This book collects a fascinating series of letters written by theologian-philosopher Romano Guardini in the mid-1920s in which he works out for the first time his sense of the challenges of humanity in a culture increasingly dominated by the machine. With prophetic clarity and unsettling farsightedness, Guardini's letters poignantly capture the personal implications and social challenges of living in the technological age — concerns that have now come to fruition seventy years after they were first raised.

Letters from Lake Como: Explorations on Technology and the Human Race (Ressourcement : Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought)

Politics & Social Sciences

Romano Guardini

Social Sciences

Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source

A treasury of spiritual wisdom on how to prepare your mind, body, and heart for Mass from one of the twentieth century's great theologians, Meditations before Mass is Romano Guardini's smart and beautiful guide to spiritual preparation for the source and summit of Christian worship. Meditations before Mass is a wise, pastoral, and timeless classic on preparing for Mass--it is an example of twentieth-century theologian Romano Guardini at his very best. Meditations before Mass was written before Vatican II, but its relevance has endured over the past sixty years. Not a "how to" book for either the old or the new Roman Rite, it is instead a spiritual feast for the mind and heart, and a guide for modern people who wish to make sense of the Church's feasts and liturgies. Meditations before Mass has helped thousands of readers participate more fully in Christian liturgy and continues to do so today.

Meditations Before Mass

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Classics

Sacred Signs

Veritas Publications

The Lord

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Regnery Pub.

The only true and unedited telling of the life of Christ—his life and times, in historical context, but not lacking the psychology behind his physical being and spirit. Unlike other books seeking to strip Jesus' story to reveal only the human being, Romano Guardini's The Lord gives the complete story of Jesus Christ—as man, Holy Ghost, and Creator. Pope Benedict XVI lauds Guardini's work as providing a full understanding of the Son of God, away from the prejudice that rationality engenders. Put long-held myths aside and discover the entire truth about God's only begotten Son.

Lord

Gateway Editions

"This book is a masterpiece. It embodies the wealth of modern exegetical criticism opened by Protestant theologians like Karl Barth; the great traditions of 'devotio moderna'; French 17th century thought; the great insights of the Catholic mystics; and the matured speculation of scholasticism. But above all, it is an approach to Christ through the Gospels".--Commonweal

Gateway Edition

You've matured, but have your prayers? Has your understanding of prayer matured since you learned to pray at your mother's knee? Or, like many of us, do you continue to pray, year after year, as you were taught as a child? If your prayers are difficult or boring, your problem may not be so much failure of will (you do try to pray well) as lack of knowledge about how mature souls pray. Most of us have been doing it so long that we pray automatically without really thinking about it. The good news is that such problems are easily overcome! This remarkable book offers practical ways that you can improve your prayers today and grow closer to God. Learn: <li>How to overcome distractions</li> <li>How to pray when your heart is empty</li> <li>How to avoid monotony</li> <li>The best posture for prayer ... and more!</li>

The Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer

Sophia Institute Press

You may have read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and you may have studied The Baltimore Catechism, too, but if you don t know the Catechism that Jesus gave us, you don t know your Faith. Christ taught us the Lord s Prayer as the first and most important of all our catechisms. If you haven t considered it carefully, now s the time to begin — and here s the book to help you uncover the riches Christ placed in these familiar words. Unlock the secrets of the Lord's Prayer Msgr. Romano Guardini, acclaimed author of The Rosary of Our Lady and The Art of Praying, here reveals the holy wisdom of these 55 words from Jesus. With Msgr. Guardini's gentle help, you'll: <li>Develop a greater love for the Lord's Prayer</li> <li>Come to understand God's tender care for you</li> <li>Discover His holy will for you</li> <li>Learn how to live always in His love</li> <li>Develop the strength to live in conformity with His holy will</li> In a word, The Lord's Prayer will help you to pray better . . . and to live better. Special Features <li>Phrase-by-phrase, word-by-word explanations</li> <li>Frequent references to holy Scripture</li> <li>Written for persons of all faiths, and non-believers too!</li> You'll learn: <li>Why you must say "Our Father," not "My Father"</li> <li>How the Lord's Prayer shows that our God differs from pagan gods</li> <li>"Our daily bread": it doesn't mean what most people think it means</li> <li>"Thy will be done": how this petition is the heart of the Our Father</li> <li>How the Lord's Prayer calls you to sustain the Kingdom of God</li> <li>Why God does not "deliver us from evil," but permits sin, even when the innocent suffer from it</li> <li>And much more!</li>

The Lord's Prayer

There's more to goodness than keeping the Commandments: you've got to cultivate virtue, too, so that you please God in what you do not merely in what you don t do. In these pages, you'll learn countless ways to grow in such virtue. The wise Msgr. Romano Guardini, a German priest hailed by Pope Benedict XVI as a great figure who aspired to the truth of God and to the truth of man, leads you from a consideration of virtue in itself to a discussion of each of the key virtues that will make you holy and lead you to God. Here you'll learn how to begin practicing the virtues and make them part of your daily routine. You'll also learn about: <li>Envy, the hidden sin, even in the spiritually mature: how to fight it </li> <li>Courtesy: how good manners are spiritually vital to souls</li> <li>"What is truth?" The surprising answer to Pilate's question will transform you</li> <li>Patience: it's the prerequisite for all moral growth, and only the morally strong attain it</li> <li>Orderliness: not a moral virtue in itself, but lack of it may cost your soul </li> <li>Why a sense of humor is so important even to your spiritual health</li> <li>The strange contradiction in blaming God for the evil in the world</li> <li>Belief in progress: in our day it can be a form of idolatry</li> <li>The tyranny of justice: why so many justice movements turn unjust (knowing this is the key to our future as a society)</li> <li>Asceticism: it's not just for monks without it, you may not be saved!</li> <li>Trashy movies: there's spiritual danger even in the ones that don't obviously glorify sin</li> <li>Discover why noise weakens the soul, and how silence is balm for your spiritual life</li> <li>Plus: many other topics to help you grow in the virtues that lead you to God!</li>

Learning the Virtues: That Lead You to God

Italian-born German priest, Romano Guardini has written a book with honest answers to the hard questions about death and the afterlife. From his patient and thoughtful study of Scripture and Church teachings, he shares those things that will diminish grief, calm fears, and melt away doubts.

Eternal Life: What You Need to Know About Death, Judgment, and Life Everlasting

Worship & Devotion

Sophia Inst Pr

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Letters from Lake Como: Explorations on Technology and the Human Race (Ressourcement : Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought)

Meditations Before Mass

Sacred Signs

The Lord

Lord

The Lord

The Art of Praying: The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer

The Lord's Prayer

Learning the Virtues: That Lead You to God

Eternal Life: What You Need to Know About Death, Judgment, and Life Everlasting