart of Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Heart of Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e available \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ehere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46685166928091,"sku":"978-1685954048","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1288.jpg?v=1744281948"},{"product_id":"handbook-to-the-heart-of-culture-volume-iii","title":"Handbook to The Heart of Culture, Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gwen Adams, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe West’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eeducational crisis may be unresolved, but there are signs of renewal in Catholic education. In this effort, the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership’s 2020 volume \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-heart-of-culture\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Heart of Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehas given its readers hope that the Catholic educational tradition is both resilient and true.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eGwen Adams’ \u003ci\u003eHandbook to \u003c\/i\u003eThe Heart of Culture fortifies this hope with stories of renewal, spiritual reflections, and practical applications. In each of the three \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003evolumes, Adams examines an aspect of Catholic educational history with particular attention to the education of children and adolescents; offers an insightful reflection on a virtue critical to education; and supplies abundant resources in pedagogy and materials. Perfectly balancing the weight of the tradition across the three volumes, Adams offers to new and experienced teachers alike insights and skills for educating in truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume III \u003c\/strong\u003etraces Catholic educational history from the Enlightenment to present-day renewal movements. Following a reflection on integrity, the Workbook gives guidance for cultivating that virtue, with practical plans and suggestions for leading seminars on literature, studying art and architecture, and improving feedback and grading practices. Volume III concludes with advice from leaders in the revival of Catholic education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.\u003c\/em\u003e (Psalm 27:4)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwen Adams, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eis an author, playwright, director, and teacher. With experience in parish, diocesan, school, and university settings, she has taught history and literature and directed plays in­cluding \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter’s Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife Is a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Set in the Southwest, that land “alight with the quality of legend, made of hard mountains and cruel distances,” each novel tells its own story, yet characters and episodes all share in the grandeur, humility, and uncanny influence typical of Horgan’s rare talent.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheir lives were like the vine which grows close on the earth; wandering far from its root, and striking into new sunlight and shade and fastening upon other growing things which when the root is cut will keep the vine striving forward.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe first in the \u003ci\u003eMST\u003c\/i\u003e set, \u003ci\u003eMain Line West\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to the love of mother and son, indomitable in the face of the pangs and pains of the human situation, whose determined casting in the roiling, tumbling waters of life is destined for a bitter end. First published in 1936, \u003ci\u003eMain Line West \u003c\/i\u003ehas been acclaimed as “a creation of magnificent proportions” and “a truly great novel of people whose lives flourish directly and simply from the earth and from the heart.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Horgan \u003c\/b\u003e(1903–1995) was an American Catholic historian and novelist, praised by David McCullough as “a writer of large vision and many-sidedness” with a match­less “command of language and feeling for human nature.” Author of forty-plus books, including seventeen novels, Horgan received two Pulitzer Prizes, as well as nineteen honorary degrees and the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954147\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46772743143643,"sku":"978-1685954147","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1304.jpg?v=1749031818"},{"product_id":"morals-and-man","title":"Morals and Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gerald Vann, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Man is born free,” \u003c\/b\u003eRousseau famously observed, “and everywhere he is in chains.” For modern man, these chains are often forged not by ignorance, but by information. As Gerald Vann, O.P., describes: “With so much to occupy the surface of the mind and imagination, so much work and so much play, it is possible to pass one’s whole life without really thinking at all…” For those who shirk this possibility and seek to know the meaning of life, two instruments are essential: philosophy and theology, directed toward producing a system which can comprise “the whole of life, the directing of all one’s life to God.” In guiding this endeavor, Vann addresses the theoretical, surveying the wisdom of Thomistic moral thought regarding freedom, happiness, and law, and then addresses the practical, applying the insights of Thomistic “theory” to politics, economics, “modern” Christianity, liturgy, marriage, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1937 as \u003ci\u003eMorals Makyth Man\u003c\/i\u003e, with a second edition in 1960, \u003ci\u003eMorals and Man \u003c\/i\u003eis a perceptive, at times provocative, evaluation of the humanist project and its principles. Like Maritain’s \u003ci\u003eIntegral Humanism\u003c\/i\u003e, it takes seriously the search of man’s reasons for and methods of living, and strikingly concludes that life without religion, as without morality, is a life bereft of meaning—a contradiction in terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Thomas’s moral theology expresses a truth which we Christians of today have almost entirely forgotten: the truth that morals deals first and foremost with man, that its task is to explain what man should be like—the ideal of man—and that consequently Christian morals should portray the Christian ideal of man. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003eJosef Pieper)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Vann, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1906–1963) was an English Dominican priest and author of numerous bestselling works of philosophy, spirituality, and theology. 