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For more than thirty-five years, Romanus Cessario has taught and advised candidates for the priesthood. In this text, Father Cessario explains how the vocation to the priesthood comes to a man as both gift and mystery. God chooses priests to serve as both instruments of his will and spiritual fathers for his people. Drawing on the riches of the Dominican tradition as well as the general principles of Catholic theology, Father Cessario richly illuminates the nature of the priesthood with insights that will instruct priests, seminarians, and laypeople alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese pages aim to help Catholic priests and those who love priests to ponder properly the grace that these consecrated men have received and its implications for their lives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomanus Cessario, O.P.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, serves as a professor of theology at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He is a fellow of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and the author of some hundred articles and many books, including \u003ci\u003eThomas and the Thomists: The Achievement of Thomas Aquinas and His Interpreters\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTheology and Sanctity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Moral Theology\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues, or The Examined Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1944418601\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ClunyMedia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35678120509597,"sku":"978-1944418601","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/products\/ProductImages_5x8--33.jpg?v=1607966661"},{"product_id":"the-faith-in-practice","title":"The Faith in Practice","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy Philip Hughes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhat does belief ask of me? What actions does my assent to faith in the Living God command? How should the \u003ci\u003eCredo\u003c\/i\u003e form my heart, enlighten my soul, and instruct my mind, to love, serve, and know the Lord?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e–Pope Benedict XVI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Faith in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, Monsignor Philip Hughes shows that Catholicism is not a mere collection of lofty ideas; it is a life to be lived and a means—the only means—to live that life. This book not only recalls what faith offers to men and women of every age and place, but states also what we must do to obtain it and how we must act in order to live it. An accomplished preacher and professor, Hughes marries the fervor of the former with the sagacity of the latter in showing how each truth of the Christian faith has a role to play in the eminently practical matter of uniting us to our Creator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1967) was a Roman Catholic priest, ecclesiastical historian, and prolific author. After holding a professorship in history at St. Thomas College, he served as pastor at various English parishes, as archivist for the Archdiocese of Westminster, and as professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. 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Addressing the central elements of the Christian faith in a simple and straightforward manner, Bouyer explains the mystery of initiation into Christian truth and the reality of life for those who profess—or hope to profess—faith in Jesus Christ. Each chapter is a “discovery” of that new life which Christ brings to the believer, infusing each and every experience with the light of his own risen glory.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFirst published in French in 1958 and translated into English in 1960, \u003ci\u003eChristian Initiation \u003c\/i\u003eis presented here in revised translation and with an introduction and annotations by Monsignor Michael Heintz. As in all his works, Bouyer makes the emphasis of \u003ci\u003eChristian Initiation\u003c\/i\u003e that the truth of the Gospel is a life to be lived in Christ Jesus and passed along, through sacramental grace, to his disciples for the joyful integration of truth and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe vocation of the Christian, enabled by the grace of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist is expressed by a life lived and offered in love: Christ, living in the believer, loving in the believer, forgiving in the believer, all by sacramental grace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eouis Bouyer).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Bouyer\u003c\/b\u003e (1913–2004) was a member of the French Oratory and one of the most respected and visionary Catholic scholars and theologians of his time. 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