Born in 1090, Bernard of Clairvaux died sixty-three years later, and was canonized in 1174. His friends and brothers began writing his official life even before he died, so convinced were they of his personal holiness and his importance to the Church of his day. Not everyone who knew him, however, liked him, no matter how much they may have admired his holiness. For nine centuries, those who have read his works and studied his activities have experienced a similar ambivalence. Some regard this 'most controversial and provocative of saints' as a great director of souls; others consider him an ecclesiastical busybody.In The Difficult Saint, Brian Patrick McGuire examines various facets of Bernard's life and the legend that survived him from the perspective of the Middle Ages and of the modern world. 'I want to suggest', he writes, 'that Bernard becomes more understandable as one grows older and gains more life experience'.
Its History and Its Meaning After the Reform of the Liturgy
In 1921, Anton Baumstark delivered two lectures on thedevelopment of the Roman Rite to a gathering at the Abbey ofMaria Laach. Abbot Ildefons Herwegen offered to publish thoselectures, but Baumstark decided to write a book on the topicinstead, which was published two years later as On the HistoricalDevelopment of the Liturgy. It would be another sixteen years beforehe produced Comparative Liturgy, for which he is better known.Together the two books lay out Baumstark's liturgical methodology.Comparative Liturgy presents his method; On the HistoricalDevelopment of the Liturgy offers his model.For nearly a century, On the Historical Development of the Liturgyhas been valued by specialists in the field of liturgical studies, bothfor its description of comparative liturgy and for the portrayalof patterns Baumstark discerns in liturgical development. Alsosignificant are the hypotheses Baumstark proposes and the evidencehe brings to bear on problems in liturgical history. In this annotatededition, Fritz West provides the first English translation of this work by Anton Baumstark.
Lectionary Reflections on Food and Justice-Year C
This volume explores the lives of Old Testament women: mothers and wives, queens and slaves, prophets and warriors, powerful women and victims; women whose stories offer courage and insight. Each chapter begins with suggestions for readings, and includes biblical excerpts.
These 56 essays present cultural reflections on the Gospel reading assigned for each Sunday in Cycle A of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the cultural world in which Jesus lived, and suggests a cross-cultural comparison with contemporary Western culture.
Highlighting aspects of the 1st century, Eastern-Mediterranean cultural world in which Jesus lived, this book suggests a cross-cultural comparison with contemporary Western culture. It can be used as an aide in preaching, lectionary-based catechesis or scripture study.
A Catholic Guide to Studying Scripture
Cultivating Sacramental Imagination and Actions in College Classrooms
Engaging Catholic Social Teaching on the College Campus
Critical Metaphysics and Contemporary Sacramental Theology
Breaking Open the Conversation about Catholic Preaching
Reflections on the Fourth Chapter of Benedict's Rule
A Hermit's Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated World
Reflections on the Prologue of Benedict's Rule
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