Descending Fire: The Journal of a Soul Aflame EschatologyWhen the manuscript of this remarkable book arrived in the mail, sent by the cloistered sister who had translated it from the French, no one in our offices had heard of it or its long deceased author, Fr. Jean Petit. Sister herself had discovered the original edition only by accident, a tattered, yellow, French language paperback, fifty years old, long forgotten on the shelves of her tiny convent library. No matter. Once she began reading the pages of
finds himself yearning for "whatever-it-is" that has been there in the Church for 2000 years
but also to the future of rights and the common good
The key to the solution is to regain a sacramental understanding - which is set in sharp distinction to the materialism and existentialism of modernism in liturgy and architecture - seeing the liturgy and the arts as vehicles through which God communicates his love to mankind
and what may have seemed routine and repetitive suddenly comes to life under the enchanting wand of Howard's beautiful prose
concentrating on Peter and John and their roles in the church representing office and love
wrote his Spiritual Exercises
the Father
Or consider the relatively new "Credo - A Compendium of the Catholic Faith" by Bishop Athanasius Schneider
He shows how the very fact of GodÔÇÖs existence gives meaning to your life in a way that worldly possessions or success never can
and a closing sketch of Mother Tersa and her Sisters
to direct all men's eyes on this distressful country
a comprehensive list of texts on Easter in the early Church