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This reality is accessible, not by means of reason or science, of ethical ideals or artistic inspirations, but by faith—adhering to Christ, accepting his commandments, and abiding in his love, safeguarded by the arms of his Church. And this is the Christian life. Following the lines of Sacred Scripture, Edward Leen reflects on the central mysteries and motifs of this life—the Incarnation, the preaching of the Kingdom of Heaven, the Paschal Mystery, the life of the Church, the Mass, traditions of prayer and asceticism, the Christian calling. In this life lies the basis for true peace and unity among mankind, the fulfillment of Christ’s own prayer: “Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou hast given me; that they may be one, as we also are.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFirst published as \u003ci\u003eThe True Vine and Its Branches \u003c\/i\u003ein 1938, Leen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Vine and the Branches\u003c\/i\u003e reveals rich veins of both spiritual counsel and practical applications for growth in the Christian life, for appreciation of the Church, the Sacraments, and the Blessed Mother, and—above all—for abiding faithfully and fruitfully in the true Vine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am the vine; you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(John \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e15:5)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Leen\u003c\/b\u003e (1885–1944), an Irish Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, was a missionary and scholar, as well as prolific, widely-read author on spiritual matters. 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As the war rages on, three ideologies contend for mastery: anti-Christianity in the forms of Nazism, fascism, communism, and imperialism, and non-Christianity in the form of Western secular liberalism, pitted against the Christian order with its basic principle that man is a creature made in the image and likeness of God.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eLike its predecessor collection, \u003ci\u003eWar and Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis in Christendom \u003c\/i\u003eis an unflinching confrontation with the powers of darkness as well as a stern yet inspiring challenge to Christians to heed both the chastisement and the call of God: to put the sword back into its place and be not troubled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. 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Set in the Southwest, that land “alight with the quality of legend, made of hard mountains and cruel distances,” each novel tells its own story, yet characters and episodes all share in the grandeur, humility, and uncanny influence typical of Horgan’s rare talent.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe stared at the golden-blue sky and what he felt was thanksgiving not that he was alive but that he had dared to die. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe third in the \u003ci\u003eMST\u003c\/i\u003e set, \u003ci\u003eThe Common Heart \u003c\/i\u003eis a hymn to man’s place on earth. For Peter Rush, that place is New Mexico—the land he loves. Around Rush, Horgan weaves the stories of other people, their hopes and memories, to craft a narrative that glimmers and glows with the desert’s warmth and the creator’s spirit. 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In those Southwestern spaces, he wrote, “great as they are, a person stands in relief like an earth feature, small, perhaps, but strongly lighted and as strongly shadowed.” Horgan was also very much a Catholic, and he saw and wrote about life according to the light which his religion granted him. These two powers of region and religion bear fruit in his \u003ci\u003eMountain Standard Time \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy: \u003ci\u003eMain Line West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFar From Cibola\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Common Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the Southwest, that land “alight with the quality of legend, made of hard mountains and cruel distances,” each novel tells its own story, yet characters and episodes all share in the grandeur, humility, and uncanny influence typical of Horgan’s rare talent.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe second in the \u003ci\u003eMST\u003c\/i\u003e set, \u003ci\u003eFar From Cibola \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures episodes of ordinary human life in a small New Mexico city amidst the desperate times of the Great Depression, each episode giving expression in some way to the pity and urgency of universal human needs and desires. First published in 1938, \u003ci\u003eFar From Cibola \u003c\/i\u003edraws its enduring freshness and power from its unstated central subject: human charity—“the greatest of these.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe was walking toward a sky that was like sunrise and sunset.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt was warmth to wrap himself in.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Horgan \u003c\/b\u003e(1903–1995) was an American Catholic historian and novelist, praised by David McCullough as “a writer of large vision and many-sidedness” with a matchless “command of language and feeling for human nature.” Author of forty-plus books, including seventeen novels, Horgan received two Pulitzer Prizes, as well as nineteen honorary degrees and the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 146pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685954154\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46837383037147,"sku":"978-1685954154","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1323.jpg?v=1749031818"},{"product_id":"the-eucharist-and-the-confessional","title":"The Eucharist and the Confessional","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy F. D. Joret, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“If thou knewest what it is God gives…” \u003c\/b\u003eChrist’s words to the Samaritan woman ought to strike to the heart of every Christian. This gift is God himself and his grace poured out for the salvation of our soul; its giver is Christ himself, the very son of God. Yet does he not say, “My grace is sufficient for you”? Then why the Church? Why the sacraments? Because, as F. D. Joret explains, Christ is the founder of the Church and also the author of the sacraments, establishing them as the normal means of conveying his grace. Of these, the sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance are principal: the one bestowing communion with the divine life of God and igniting the fervor of charity in us; the other washing away our iniquity and cleansing us of our sin. Unfailingly available, these sacraments are the font of living water “which flows continually to bring us everlasting life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou shall draw waters with joy out of the Saviour’s fountains. