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Ele examina as orientações de São Tomás de Aquino sobre o assunto, que tipo de obediência é necessária para a salvação e a questão da licitude e ilicitude. Haverá situações em que as estruturas habituais de obediência se tornem impedimento, em vez de facilitadoras, para a missão da Igreja e o bem das almas? Houve casos na história da Igreja em que sacerdotes fiéis exerceram o seu ministério em violação das normas canónicas ordinárias? 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Grace is shown to be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etheology’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einner structure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, opening \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eup the understanding of Divine Revelation and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenabl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eus to live according to its demands. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo far from being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emetaphorical, ethereal, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eobscure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, grace is as real as our lives: it is the life of the soul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as the soul is the life of the body\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFr Serafino Maria Lanzetta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Marian Franciscan based in the diocese of Portsmouth (UK). 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Lanzetta investigates Pope Francis’s sources, leitmotifs, methods, and goals, examining the return of nominalism and pragmatism, the elevation of pastoral care over doctrine, the proclamation of a mercy that severs charity from truth, the substitution of “a people on the move” for “the mystical body” and of a panreligious humanistic fraternity for the salvific Christian mission, the inversion of hierarchy by synodality, the selective use of Vatican II as an impetus for “paradigm shifts,” an evolutionary vision of doctrinal development driven by sociological-cultural theories, and the supplanting of eschatology by ecology.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePastors, theologians, laity, converts, non-Catholics interested in the Church and her relationship with modernity—all will find Fr Lanzetta’s study valuable for the light it sheds on the age-old office of the papacy and on the tempestuous reign of its most recent incumbent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eSuper Hanc Petram\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Fr Lanzetta provides clarity on the nature of the papal office together with accurate analysis of Pope Francis’s theology. 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Drawing on four essential texts—two from St. Thomas’s earliest major work, two from his latest; two on the words of the liturgy, two on its actions—this book pieces together a properly Thomistic commentary on the Mass. “Because in this sacrament the whole mystery of our salvation is embraced,” St. Thomas says, “thus it is carried out with greater solemnity.” This is a study of that “greater solemnity,” and of how St. Thomas believes it relates to “the whole mystery of our salvation.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomistic Mystagogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“By introducing us to the mystery of God through his writings, St. Thomas Aquinas rightly deserves his preeminence amongst the great theologians of the Church. But it is often forgotten that such greatness is the fruit of the humility necessary to stand before God, daily, in worship—at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Hours of the Divine Office. St. Thomas was a true \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehomo liturgicus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ebefore he was a theologian, and his theology is the rich fruit of his liturgical roots, as Urban Hannon rightly underlines. At this critical time of the life of the Church, may St. Thomas’s liturgical faith inspire us to return to Christ whom we encounter in a unique way in the Sacred Liturgy, so that we too may bring forth good fruit in due season!”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Cardinal Sarah\u003c\/strong\u003e, Prefect Emeritus, Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“In this brief but profound study, Urban Hannon leads us to rediscover the lost art of medieval mystagogy, as he shows the Church’s greatest theological mind drawing forth the inexhaustible meanings of the Mass’s words and actions, signs and mysteries. Clergy and laity alike will benefit from these pages, which are an incitement to reverence, praise, devotion, and contemplation.” —\u003cstrong\u003eScott Hahn\u003c\/strong\u003e, Franciscan University of Steubenville\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Thomas Aquinas as mystagogue? This will come as a surprise only to those who imagine Thomism as a kind of abstract religious philosophy. On the contrary, the ongoing rediscovery of St. Thomas as a complete and integral theologian, and consequently as a spiritual master, draws attention not only to the biblical and patristic roots of his thought, but also—as Urban Hannon’s book successfully attests—to his deep theological insight into liturgical life, which is the ecclesial matrix of all Christian wisdom.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eSerge-Thomas Bonino\u003c\/strong\u003e, O.P., Angelicum\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“St. Thomas had much to say about the Mass—but one needs to know where to look. He did not write a stand-alone commentary; instead he made copious, scattered comments. Hannon is so steeped in the Master’s multitudinous writings that he can wander through them with ease, picking up tesserae with which to compose a mystagogical mosaic of the Mass. Thomas’s voice rings out brilliantly and provocatively, yet we hear it thanks to Hannon, who provides a set of keys to unlock the symbolism of the ancient liturgy of the Mass.