Sean Patrick O'Malley

Pope Benedict XVI was known for his brilliant mind, but he also had a heart in love with the Lord. In this careful selection from his papal homilies, readers can not only learn from his encyclopedic knowledge of the Christian tradition, but grow in their own love for God as they journey with Benedict through the seasons and feasts of the liturgical year. Lord I Love You! Volume 2 includes the joyful seasons of Advent and Christmas as well as important Marian feasts and other saints' days throughout the year, making it an excellent choice for spiritual reading and a great Advent/Christmas gift idea for those who appreciate the late pope's message of the centrality of Christ and the reliability of the Catholic tradition. Pope Benedict was not a charismatic preacher in the mold of his predecessor John Paul II, but the texts themselves are gems of Christian exhortation and reflection that are best appreciated on one's knees in a chapel or held in one's hands in a quiet place in one's home--that is, in a book like this and not scrolling through a website. For scholars and students of the late pope, the collection also provides a helpful distillation of his main themes and principal concerns into short, easily digestible pieces. The editor, Fr. Pietro Rossotti, uses the official Vatican translation with only minor spelling modifications and added footnotes with bibliographical references whenever possible.

The Book of Before & After is the traditional name given to the book of commonly-used portions of the liturgy of the hours of the Church of the East (the branches of which are now the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East, the Ancient Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East, and the Malabar Catholic Church). This volume will present, for the first time, a complete English translation (from the original Aramaic/Syriac) of all the Ordinaries and Commons of the Liturgy of the Hours used by all the Churches of this Tradition. It will also include a complete translation of the Psalter as included in the liturgical books (with antiphons and prayers between sets of Psalms), the full collection of the famous "Martyr Hymns," and extensive selections of the Propers for each week of the Liturgical Year. Finally, the volume will also include translations of the Introductions written by the various Chaldean and Assyrian Patriarchs who published editions of the Hudhra (the full liturgy of the hours) over the past two centuries, as well as a comprehensive Introductory Essay by Rev. Younan. Many of the hymns translated in this volume will be singable according to their original melody.

The book is a collection of several publicly available homilies of Benedict XVI on the main liturgical solemnities and feasts. The purpose is to make these homilies available to the wider public. The book will be a service to the tradition of the Church as it compiles in a single volume a good number of homilies that would otherwise be left forgotten on the Vatican Website. The volume will be a great contribution to theology and especially to homiletics. Rossotti has used the available English translation with only minor spelling modification and added footnotes with bibliographical references wherever possible.,Volume 2, which will cover Advent, Christmas, Marian Feasts & Saints Days, will be made available in 2025.

This book is a collection of aphorisms that can be read in any order. They are reflections stemming from an event, a convivence or an encounter; spiritual wake-up calls either announcing or denouncing; questions or calls to hope that the reader feels are for him: sometimes daring confidences that spring from the author's soul; occasionally, they take the form of a hymn or a psalm, full of ardent pleas and fervent thanksgiving to God. From the dates contained in the little passages, one can somewhat follow the historical thread from 1988 to 2014. The passages are united by the history of faith of the author and of the Neocatechumenal Way more than by the development of a theme, although many references to this specific charism are dispersed throughout. It is a history full of joys and sufferings; it reveals the author's struggle to fulfill faithfully the commission he has received from God.(Ricardo Bl zquez Perez, Cardinal Archbishop of Valladolid). Soft cover edition only on Amazon.