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Meditations For Layfolk

Religion & Spirituality

Jarrett O.P., Bede

Christian Books & Bibles

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In English-speaking countries the Church has been at a disadvantage in the way in which she has had to expound her doctrine, for she has been forced for many years to limit her attention just to those parts of her teaching wherein the Protestant bodies parted company from her. Without any desire to stir up barren controversy, she has naturally in self-defence been at pains most precisely to define those portions of her gospel most likely to be misunderstood. This has resulted, unfortunately, in her leaving in the background the other mysteries of faith, often richer in themselves, more helpful to her children. Now, however, that she is becoming more able to realize herself to the modern world, an opportunity opens for explaining hidden doctrines, of which the value to the Catholic in the development of his inner life is considerable. It is to further this development that these meditations have been drawn up, since hardly anything can render us more sensible of our worth and Christian dignity than does the teaching of Our Lord on the indwelling of the Spirit of God.

The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul

Mediaeval Socialism

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Economics

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The Life of Saint Dominic is the preeminent biography of the founder of the Order of Preachers. Bede Jarrett, O.P., follows Dominic de Guzman from boyhood to death, describing his emergence amidst the Great Heresy of the Albigensians, the founding of the Order, the establishment of the nuns, and his commission of brothers in the mission of praise, prayer, and preaching. As James Sullivan, O.P., notes in his Introduction: This book “shows Saint Dominic in his own times at his own moment of history. Saint Dominic was not swept away by what was happening around him. He was responding to what was happening around him, responding exactly to what the Lord was asking of him.” 
Richly descriptive and deeply moving, The Life of Saint Dominic is essential reading for all sons and daughters of Saint Dominic, and, indeed, the Church and the world.

The Life of Saint Dominic

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These three dozen sermons by the renowned Dominican preacher Bede Jarrett are an invaluable companion for the season of Lent. In Book I, first published in 1932 as No Abiding City, Jarrett shows the special importance of “remembering we are pilgrims” during Lent. At the heart of Book II, originally published in 1945 as The House of Gold, are sermons on marriage, family, and the Christian home, and their unique role in developing and perfecting the virtues. Concluding the book is Jarrett’s masterful preaching for Holy Week, including the Good Friday Discourses, and a sermon for Easter Sunday with its glorious closing exclamation of hope: “The life he brought us shall never die.”

Returning to the Lord: Sermons for the Season of Lent

The inspiration for these forty-five meditations was an arresting question once posed to Bede Jarrett, O.P. “Why does no one write anything for young men?” His initial response seems as intuitive at present as they must have in 1930: “There is little use writing books for young men because they would not read the books.” To this reply, his interlocutor returns: “They do not read them because none of the books were suited to them.… They would read if they only had the right books.” The Space of Life Between is that right book. Treating the key questions and concerns of spiritual and social maturation for men, Jarrett boldly enters that middle ground: calming the ferment, forming the character, certifying the way of life, and clarifying the ambition. Offering the same solid, straightforward spiritual counsel for which Bede Jarrett is famous, The Space of Life Between is a candid, confident testament to the true meaning of mature manhood.

The Space of Life Between: Meditations for Young Men

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