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eDavid W. Fagerberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Notre Dame\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40745743876194,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":40745743908962,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40760613175394,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/mystagogy.jpg?v=1707594162"},{"product_id":"il-rito-romano-di-ieri-e-di-domani","title":"Il Rito Romano di Ieri e di Domani","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-6f9806f8-7fff-e03a-afc6-7468775016bf\"\u003eQuesto titolo e tutte le altre edizioni in lingua italiana delle opere del Dr. Kwasniewski possono essere acquistate su \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/Rito-Romano-Ieri-Domani-Tradizionale\/dp\/196071175X\"\u003eAmazon.it\u003c\/a\u003e in Italia o presso qualsiasi altro punto vendita Amazon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn quest’opera ampia e accuratamente argomentata, il dottor Kwasniewski dimostra che la Sacra Tradizione è il principio guida di tutta l’autentica liturgia cristiana, che ha origine da Cristo e dai suoi apostoli ed è guidata dallo Spirito Santo per tutta la vita della Chiesa. I principali tratti identificativi del rito romano classico – e di tutti i riti tradizionali, orientali e occidentali – sono assenti dal Novus Ordo, il che lo estrania dalla loro compagnia e rende impossibile chiamarlo “rito romano”. L’unico modo per superare questa frattura è un pieno ritorno all’eredità tridentina – il rito romano nella sua pienezza – per il quale non è né potrebbe mai essere necessario uno speciale permesso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Peter Kwasniewski non è solo un baluardo di erudizione, ma anche un uomo dall’arguzia provocatoria”. —Martin Mosebach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Opera al tempo stesso liturgica, storica, teologica e spirituale,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIl Rito Romano di Ieri e di Domani\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eassicura all’autore un posto di primo piano tra gli studiosi della Rivoluzione che, dal 1969, ha opposto il\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eritus modernus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edi Paolo VI al rito della Tradizione della Chiesa latina”. —Roberto de Mattei\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Quest’opera è una splendida introduzione alle questioni chiave del dibattito liturgico, nel necessario contesto storico dello sviluppo liturgico e della riforma del 1960. Ne raccomando di cuore la lettura”. —Dr. Joseph Shaw\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“In questo libro appassionato, il dottor Kwasniewski propone uno stringente insieme di argomenti a favore del Rito Romano tradizionale. Egli guida con mano sicura il lettore fra questioni oggetto di frequente dibattito: la natura delle liturgie “tradizionali” d’Oriente e d’Occidente, la liturgia della Settimana Santa ante 1955, lo status del Novus Ordo quale “forma” del Rito Romano, il ruolo di papa Paolo VI nelle riforme degli anni ‘60 – e molto altro ancora”. —Stuart Chessman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Logico e lirico, questo volume è una profonda riflessione sul significato della tradizione tanto in generale quanto nella liturgia romana in particolare. Anche se non tutti possono essere d’accordo con le sue conclusioni, questo è un libro che nessuno che nessuno che abbia a cuore il bene della Chiesa dovrebbe ignorare”. —Pr. Thomas Crean, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIl dott. PETER KWASNIEWSKI ha insegnato teologia, filosofia, musica e storia dell’arte in varie università dal 1998 al 2018. È altresì cantore e compositore, ha diretto cori dal 1994 a oggi, e la sua musica sacra per coro è stata eseguita in tutto il mondo. Dal 2018 scrive e tiene conferenze a tempo pieno in difesa della Fede cattolica tradizionale, specialmente in ambito liturgico. I suoi libri e articoli sono apparsi in oltre venti lingue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(Per l'edizione inglese, vedere\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/osjustipress.com\/products\/the-once-and-future-roman-rite\"\u003equi\u003c\/a\u003e. Per l'edizione spagnola, vedere\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/osjustipress.com\/products\/el-rito-romano-de-ayer-y-del-futuro\"\u003equi\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40844861014114,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40844861046882,"sku":"","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":40844861079650,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/ilritoroman.jpg?v=1710770518"},{"product_id":"the-spiritual-history-of-english","title":"The Spiritual History of English","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModernity might be defined as the age when Western man tried, for the first time, to do without the Church, then without Christ, and finally, without God. Yet cultural expression remained vibrantly alive, from the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the Enlightenment to Romanticism, and into the Modernist reaction—at least, for as long as the ancient echoes of Catholicism stirred the imagination. However, now that religion has been so effectively removed from our society, the impetus for high culture seems to have vanished; arts and letters are uninspired, uninteresting, and undignified, if not parasitical, ugly, banal, and empty. Postmodernism is the end of the line to nowhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an ambitious critique ranging over 1,500 years of literary history, the poet Andrew Thornton-Norris argues that the demise of English literature reveals the heavy cost of rejecting objective moral standards and sacred realities. Only the Catholic Faith has power to prevail against the “dictatorship of relativism” in all its erosive manifestations and to provide once again those underlying norms of mind, behaviour, and workmanship on which civilization thrives. 