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Isaiah \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e12:3)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in English in 1955, \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharist and the Confessional \u003c\/i\u003eoffers clear and refreshing instruction on the workings of grace in these two vitally important sacraments, with lessons from St. Thomas Aquinas, the lives of the saints, and Sacred Scripture. “This is Christianity,” Joret declares: “To cleave to our Lord in order to live by him.” The sacraments bring this about—which is to say, holy communions and honest confessions cleave us to Christ.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerdinand Donatien Joret, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1883–1937) was a French Dominican priest and theologian. Widely published in France, his writings included books on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Order of Preachers; contemplation and mysticism; and Christology and ecclesiology. Of these works, two were translated into English: \u003ci\u003eDominican Life\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1937, and \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharist and the Confessional\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1955.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e254pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954192\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46837386576091,"sku":"978-1685954192","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1327.jpg?v=1748547183"},{"product_id":"liturgical-preludes","title":"Liturgical Preludes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Luis M. Martínez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe liturgical year \u003c\/b\u003eand the individual sanctification of each Catholic are intimately connected. As Archbishop Luis M. Martínez writes, “The liturgical year is a mystical reproduction of the life of Jesus and a type of the interior life of souls.” This is not some lofty ideal or poetic fancy; it is a summary of the power and purpose of the sacred liturgy as the school of the spiritual life; the glorification of Christ; and the prelude to beatitude in God’s heavenly kingdom. In \u003ci\u003eLiturgical Preludes\u003c\/i\u003e, Martínez offers a series of reflections on the ecclesiastical year, based on solid dogma, Scripture, and the lives and writings of saints. Moving season by season through the Church calendar, Martínez meditates on purity, the power which lifts the soul from the earthly and into the heavenly (“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”), and on particular features of the seasons and feasts, such as “The Mystery of Weakness” at Christmas; “Sorrow and Joy” in Lent and “Alleluia” at Easter; and “Sources of Joy” at Pentecost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe liturgical year, devotedly fostered and accompanied by the Church, is not a cold and lifeless representation of the events of the past, or a simple and bare record of a former age. It is Christ Himself who is ever living in His Church. \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePope Pius XII)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLike Martínez’s other works, \u003ci\u003eLiturgical Preludes \u003c\/i\u003eexemplifies the Thomistic maxim “to contemplate and give to others the fruit of that contemplation,” proving the deep union between the contemplative and active lives of man, which find their fulfillment in the person of Jesus Christ, to whom belongs glory in the Church.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuis M. Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e (1881–1956) was Archbishop of Mexico City and a distinguished poet and scholar. In 1951, he was named the first official Primate of Mexico. In addition to \u003ci\u003eLiturgical Preludes\u003c\/i\u003e, his works in English include \u003ci\u003eOnly Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Priest: Mystery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Interior Life\u003c\/i\u003e—all available from Cluny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954178\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46837386772699,"sku":"978-1685954178","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product241.jpg?v=1748547209"},{"product_id":"liturgy-the-life-of-the-church","title":"Liturgy: The Life of the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLambert Beauduin, O.S.B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Such is the nature of man, \u003c\/b\u003ethat, without external helps, he cannot easily be raised to the meditation of divine things,” declared the Council of Trent in 1562. In his providence, God has given to his Church “certain rites”: the liturgy of Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The formulation of those rites, the manner of their celebration, the occasion of their development—all of these and more are subject as much to scrutiny as they are to devotion and appreciation.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe aim of the liturgy is the glorification of God and the\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003esanctification of the Christian faithful. \u003c\/i\u003e(Pope St. Pius X)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHence the twentieth-century Liturgical Movement, in which Lambert Beauduin, O.S.B., figured prominently. \u003ci\u003eLiturgy, the Life of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e, his only book-length work, first appeared in 1914, with an English translation following in 1926. Here he proposes a theological vision of the liturgy and a slate of practical measures for liturgical renewal in both worship and piety, including encouragement of engaged participation in the Mass and sacraments, establishment of parish celebrations of Sunday Vespers and Compline, and emphasis on the importance of the High Mass and popular use of Gregorian chant, as well as the restoration to places of honor for the Church’s seasons and feasts and the recovery of domestic liturgical traditions which affirm the bond made by Christ between heaven and earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLambert Beauduin, O.S.B. \u003c\/b\u003e(1873–1960) was a Belgian Benedictine monk and a leader of the twentieth-century Liturgical Movement. Ordained a diocesan priest in 1897, he then entered the Benedictine monastery of Mont-César, where he developed (thanks to the example and influence of its prior, Blessed Columba Marmion) his deep love for and interest in the liturgy. 