Divine Intimacy Leather Bound Author: Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen O.C.D | Language: English | ISBN:
1905574436 | Format: PDF
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This book of meditations is meant for all priests, seminarians, religious, the devout laity, all who aspire to greater union with God: that is, to divine intimacy. --Pope John XXIII
This Book of Meditations on the interior life for every day of the liturgical year is a pearl of great price. For spiritual reading and personal prayer, it is a treasure, providing sound guidance on the journey of prayer, and a safe companion on the road to holiness and to intimate union with God. --Bishop Philip Boyce O.C.D, Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
This book was actually published a couple years ago. In fact I bought it almost a year ago but am just getting to showing it off to you now. I have very little to say about it except that I love it. Baronius did a nice job with it. I do not have a spiritual director and so I tend to use this book for sound advice with spiritual questions when I can't get to a priest-confessor. Its awesome. The book leads you through daily meditations and prayers and is attached to the older Roman calendar. Novus Ordo attendees can use it too but they will need to make sure they count Sundays after Pentecost rather than Ordinary Time Sundays... ...If you do not pray the Divine Office for whatever reason, this book may be a good substitute. There are two meditations per day so one could have a morning and an evening meditation. It costs $54.95 and is worth it. You will believe me after the first use. --A review by Matt of the Absolutely No Spin blog, edited for this posting
Divine Intimacy? ... is a beautiful leather bound volume put out by Baronius Press. I have it and use it daily. It is a valuable Carmelite spiritual resource which gives you meditations through the liturgical year. Anyone can benefit it every day, though it follows the older, traditional Roman calendar. It would be a good gift for someone who participates mostly in the Extraordinary Form, though everyone can follow it equally well. --Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, October 18, 2011 on his blog (WDTPRS.Com/Blog). Slightly edited for this posting
About the Author
Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. (1893 - 1953) was a Discalced Carmelite priest who became one of the most revered masters of the spiritual life. He acquired a vast knowledge of the ways that lead to holiness and to union with God. His experience with souls, whom he guided to the heights of perfection, was outstanding. He was an expert in the spiritual and mystical doctrine of St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila) and of St. John of the Cross. The Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of St. Joseph in Rome were the heirs of the Father Gabriel s vast output of published works and private manuscripts. For ten years, he guided these nuns as their confessor and spiritual director, and it was they who helped him to arrange his material in line with the course of the liturgical year, while following the ascent of the soul to transforming union with God, or to Divine Intimacy.
- Leather Bound: 1216 pages
- Publisher: Baronius Press (October 1, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1905574436
- ISBN-13: 978-1905574438
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
ever written, if you are a Roman Catholic, appreciative of Roman Catholic spirituality, or a lover of Christian prayer. You'll have to manage the old liturgical calendar -- pre-Vatican II; but that's fairly simple as a google search for the Tridentine Calendar for 2010 turns up responses almost instantaneously. Technical issues like this apart, Father writes out of the Carmelite tradition, whose special charism is mental prayer (the Benedictines' special charism is the divine office; the Dominicans' is preaching, for example) and no one can teach you how to turn to God in prayerful adoration like the Carmelites. Father makes frequent reference to St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, the two greatest Carmelites and both Doctors of the Church (can any other Order boast two), and in short meditations designed to be read and then prayerfully meditated in the space of a half hour, the book covers all the themes of Christian life as presented through the liturgical year. It also contains a short presentation on how St. Teresa conducted the mental prayer -- very, very helpful -- as well as a thematic and other indices designed to help the pray-er find help in times of need.
If you're not a Carmelite, nor an appreciator of Carmelite spirituality, nor a person of Carmelite tendencies, the book may be hard, at first; but it opens its treasures with assiduous application. If you are a person who has been praying and meditating for years and looking for the next step, this book is probably for you; a finer single-volume compendium on the art of Christian prayer you'd be hard pressed to find, as it is primer, teacher, and treasure-trove all rolled into one.
Those who are familiar with or worship through pre-Vatican II liturgies will find this book very helpful.
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