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Una reforma litúrgica que se hizo con la intención de inaugurar una nueva era de templos rebosantes y de acercamientos ecuménicos, no ha logrado producir ninguno de estos resultados; por el contrario, las iglesias se están vaciando y se las clausura una tras otra. Entre tanto, un antiguo rito, que llegó a su madurez en la Edad Media, que lleva engastadas perlas barrocas, y que fue declarado oficialmente muerto en la década de 1960, ha protagonizado un asombroso regreso en todo el mundo. Tolerada por Pablo VI, permitida por Juan Pablo II, liberada por Benedicto XVI y recientemente prohibida por Francisco, la Misa Tridentina sigue siendo una realidad poderosa y polarizadora en la Iglesia de Roma -un arca de santidad y de belleza para quienes la aman, un beligerante “retrogradismo” para quienes procuran su abolición-. En esta situación de guerra civil espiritual, no están nunca lejos de la mente los problemas de la autoridad y de la obediencia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObligado por la Verdad\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaborda trascendentales temas relativos a la autoridad, la obediencia, la tradición y el bien común. La Primera Parte se ocupa de la doctrina del Vaticano I sobre la jurisdicción universal del papa, de los límites de su autoridad a la luz de otros reconocidos principios, tales como la tradición litúrgica y las costumbres locales; de la forma correcta de interpretar y respetar el Magisterio; de la virtud de la obediencia inteligente, temerosa de Dios, en contraste con sus malignas distorsiones: la decidida rebeldía y el servilismo autodestructivo. 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Although these qualities are to be found in all of Belloc’s work, as expressions of the very spirit of the man himself, they are to be found to an exceptional degree in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Path to Rome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Four Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e…. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Four Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e rivals it, and perhaps surpasses it, as a vehicle for Belloc’s wit and wisdom, or as an outpouring of his irrepressible personality.” —Joseph Pearce, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrisis Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Humorous, thought-provoking, evoking friendship, tradition, good beer and song, and recovering, ‘while they yet could be recovered, the principal joys of the soul,’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eT\u003cem\u003ehe Four Men\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of Belloc’s most delightful literary works.” —Sean P. 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Part I of this book provides a detailed commentary on the motu proprio, enlightening for amateur and expert alike, while Part II examines the document's fate from the time of Pius to today, looking at its canonical force and status, positive efforts of implementation, and the neglect it has suffered since Vatican II. As tradition continues to make crucial gains, it will be books like this that serve as practical guides for restoration.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Dr. Andrew Childs, B.Mus, DMA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cem\u003eprofessional singer and choir conductor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"St. Pius X's motu proprio on sacred music is the bravest, loftiest, most exhaustive attempt ever to protect and promulgate the precious musical riches of our Roman Rite. Brill's work particularly shines by placing this great document in its tumultuous historic context and by thoroughly dismissing the naysayers who attempt to water down the urgency of this holy pope's directives.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJonathan Bading, B.Mus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirector of Sacred Music, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An indispensable volume for every Catholic-musician or not-who wants to understand the sacred music of the Church.... Provides a detailed exegesis and history of Pius X's 1903 motu proprio on sacred music \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTra le Sollecitudini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as the subsequent history of Catholic liturgical music through the aftermath of Vatican II.... Also offers a plan to help pastors and musicians restore sacred music in today's Catholic parishes, according to the evergreen reforms of St. Pius X.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSusan Treacy, PhD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Music Emerita, Ave Maria University; author of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Music of Christendom: A History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Despite the sorry state of music in the Church today, the official documents of the Church still clearly proclaim that Gregorian chant has 'first place' (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eprincipum locum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e)\u003c\/em\u003e in the liturgy. St. Pius X's motu proprio is the definitive teaching on this subject. Brill's book is valuable for Church musicians, an immersion in the fundamentals.... A fascinating and important read.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFr. Robert C. Pasley, KCHS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChaplain to the Church Music Association of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Even though they met with certain challenges, these reforms [of Pius X] supported both the twentieth-century revival of chant and a renewed sensitivity to the importance of music in the liturgy.... Patrick Brill's study comes at an opportune moment, when Catholics are increasingly rejecting the banality of much of today's 'church music.' Brill's work conveniently gathers into a slim volume the historical context of Pius X's reforms, the reforms themselves, their implementation, and the place of these reforms in a Church rediscovering tradition. It will be a standard resource.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEdward Schaefer, DMA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePresident of Collegium Sanctorum Angelorum; author of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCatholic Music Through the Ages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41703088160866,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41703088193634,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":41703088226402,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/sacredmusic.jpg?v=1737382850"},{"product_id":"is-african-catholicism-a-vatican-ii-success-story","title":"Is African Catholicism a \"Vatican II Success Story\"?