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No longer are they children, at work and at play on the lands of their kinfolk in Norway; now, although they are but thirteen years of age, they are men: they shall go a-Viking.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eSetting sail in their dragon-prowed \u003ci\u003eRaven of the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, Harald and his sons are beset by those ancient enemies of seafarers—storm and fog—which separate them from the other ships in their convoy and dash them to ruin on the rocks of Scotland.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eEven as they wrestle with the fear that their mother and household are lost to the sea god in watery death, Jan and Brus find their plight worsening: their father slain and their own freedom taken by the murderous Gavin Dhu, Black Fox of Lorne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eSwept into the wilding world of tenth-century A.D. 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K. Chesterton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe association of G. K. Chesterton \u003c\/span\u003eand the subject of mysteries results \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eimmediately in the realization of Father Brown, his beloved detective-priest who first appeared in 1910. Yet Father Brown is not the totality of Chesterton’s contribution to the great genre of detective stories. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003econtains nine additional offerings of the suspenseful puzzlement and paradox which could spring only from the mind of Chesterton. Eight of these feature Horne Fisher, the man who knew too much, and his “Watson,” the journalist Harold March, and their world of upper-class Britain which witnesses to the very worst and very best of mankind. In the last, a four-part novella entitled “The Trees of Pride” which appeared only in the American edition of the volume, a Cornish squire wagers his life on a walk through a fantastical forest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe aim of a mystery story, as of every other story\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eand every other mystery, is not darkness but light.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(G. K. Chesterton)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor Chesterton, mystery stories involve the two simple realities of truth and light, and any story that shirks the truth or shuns the light is not worthy of its title. “Glowing with divine fire and glittering with the tinsel sheath of paradox”—in the words of A. D. Douglas—\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eseeks the light at every turn and embraces the truth at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilbert Keith Chesterton\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1874–1936) was an immensely prolific English writer, poet, and journalist. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is best known for his in­fluential works in apologetics, such as \u003cem\u003eOrthodoxy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeretics\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Everlasting Man\u003c\/em\u003e; his fascinating novels, like \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Was Thursday\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Napoleon of Notting Hill\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eManalive\u003c\/em\u003e; and his ingenious Father Brown detective stories..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954222\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46872947228891,"sku":"978-1-68595-422-2","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1337_9c248123-ee1e-4922-887b-50983debd170.jpg?v=1750689832"},{"product_id":"jesus-and-his-times-volume-i","title":"Jesus and His Times, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Jesus is at once of history and beyond it.” \u003c\/b\u003eTo write a life of Jesus Christ, to chronicle his sayings and his works, to study him in the context of his historical time and place, is not simply to compose a biography. It is to encounter a unique and tremendous mystery: the mystery of the Incarnation, in the words of Henri Daniel-Rops: of “the enigma posed by this man, like one of ourselves, whose words and gestures bring into constant evidence unfathomable forces, by this countenance deformed by agony through which we glimpse the very face of God.” \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times \u003c\/i\u003emakes tangible the momentous first years \u003ci\u003eanno Domini\u003c\/i\u003e, capturing the climate and culture of Palestine, presenting the characters of Jesus’s disciples and contemporaries, and imbuing the entire narrative with an assured conviction in the power and glory of Jesus Christ and the Church which He established the salvation of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eUniversally praised upon its original publication in 1954, \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the central figure of all humanity, Jesus of Nazareth, from his humble birth in a Bethlehem stable to his glorious resurrection which brought victory over death and eternal life to all who believe in him. To serve as biographer to the only-begotten Son of God is truly an audacious task, requiring a rare combination of fortitude, humility, and talent. This combination Daniel-Rops certainly possessed and capably employed in the writing of \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe life of Christ is the supreme explanation and the final standard by which everything is measured, from which history itself takes meaning and justification. \u003c\/i\u003e(Henri Daniel-Rops)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965), the nom de plume of Henri Petiot, was a French Catholic historian. His bibliography comprises seventy books—written over a span of just thirty years—and includes \u003ci\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the monumental, ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. He also served as editor for the \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e, which consisted of one hundred and fifty volumes. Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular; in 1955, he was elected to the Académie française and in 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954246\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042271936731,"sku":"978-1685954246","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product243.jpg?v=1750690824"},{"product_id":"jesus-and-his-times-volume-ii","title":"Jesus and His Times, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Jesus is at once of history and beyond it.” \u003c\/b\u003eTo write a life of Jesus Christ, to chronicle his sayings and his works, to study him in the context of his historical time and place, is not simply to compose a biography. It is to encounter a unique and tremendous mystery: the mystery of the Incarnation, in the words of Henri Daniel-Rops: of “the enigma posed by this man, like one of ourselves, whose words and gestures bring into constant evidence unfathomable forces, by this countenance deformed by agony through which we glimpse the very face of God.” \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times \u003c\/i\u003emakes tangible the momentous first years \u003ci\u003eanno Domini\u003c\/i\u003e, capturing the climate and culture of Palestine, presenting the characters of Jesus’s disciples and contemporaries, and imbuing the entire narrative with an assured conviction in the power and glory of Jesus Christ and the Church which He established the salvation of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eUniversally praised upon its original publication in 1954, \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the central figure of all humanity, Jesus of Nazareth, from his humble birth in a Bethlehem stable to his glorious resurrection which brought victory over death and eternal life to all who believe in him. To serve as biographer to the only-begotten Son of God is truly an audacious task, requiring a rare combination of fortitude, humility, and talent. This combination Daniel-Rops certainly possessed and capably employed in the writing of \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe life of Christ is the supreme explanation and the final standard by which everything is measured, from which history itself takes meaning and justification. \u003c\/i\u003e(Henri Daniel-Rops)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965), the nom de plume of Henri Petiot, was a French Catholic historian. His bibliography comprises seventy books—written over a span of just thirty years—and includes \u003ci\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the monumental, ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. He also served as editor for the \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e, which consisted of one hundred and fifty volumes. 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On the contrary, as the life and works of both saints makes evident, it is not only possible but also necessary to speak of God; even if one cannot say what God is, he can proclaim \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e He is and \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e He has revealed Himself to man. The question, as Jean Daniélou identifies it, is one of language. How can and should one put these truths into words, to express them in such a way that the path from man to God is illuminated? \u003ci\u003eMyth and Mystery \u003c\/i\u003eventures to answer this question by examining both “myth,” all the representations through which men have tried to express their knowledge of God, and “mystery,” the revelation which God has made of Himself in the Old and New Testaments.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDeveloped from a series of lectures for young people and later published in Henri Daniel-Rops’ \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMyth and Mystery \u003c\/i\u003esifts through mankind’s various encounters with and expressions of God through the ages, to arrive at and affirm the fullness of truth: Christ Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eMany have been at pains to set forth the history of what time has brought to fulfilment among us… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(The Gospel of Luke)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Daniélou, S.J. \u003c\/b\u003e(1905–1974) was one of the leading theologians of the twentieth century. Renowned for his scholarship in the field of Patristics, he was the author of numerous works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrayer as a Political Problem\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Advent of Salvation \u003c\/i\u003e(all available from Cluny).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954239\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042881519835,"sku":"978-1685954239","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/Product245.jpg?v=1750696237"},{"product_id":"the-three-taps","title":"The Three Taps","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Euthanasia Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the premier offering of the Indescribable Insurance Company. Its premiums are high, but so too is the payout. If the holder should die before age sixty-five, his heirs receive a fortune; if he should outlive that age, he receives that fortune as an annuity for the remainder of his days. Only one means exists of forfeiting this legacy, and that is suicide. Hence the commotion at the death of Jephthah Mottram, a holder of the Euthanasia Policy. Cause of death was a gas leak—yet his hotel bedroom was securely locked from the inside and the gas taps themselves mysteriously turned off. Was this murder, or was it suicide? To prove the latter, and thus avoid the pending half-million-pound payout, the Indescribable dispatches the expert Miles Bredon, who quickly finds the case to be as foul and befogging as the air which sent Mottram to his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eDetective stories, Knox believed, differ essentially from all other fiction. They are a game, played between writer and reader. At this game, Knox excelled. Of all his contemporaries in detective fiction’s Golden Age, as Evelyn Waugh noted, “None was more ingenious than Knox, more scrupulous in the provision of clues, more logically complete in his solutions.” Originally published in 1927 and the first of Knox’s Miles Bredon novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Three Taps \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003econfirms Waugh’s words: as a mystery, it is undeniably ingenious; as a game, it is delightfully intriguing.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eThe skill of the detective author consists in being able to produce his clues and flourish them defiantly in our faces: “There!” he says. “What do you make of that?”