Mystery and Sacrament of Love
Mystery and Sacrament of Love

Author: Marc Cardinal Ouellet

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0802873340

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An internationally respected Roman Catholic leader on the mystery-sacrament of marriageMarriage and the family are at the forefront of the burning questions being debated by civil society and the church today. Cultural changes in our increasingly secularized society have dire consequences in the family sphere, requiring a Christian response that is faithful to the Church's tradition, says Marc Cardinal Ouellet.In Mystery and Sacrament of Love Ouellet clearly expounds a theology of marriage and the Catholic Church's understanding of the sacrament celebrated between spouses and God. Developed with influences from Pope Francis, the theological intuitions of Vatican II, the contributions of Saint John Paul II (the "pope of the family"), and the innovative thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ouellet's study lays the foundations for a faithful resurgence of well-being for families in our contemporary day and age.

The Mystery of Marriage: A Theology of the Body and the Sacrament
The Mystery of Marriage: A Theology of the Body and the Sacrament

Author: Perry J. Cahall

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 1595250409

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This remarkable study offers a comprehensive explanation of the Catholic Church’s teaching on the sacrament of marriage. Incorporating the rich insights found in St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Dr. Cahall presents a theology of marriage that incorporates the biblical, systematic, pastoral, and historical traditions which have shaped our understanding of this sacrament.

Living the Mystery of Marriage
Living the Mystery of Marriage

Author: Dr. Perry J. Cahall

Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1618333860

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This unique book will assist those called to marriage to live out the wonderful, beautiful, and challenging mystery of married love by presenting a theology, spirituality, and morality of marriage in a widely accessible level.

Marriage
Marriage

Author: Dietrich Von Hildebrand

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 091847700X

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Before we examine the nature, the meaning, and the beauty of Christian marriage (which St. Paul calls "a great mystery in Christ and the Holy Church"), we shall examine the essence and meaning of marriage in the realm of nature, and its specific character in reference to all other fellowships and communities. Only in this way can we understand what was so gloriously exalted by Jesus Christ and thus dispel the misinterpretations of the nature of marriage so frequently encountered. Why does Holy Scripture choose this particular relationship as an image? It is chosen because marriage is the closest and most intimate of all earthly unions in which, more than in any other, one person gives himself to another without reserve, where the other in his complete personality is the object of love, and where mutual love is in a specific way the theme (that is to say, the core) of the relationship.

Mystery of the Altar: Daily Meditations on the Eucharist
Mystery of the Altar: Daily Meditations on the Eucharist

Author: Kenneth J. Howell

Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing

Published: 2021-01-29

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1949013715

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The voices of great saints and holy teachers of the past ring out clearly in a unanimous chorus of praise and adoration for the supreme sacrament of the Eucharist. In Mystery of the Altar: Daily Meditations on the Eucharist, Kenneth J. Howell and Joseph Crownwood have brought together these voices to demonstrate the unwavering faith of the Church in the Real Presence of Christ. Aligning daily readings with the liturgical calendar, Mystery of the Altar will enlighten and enliven readers as they contemplate the wide-ranging applications of Eucharistic truth to their lives. A worthy companion for Eucharistic adoration or personal prayer, Mystery of the Altar will ignite love for the Eucharistic Lord in the hearts of all who savor its wealth of meditations.

Love, Sexuality, and the Sacrament of Marriage
Love, Sexuality, and the Sacrament of Marriage

Author: John Chryssavgis

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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Two essays "Love and Sexuality in the Image of Divine Love" and "The Sacrament of Marriage: The Orthodox Service" introduce the reader to the Orthodox perspective on this all-important issue. With extensive excerpts from twenty-two Church fathers and modern Orthodox theologians, ranging from Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa to Alexander Elchaninov and Kallistos Ware.

The Catholic Imagination
The Catholic Imagination

Author: Andrew Greeley

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780520232044

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"Greeley has written a lively, controversial and stimulating book in which he describes a Catholic imagination which is different from (not better or worse than) a Protestant imagination. Going beyond his own position, I believe Protestants have much to learn not just about the Catholic imagination but from it as he describes it."—Robert Bellah, coauthor of Habits of the Heart "Andrew Greeley is the most vivid sociological writer of our time. By studying artists and artisans directly, he brings David Tracy's theory of religious imagination to life. The survey data show that ordinary people have imaginations too, and that the lay person's imagination is also framed by religious tradition. This book is a tour de force."—Michael Hout, University of California, Berkeley

The Sacramental Mystery
The Sacramental Mystery

Author: Paul Haffner

Publisher: Gracewing Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780852444764

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The seven sacraments lie at the centre of Christian life and experience, for here God the Holy Trinity touches human lives and hearts. This book is one of the few at the present time to offer a global synthesis of the main themes in the sacramental mystery in which the human and divine, the material and the spiritual realms are intimately intertwined. Paul Haffner outlines how the sacraments are the chief means in the Church through which God's people are reconciled to the Father, through His Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit. The book illustrates classical issues like the conditions for the validity and the efficacy of the sacraments, as well as the minister, recipient and effects of these sacred mysteries; it deals with particular topics like the necessity of Baptism, the sacrificial character of the Eucharist, and the nature of marriage. As he examines each sacrament in turn, the author also explores how new ecumenical questions affect Christian sacramental understanding. 'I warmly commend this work on the subject of sacramental theology' Archbishop Csaba Ternyak Secretary of the Vatican Congregation of the Clergy Paul Haffner is lecturer in systematic and dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Lateran University, the Pontifical Athenaeum 'Regina Apostolorum' and the Pontifical Institute 'Regina Mundi' in Rome. His publications include 'The Mystery of Creation', 'The Mystery of Reason' and 'The Mystery of Mary' - all also published by Gracewing.

The Mystery of Incomprehensible Love
The Mystery of Incomprehensible Love

Author: Mother Mectilde de Bar

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-08

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781621385226

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The first book by Mother Mectilde to appear in English, these words, steeped in Sacred Scripture and the liturgical tradition of Benedictine monasticism, reveal a woman of profound human insights and of supernatural wisdom, a sure guide to holiness with a timeless and universal message that seems providential for precisely this moment in history.