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Catholic Books And Publications
Topic Started: Saturday, 26. May 2007, 17:28 (1,317 Views)
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“Homilies: The Liturgical Year Narrated by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope,” Cardinal Camillo Ruini introduced this new book on 5 November and said Benedict XVI has a brilliant way of making “the bread of the Word of God and the mystery of our salvation understandable for all.”
According to the L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Ruini first explained that “for the life and mission of the Church and for the future of the faith, it is absolutely necessary that the dualism between exegesis and theology be overcome,” which the Pope stressed at the recent Synod of Bishops.
Cardinal Ruini emphasized the “essentially biblical, patristic, liturgical and historical” nature of the Holy Father’s theology, which has made him “an extraordinary preacher of homilies and an extraordinary catechist who, with the simplicity and substance of his words, makes the bread of the Word of God and the mystery of our salvation understandable to all.”
Sandro Magister gives a full review together with a sample homily HERE
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When they are read one after another, the homilies of Benedict XVI trace out the arc of the liturgical year, and therefore the Christian mystery, with exemplary clarity. This outline has blank spots in places, because there are some Sundays and feast days that the pope does not celebrate in public. But he himself demonstrates that he wants to fill in these blank spaces with messages addressed to the faithful and to the world every Sunday at midday before the prayer of the Angelus, or, during the Easter season, the Regina Caeli.
These messages are often mini homilies. In them, Benedict XVI, comments on the readings for the Mass of the day. They are unmistakably his own work, true jewels of short form preaching. The reader will find some of them in the appendix to the book. And with these, he will enrich his vision of that masterpiece that is the liturgical year, narrated by Pope Benedict.

I look forward to the book being published in English - it is not clear from the article that it is yet
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Curé of Ars Prayer Book
Family Publications have produced another fine prayerbook, this time to celebrate the Year of Priests and the 150th anniversary of the death of St John Vianney.
The Curé of Ars Prayer Book is a collection of passages from St John Vianney. Each passage is on a facing page with a colour illustration and a short quotation. Underneath each passage is a prayer. This is an excellent book for priests to use at their daily meditation, and indeed for lay people who wish to intercede especially for priests and to reflect on the priesthood in the life of the Church.
The booklet also includes a passage from Pope John XXIII's Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia, a Litany in honour of St John Vianney, and information about the indulgences granted for the Year for Priests.
As ever, the quality is very fine - glossy stock, well-chosen photos and clean, uncluttered typesetting. 64 pages £4.50. You could perhaps buy one as a gift for your local priest.
Fr Finigan
I've quoted Fr.F as he gives a little more information about the book than does the Family Publications site.
Looking around that site, there are one or two books I might buy, including Bernadette: Our Lady's Little Servant as I've been searching for a book about Lourdes suitable for children
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Thank you Katy, St John Vianney has always been a hero of mine. Not just because he is the patron Saint of Parish Priests but because I am dyslexic and have always been inspired by his perseverance in his vocation and refusal to surrender to the difficulties of study.
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I ordered the book,(and a few more) using the internet form on the Family Publications site. There has been a slight delay because the form does not ask for "valid from" date on visa cards, only the issue number - which visas don't have. Anyone else thinking of ordering might find telephoning quicker.
KatyA
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