—and we make nothing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Ronald Knox)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonald Knox\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of sermons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954208\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043842670811,"sku":"978-1-68595-420-8","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1343.jpg?v=1750711179"},{"product_id":"the-footsteps-at-the-lock","title":"The Footsteps at the Lock","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDerek Burtell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a young man in poor health. He is also heir to the princely sum of £50,000, provided he can reach his twenty-fifth birthday. In light of his condition, he insures his life with the Indescribable Insurance Company and sets out on a canoeing voyage up the Thames River in hope of restoring his health. With Derek is his cousin Nigel, among whose interests are his position to inherit Derek’s legacy if his cousin predeceases him. At Shipcote Lock, their journey takes a turn: Nigel departs to sit for an exam at Oxford, and in his absence the canoe is found adrift and Derek disappeared. Suspicious of foul play, the Indescribable Insurance Company dispatches the expert Miles Bredon to solve a case that is as circuitous and murky as the river in and around which it runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eDetective stories, Knox believed, differ essentially from all other fiction. They are a game, played between writer and reader. At this game, Knox excelled. Of all his contemporaries in detective fiction’s Golden Age, as Evelyn Waugh noted, “None was more ingenious than Knox, more scrupulous in the provision of clues, more logically complete in his solutions.” Originally published in 1927 and the first of Knox’s Miles Bredon novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Three Taps \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003econfirms Waugh’s words: as a mystery, it is undeniably ingenious; as a game, it is delightfully intriguing.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eThe skill of the detective author consists in being able to produce his clues and flourish them defiantly in our faces: “There!” he says. “What do you make of that?”—and we make nothing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Ronald Knox)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRonald Knox\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. 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It is the fulfillment of centuries of expectation, begun with the covenant made by God with Abraham: “I will make a great people of thee; I will bless thee, and make thy name renowned, a name of benediction.” In \u003cem\u003eSacred History\u003c\/em\u003e, renowned historian Henri Daniel-Rops presents the story of that great people and the ebb and flow of fidelity and infidelity to their covenant, the covenant which God himself never abandoned. In impressive detail and absorbing style, Daniel-Rops brings to life the Old Testament, describing the mission of Abraham and the making of the Covenant; the life of the next Patriarchs, Isaac and Jacob; the arrival of Moses and the giving of the Law; the commission of Joshua and the period of Judges; the kingships of Saul, David, and Solomon; the ignominy of exile; the rise of the Prophets; and the anticipation of the Messiah, who shall be called Emmanuel.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in French in 1943. Three weeks later, the Nazis seized and destroyed its printing plates; after the liberation of Paris in 1944, the book was reset and republished, with the English edition following in 1949. In telling the history of Israel as the story of God’s providential preparation for the Incarnation of his only-begotten Son, Daniel-Rops has gleaned from diligent research and careful documentation a rich harvest—one that bears out its awesome title of \u003ci\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat a small Bedouin clan, nomads wandering across plains and steppes, \u003cbr\u003eshould be the source of a destiny so fraught with significance…cannot be \u003cbr\u003eexplained by the logic of history; it is explainable only as the will of God. \u003c\/i\u003e(Henri Daniel-Rops)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965), the nom de plume of Henri Petiot, was a French Catholic historian. 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Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular; in 1955, he was elected to the Académie française and in 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954260\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388263514331,"sku":"978-1685954260","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1372.jpg?v=1754336177"},{"product_id":"god-the-unknown","title":"God the Unknown","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Victor White, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Verily thou art a hidden God”: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod the Unknown \u003c\/i\u003emakes these words from the Prophet Isaiah its lynchpin. Let one suppose, either consciously or unconsciously, that he has grasped God, and still must God elude him: God is always beyond the furthest advance one can make in knowledge about him. And yet the theologian’s task and the believer’s life retain their purpose. For the point of it all, as St. Thomas Aquinas attests, is that in the search for knowledge about God man finds the truth about himself, his purpose and destiny, and upon this depends his whole salvation. From this rationale proceed the thirteen essays contained in \u003ci\u003eGod the Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e. Five address theology in general, its subjects and its methods, with special attention to the thought of St. Thomas. Another five address particular theological questions regarding the Incarnation, the Atonement, and grace and nature. The final trio, with both candor and geniality, addresses issues with ecumenical implications: the Church Unity Octave, membership in the Church, and papal infallibility.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“God made me to know him, to love him and to serve him in this world and to be happy with him forever in the next.” In essence, \u003ci\u003eGod the Unknown \u003c\/i\u003eis a meditation on this primary lesson of the Catechism, showing how the power of the mind to reason is purified by faith and perfected by grace, such that man can fulfill his created purpose to know God truly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eO Lord, I do not dare to search into thy depths, for my understanding \u003cbr\u003eis in no wise equal thereto. Yet I do yearn to understand \u003cbr\u003esomething of thy truth which my heart believes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Saint Anselm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor White, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1902–1960) was an English Dominican friar, Reader in Theology at Blackfriars, Oxford, foundation member and lecturer at the Jung Institute of Analytical Psychology, and editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eDominican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. His writings, in addition to \u003ci\u003eGod the Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e, include \u003ci\u003eGod and the Unconscious \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSoul and Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e—both available from Cluny—as well as many articles on matters both theological and psychological.