![]() ![]() “What lies beyond the essentials, the basics?” Rolheiser writes. But, as Rolheiser explains, when we embrace the struggle and yearning to know God we can experience too a profound re-understanding to our daily lives. Here, we experience the full gamut of human life, pleasure and fervor, disillusionment and boredom. ![]() In this new book, Rolheiser takes us on a journey through the dark night of the senses and of the spirit. With his trademark acuity, wit, and thoughtfulness, Rolheiser shows how identifying and embracing discipleship will lead to new heights of spiritual awareness and maturity. Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one question left: How can I be helpful?īeloved author Ronald Rolheiser continues his search for an accessible and penetrating Christian spirituality in this highly anticipated follow-up to the contemporary classic, The Holy Longing. Ultimately, however, it is a spiritual and a personal statement of how Ronald Rolheiser understands the Eucharist and why he celebrates it every day. Our One Great Act of Fidelity is an investigation into the ways people secure their faith and belief and discover true intimacy with God and each other. At the same time, he looks at other denominations’ traditions around the Eucharist. With personal warmth and great insight, he reflects on his own particular Roman Catholic upbringing and the centrality that the Eucharist has within that tradition. In this deeply personal book, Father Ronald Rolheiser delves into the history and meaning of this sacred tradition, drawing upon the insights of various scripture scholars, theologians, and church teachings. More so than anything else, the Eucharist is what anchors many peoples’ life, prayer, and ultimately the way they live their lives. “The Restless Heart” won the Winnifred Sanford award in the United Kingdom in 1990 as the best book on spirituality. This outstanding book offers a distinctively Christian approach to the subject, and will reassure and free many to live more meaningfully. Conversely it is a tremendously creative and humanizing force when it is recognized and lived correctly.Įxamining current theories on the causes of loneliness and using modern day parables from literature, the cinema and his own experience, Ronald Rolheiser identifies different types of loneliness: some are to be avoided, some endured and others positively taken up and entered into. It is most dangerous when it is not recognized, accepted and worked through creatively. ![]() It is at the center of every person’s ordinary experience. ![]() Loneliness is not a rare and curious phenomenon. To order internationally please contact us via email Click Here This book was originally published in Great Britain as “Seeking Spirituality”. Weakland, O.S.B., Archbishop of Milwaukee It blends the old and the new in ways that few others can do” – Most Reverend Rembert G. It’s insights are just what all of us need at this moment of history. “Without doubt, Ronald Rolheiser’s The Holy Longing is one of the best books about Christian spirituality that has been published in many a year. At last a way to weave love for the poor and struggling people with the highest mystical love of God…I love this book” – Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking At last a dynamic understanding of how the paschal mystery plays in our own lives. At last a comprehensive, life-giving approach to sexuality. At last we have a guide who helps us know what to do with the fire of desire within us. “A master weaver is at work here…I found my soul on every page. ![]()
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