From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy

Author:   Benedict Xvi ,  Robert Cardinal Sarah
Publisher:   Ignatius Press
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Pages:   152
Publication Date:   12 March 2020
Format:   Paperback
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"""The priesthood is going through a dark time"", according to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah. ""Wounded by the revelation of so many scandals, disconcerted by the constant questioning of their consecrated celibacy, many priests are tempted by the thought of giving up and abandoning everything."" In this book, the pope emeritus and the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments give their brother priests, and the whole Church, a message of hope. They honestly address the spiritual challenges faced by priests today, while pointing to deeper conversion to Jesus Christ as the key to faithful and fruitful priestly ministry and genuine reform. Benedict XVI and Cardinal Sarah ""fraternally offer these reflections to the people of God and, of course, in a spirit of filial obedience, to Pope Francis"", who has said, ""I think that celibacy is a gift for the Church. . . . I don't agree with allowing optional celibacy, no."" Responding to calls for refashioning the priesthood, including proposals from participants in the Amazonian Synod, two wise, spiritually astute pastors explain the importance of priestly celibacy for the good of the whole Church. Drawing on Vatican II, they present celibacy as not just ""a mere precept of ecclesiastical law"", but as a sharing in Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross and his identity as Bridegroom of the Church."

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Author:   Benedict Xvi ,  Robert Cardinal Sarah
Publisher:   Ignatius Press
Imprint:   Ignatius Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.60cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781621644149


ISBN 10:   1621644146
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   12 March 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Benedict XVI and Cardinal Sarah have written the best kind of food for the Catholic soul: concise, elegantly readable, rich in substance, and passionately pastoral in its message. Don't be fooled by its brevity: This is an immensely important book not


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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant theologians and spiritual leaders of our age. As pope he authored the best-selling Jesus of Nazareth; and prior to his pontificate, he wrote many influential books that continue to remain important for the contemporary Church, including Introduction to Christianity and The Spirit of the Liturgy. Robert Cardinal Sarah was born in Guinea, West Africa. Made an archbishop by Pope John Paul II and a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, he was named the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis in 2014. He is the author of God or Nothing, The Power of Silence, and The Day Is Now Far Spent.

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