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954284\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388281241819,"sku":"978-1685954284","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1362.jpg?v=1754336792"},{"product_id":"the-church-and-labor","title":"The Church and Labor","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Joseph Husslein, S.J., \u0026amp; John A. 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The Church, however—as Pope Leo would emphasize—has the care of this common good, and will speak accordingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOriginally published in 1920, \u003ci\u003eThe Church and Labor \u003c\/i\u003epresents the teaching of the Catholic Church on a social issue intimately connected with the other problems and aspects of industrial society: human toil. Compiled by Fathers Husslein and Ryan, \u003ci\u003eThe Church and Labor \u003c\/i\u003eincludes texts by Popes Leo XIII, Pius X, and Benedict XV; Cardinals Gibbons, Manning, O’Connell, and Bourne; declarations on social issues by American, Irish, French, and German bishops; and Ryan’s essays “A Living Wage” and “The Reconciliation of Capital and Labor” as well as Husslein’s “A Catholic Social Platform” and essays on Ketteler, Ozanam, and social action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e“Thou shalt earn thy bread with the sweat of thy brow…”  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(The Book of Genesis)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Husslein, S.J. \u003c\/b\u003e(1873–1952) was an American Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus. A professor and publisher, author of dozens of books and editor of hundreds more, Husslein was a key figure in the development and promotion of Catholic social teaching as well as the revival of interest in Catholic letters and sciences in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn A. Ryan \u003c\/b\u003e(1869–1945) was an American Catholic priest and theologian. A pioneer in Catholic social thought, profoundly attentive to the need for ethics in economics and industry, Ryan wrote numerous influential books, advocated for social and political reform programs, and taught theology and sociology at St. Paul Seminary and the Catholic University of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954284\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388292481243,"sku":"978-1685954307","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1367.jpg?v=1754336932"},{"product_id":"christian-education","title":"Christian Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Edward Leen, CSSp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is education? \u003c\/b\u003eTo this demanding question, Edward Leen offers a robust and thorough answer. In the light of Christian inspiration, education is a “culture of the mind, the will and the emotions,” which forms in men and women the capability and condition to exercise their vocations while also disposing them for personal, social, and spiritual flourishing in the course of life’s joys and sufferings. The recipients of a true education, a properly Christian education, are able to test the worth of all things, whether of conduct, achievement, projects, art, literature, and institutions, by properly Christian virtues. Thus, having the minds of Christians, knowing the truth and appreciating the beautiful, they are set right in mind and will in relation to God, to the material world in which they live, to their fellow men and to themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Education? \u003c\/i\u003ein 1944, Leen’s thoughtful reply came amidst Western civilization’s reckoning with its educational theories and practices, brought under scrutiny by the miseries of World War II. Emphatically practical in purpose, and fed by the streams of both the classical and Church traditions, \u003ci\u003eChristian Education \u003c\/i\u003ebears out the words of Pope Pius XI, that education “consists essentially in preparing man for what he must be and for what he must do here below, in order to attain the sublime end for which he was created.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eSince God has revealed Himself to us in the Person of His only-begotten Son, who alone is “the way, the truth and the life,” there can be no ideally perfect education which is not Christian education. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Pope Pius XI)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Leen \u003c\/b\u003e(1885–1944), an Irish Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, was a missionary, scholar, and prolific, widely read author on spiritual matters. Besides \u003ci\u003eChristian Education\u003c\/i\u003e, his books include \u003ci\u003eIn the Likeness of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vine and the Branches\u003c\/i\u003e—both available from Cluny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954314\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388300738779,"sku":"978-1685954314","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1354.jpg?v=1754337458"},{"product_id":"freedom-in-the-modern-world","title":"Freedom in the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Jacques Maritain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReason, freedom, and law: \u003c\/b\u003eupon these three principles, asserts Jacques Maritain, civilization rests. For the modern world, these principles have regularly proved disposable, and the protean will to power has arisen to take their place. A return to the proper order requires a deep understanding of freedom and acceptance of its attendant risks as well as its rewards. In \u003ci\u003eFreedom in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e, Jacques Maritain devotes himself to that task. First, he articulates a philosophy of freedom to show that freedom presupposes nature. Second, he applies this philosophy to historical facts and political conditions, developing his earlier work on “Religion and Culture,” to discuss the opposition between a humanism centered on God and a humanism fixated on man. Last, he assesses the problem of freedom in practical terms, and considers the means