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe familiar claim that Catholicism is booming in Africa-that it is the one continent where the Second Vatican Council has yielded abundant good fruits-does not square with available data and descriptions, as we discover in the late George Neumayr's reportage on Ivory Coast, a Nigerian Catholic's analysis of harmful inculturation inflicted on Africans by racially stereotyping European liturgists, Claudio Salvucci's questioning of the Zaire Use on the basis of Congolese history, and Peter Kwasniewski's evaluation of the evangelical potency of preconciliar faith, life, and worship. In Africa as elsewhere, traditional Catholicism conquered whole populations and fostered immense cultural creativity. Under the new ecclesiology, new ecumenism, and new liturgy of progressive Western intellectuals, ever-larger numbers are falling away to Protestant sects and deracinating secularism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THIS BOOK:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Accessible and informative, this agile volume...questions much of the received wisdom about the alleged 'success' of the Catholic Church in Africa in the last few decades.... Will introduce the reader to an ecclesial reality far more problematic and fractured than the naively optimistic portrayals often found in Catholic publications.... An important critique of simplistic accounts of liturgical inculturation.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Cattoi, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWilliam and Barbara Moran Chair in Early Christian Theology and Interreligious Relations, Angelicum, Rome\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Post-Vatican II scholarship on the Catholic Church in Africa privileges a quasi-dogmatised narrative of a continental pastoral triumph premised on inculturation and realised in all-around growth.... This book dares to challenge that narrative by questioning its assumptions....Serves as a welcome corrective foray into a fraudulent historiography...based on eurocentric ideological preoccupations.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Kakooza, PhD\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStrategic Management, Eastern Africa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The entirety of this book, brimming with intelligent observations and illustrated with unknown and appealing historical examples, will trigger conversations that should not be postponed any more.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eFr. Federico Highton, PhD, ThD\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cem\u003eco-founder of two sub-Saharan parishes; Director of the \u003c\/em\u003eOmnes Gentes Project\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As a priest celebrating the traditional Latin Mass in East Africa for twenty years, I appreciate your collective work. The Faith has been damaged by the new spirit of this council in Africa like everywhere else, even if the consequences are not of the same magnitude (yet).\"-\u003cstrong\u003eFr. Christophe Nouveau, IBP\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKampala, Uganda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My impression of Ugandan people is that they have a deep and genuine faith, a natural modesty, ready generosity, refreshing transparency, and a joyful reverence.... I believe the TLM would be, in certain ways, less 'foreign' to the faith, history, and liturgical sensibilities of Africans than is the Novus Ordo.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eJanet E. 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and even designing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e mantillas, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand shows how the veil contributes to a Eucharistic way of life that treats femininity as a gift, a treasure, and a mystery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo illustrate and verify her points, Anna Elissa presents a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esubstantial collection of testimonials from women \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof all ages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabout their experience adopting and wearing the veil—and from men, too, including clergy, about why they value the practice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and its return\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppropriately for a book about the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elanguage of signs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and beauty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMantilla\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echapters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare graced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith nine full-color plates of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexquisite artworks \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efeaturing women in veils.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI invite you to read this book, because it will be\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor many, as it was for me, a beautiful surprise. Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe author, a young woman who studies psychiatry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut is well prepared also in the theological field,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshares with us her experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe gives us the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereasons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher choice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to wear \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea mantilla. