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BOOK PICK: Cardinal Robert Sarah’s latest book, ‘Catechism of the Spiritual Life,’ firmly grasps the Church’s responsibility to the poor, as well as her monastic tradition.
CATECHISM OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
By Cardinal Robert Sarah
336 pages, $24.95
EWTN Publishing, 2022
To order: EWTNRC.com or (800) 854-6316
It’s a great consolation to read and write about Cardinal Robert Sarah so soon after the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Perhaps no other prelate has carried forward the intellectual legacy of Ratzinger/Benedict as much as he has.
Cardinal Sarah first came to the attention of Catholics in the U.S. with his book God or Nothing, which showed the Guinean prelate to be a strong voice for the Church’s Tradition and a keen observer of the current situation in the Church and the world. Like Ratzinger/Benedict, Cardinal Sarah is often caricatured as a reactionary controversialist. His incisive criticisms of Western culture and of certain forces in the Church make for good press. But they don’t accurately reflect the depth and breadth of his thought. Here is a man with a deep knowledge and appreciation for both his native African culture and the patrimony of Western Civilization. He firmly grasps the Church’s responsibility to the poor as well as her monastic tradition.
The recently published Catechism of the Spiritual Life is another wonderful contribution from Cardinal Sarah. It is, however, a hard work to describe. Yes, it is indeed a catechism. Cardinal Sarah dedicates each chapter to teaching a specific sacrament, with an additional chapter on prayer.
In addition to the doctrinal content are pious reflections that work more like spiritual reading than just catechesis. His ability to draw on the wealth of the Church Fathers, popes and other (less well known) theologians reveals how broadly read the cardinal is.
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CATECHISM OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
By Cardinal Robert Sarah
336 pages, $24.95
EWTN Publishing, 2022
To order: EWTNRC.com or (800) 854-6316
It’s a great consolation to read and write about Cardinal Robert Sarah so soon after the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Perhaps no other prelate has carried forward the intellectual legacy of Ratzinger/Benedict as much as he has.
Cardinal Sarah first came to the attention of Catholics in the U.S. with his book God or Nothing, which showed the Guinean prelate to be a strong voice for the Church’s Tradition and a keen observer of the current situation in the Church and the world. Like Ratzinger/Benedict, Cardinal Sarah is often caricatured as a reactionary controversialist. His incisive criticisms of Western culture and of certain forces in the Church make for good press. But they don’t accurately reflect the depth and breadth of his thought. Here is a man with a deep knowledge and appreciation for both his native African culture and the patrimony of Western Civilization. He firmly grasps the Church’s responsibility to the poor as well as her monastic tradition.
The recently published Catechism of the Spiritual Life is another wonderful contribution from Cardinal Sarah. It is, however, a hard work to describe. Yes, it is indeed a catechism. Cardinal Sarah dedicates each chapter to teaching a specific sacrament, with an additional chapter on prayer.
In addition to the doctrinal content are pious reflections that work more like spiritual reading than just catechesis. His ability to draw on the wealth of the Church Fathers, popes and other (less well known) theologians reveals how broadly read the cardinal is.
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A Catechism for Troubled Times
BOOK PICK: Cardinal Robert Sarah’s latest book, ‘Catechism of the Spiritual Life,’ firmly grasps the Church’s responsibility to the poor, as well as her monastic tradition.
