Ronald Rolheiser
Essential Writings
Published on 20. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-62698-440-0 (ISBN)
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Winner of the Catholic Media Association Award for Spirituality: Contemporary *Advance Praise & Reviews*
"Captures the breadth of Rolheiser's pastoral wisdom--profound, compassionate, and deeply human." -- National Catholic Reporter
"We do not wake up in this world calm and serene, having the luxury of choosing to act or not act. We wake up crying, on fire with desire, with madness. What we do with that madness is our spirituality."--Ronald Rolheiser
Ronald Rolheiser, a Catholic priest and theologian, is one of the most popular and influential spiritual writers today. Through such bestselling books as The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire, as well as his syndicated column, "In Exile," he has shown an ability to outline a healthy Christian spirituality that relates to the deep desires, anxieties, and hopes of ordinary people living in the world.
This collection of his essential writings, which draws in large part on his columns, first outlines the "holy longing" that underlies all spirituality. He then outlines the elements of a "generative," or fruitful spiritual life, including prayer, suffering and death, love and justice, faith and doubt.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Maryknoll
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62698-440-0 (9781626984400)
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Alicia von Stamwitz is an award-winning author and professional in Catholic publishing, recently with Franciscan Media. She has collaborated closely with Fr. Rolheiser on many books and various other projects. Ronald Rolheiser was born in Saskatchewan. A member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, he was ordained in 1972 and received a doctorate from Louvain in 1983. He is the author sixteen books on spirituality, most notably The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire (both Image/Doubleday) and is popular as a speaker and retreat leader. He recently retired as President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, TX.