by which modern man might achieve the radical reforms needed to produce a temporal order consonant with man’s spiritual nature and capable of sustaining his freedom and flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTaking its cue from Péguy’s remark that the social revolution will be a moral revolution or it will not be at all, Maritain’s \u003ci\u003eFreedom in the Modern World \u003c\/i\u003ewarns that so long as man abuses his God-given freedom to do good and avoid evil, so also will he denigrate his state-issued liberty to live according to his own lights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA system of ethics cannot be constituted unless its author is first able to answer the questions: What is man? Why is he made? What is the end of human life? \u003c\/em\u003e(Jacques Maritain)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Maritain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1882–1973) was perhaps the greatest Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century. A convert, along with his wife Raïssa, from agnosticism to Catholicism, Maritain wrote extensively on metaphysics, aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophy of history—all with the guiding inspiration of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954291\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388309717211,"sku":"978-1685954291","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1358_2fe33bbc-67d2-4fc0-a0de-c32798d9f63a.jpg?v=1754337578"},{"product_id":"the-call-of-saint-clare","title":"The Call of Saint Clare","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe life of Saint Clare of Assisi is a love story. \u003c\/b\u003eThis story, as Henri Daniel-Rops writes in the opening lines of this volume, “though as touching as a romantic novel, is the story of a love fulfilled in God alone.” On Palm Sunday, in the year 1212, seventeen-year-old Clare Offreduccio approached the altar of Blessed Virgin Mary in the poor chapel of Porziuncula. “What do you seek?” asked Francis of Assisi. “The mercy of the Lord and yours,” Clare answered, and thus forsook the riches of this world for a life of poverty lived in humble service to God. With her spiritual father, Saint Francis, Clare followed the divine imperative to rebuild, stone by stone, Christ’s crumbling Church. By her example of holy living, Saint Clare not only brought glory to her heavenly Father, but also raised a standard of sanctity that has endured down the ages as a guide to her spiritual daughters, the Poor Clares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eGathering the evidence from her life, letters, prayers, and testament, Daniel-Rops unveils the splendor of Saint Clare, a woman of steadfast fidelity and remarkable courage, a devoted spiritual mother, and a staunch friend and wise counselor. First published in English in 1963, \u003ci\u003eThe Call of Saint Clare \u003c\/i\u003eis a fitting tribute to one of the great, albeit quiet, saints of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay the Lord be with you always, and may you be always everywhere with Him. \u003c\/em\u003e(The Blessing of Saint Clare)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003es \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965) was a French Catholic historian and author of seventy books, written over a span of just thirty years, including the monumental, ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Ordinary men and women shared these stories of the marvelous deeds and wondrous love of God’s holy ones with their children and grandchildren; they, in turn, maintained the tradition, sharing the stories with the next generations.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTaking root in hearts everywhere, these stories grew and flourished. At times they were allowed to run wild with legend and myth until the difference could no longer be told between them. Most often, however, they were well-tended and faithfully cultivated, and they bore good fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eGleaning that good fruit, Eleanor Farjeon has composed these stories of Christopher and Martin; Bridget and Patrick; Dorothea and Nicholas; Giles and Hubert; Simeon Stylites and Francis. Complimenting Farjeon’s brisk telling and deft rhyming are Helen Sewell’s distinctively lovely paintings of each saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in 1936, fifteen years before Farjeon’s conversion to the Catholic faith, \u003ci\u003eTen Saints \u003c\/i\u003eproves that the saints are, as Pope Benedict XVI remarked, one of the truly effective apologia for Christianity, and promises that the stories of the saints will continue to be told now and in the ages to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eBlessed be God in his Angels and in his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eSaints. \u003c\/em\u003e(The Divine Praises)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Farjeon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1881–1965) was an English author of children’s literature. Among her many charming and poignant books are the \u003ci\u003eMartin Pippin\u003c\/i\u003e stories, best-known of which is \u003ci\u003eElsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJim at the Corner\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Bookroom\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the 1955 Carnegie Medal. She was also awarded the inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1956 and inaugural Regina Medal in 1959. In 1951, Farjeon was received into the Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Sewell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(1896–1957) was an American illustrator and author. In addition to the nine books she wrote and illustrated herself, she illustrated fifty-plus books in her relatively short career, including Laura Ingalls Wilder’s \u003ci\u003eLittle House\u003c\/i\u003e books and Alice Dalgliesh’s \u003ci\u003eThe Thanksgiving Story\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the 1954 Caldecott Honor.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176pp., illustrated in full color, with ribbon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954376 | Book Six\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/allta\" style=\"color: rgb(188, 148, 78);\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALLTA Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e | Book Six\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47553113686235,"sku":"978-1685954376","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1379.jpg?v=1757089822"}],"url":"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/collections\/2025.oembed?page=2","provider":"Cluny Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}