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee find in this book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistorical, theological, liturgical, and practical reasons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor rediscovering this practice, which was once very\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e common in the Catholic Church everywhere.” —\u003cstrong\u003eMost Reverend Antonio Guido Filipazzi\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTitular Archbishop of Sutri and Apostolic Nuncio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j9Mtss3UkiI?si=v19L9zGyU1dJydr3\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41824711475298,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41824711508066,"sku":"","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":41824711540834,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/elissamantillaveil.jpg?v=1742565378"},{"product_id":"compleat-monarchist","title":"The Compleat Monarchist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The arguments for monarchy are basically of three kinds: providentialist—monarchy has been the state form most used by the providence of God to further the Christianization of peoples; sacramental—monarchy permits the symbolic clothing of civil authority with the mantle of Christ the Servant-King, thus setting in a most desirable way the ethos of the state; pragmatic— monarchy transcends factions (no one has voted either for or against the king) as well as the ravages of time (the royal institution necessarily considers both conservation of heritage and provision for future generations). In this humorous yet serious book, Charles Coulombe interweaves such arguments with a great stock of monarchist lore, covering an impressively wide range of historical, geographical, and religious instantiations. The overall message emerges clearly enough: royalism, or supporting the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReichsidee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is not so much a sign of political immaturity as a dawning of wisdom.”\u003cbr\u003e—from the Foreword by Fr. Aidan Nichols, OP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePRAISE FOR THIS BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Enhanced by Coulombe’s literary, philosophical, and theological scholarship, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Compleat Monarchist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a powerful book that will persuade any rational person of the merits of monarchy. Its author has earned his reputation as a voice of sanity amid the madding crowd.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eMark Dooley\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoral\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMatters: A Philosophy of Homecoming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Charles Coulombe is one of the most erudite and eloquent of Catholic writers. His deep understanding of history, theology, and political philosophy and his vivid literary imagination are woven together in this thoughtful and thought-provoking defence of monarchy. It might be said, were the pun to be permitted, that it is his crowning achievement!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Shaw\u003c\/strong\u003e, editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Defence of Monarchy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Why would monarchy—a principle that emerges directly out of nature and which has been consecrated by supernatural religion for millennia—need an American historian to explain it to us? But following centuries of violent revolution and civilisational repudiation in what has been a succession of egalitarian, democratic, and utopian experiments, most of us are so uprooted from our own tradition that we stand in desperate need of an authoritative guide. We are all in Coulombe’s debt as we seek to find our way home.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eSebastian Morello\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConservatism and Grace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“‘For every monarchy overthrown, the sky becomes less brilliant because it loses a star.’ In a world that appears to be increasingly suffering from an acute case of cultural drought and crisis of identity, time and time again we see that the further the West strays from its Christian foundations, including sacral monarchy, the more severe this cultural drought and amnesia becomes. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Compleat Monarchist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Charles Coulombe captures the essence of what monarchy was and can be again, taking the reader on a masterful exploration of Christian kingship’s embodiment of immortal principles that served our civilization for centuries. Whether you are a devoted monarchist, a convicted republican, or a skeptic of all political programs, this book will inform, enlighten, and challenge you.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eRoss M. McEwen\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Royal Stuart Society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41832679473250,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41832679506018,"sku":"","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":41832679538786,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/compleatmonarchistcoulombe_825e9e54-038f-49cf-b633-69d443224974.jpg?v=1744044574"},{"product_id":"praise-of-his-glory-introduction-to-catholic-morality","title":"To the Praise of His Glory: An Introduction to Catholic Morality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“What doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in His ways, and love Him, and serve the Lord thy God?” (Deut 10:12)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when a mixture of bewilderment and positive error regarding morals has led to much chaos, contradiction, and uncertainty among Christians, this handy book provides the reader with a thorough introduction to the Catholic Church’s teaching on morality. This teaching is founded upon her understanding of the human person within God’s gracious plan of salvation. Created by God in His image and likeness, man has an immortal, immaterial soul, an intellect and will for freely apprehending and choosing the good, and an innate desire to seek happiness as his ultimate good and final end. Though wounded by original sin and our own personal sin, by divine grace we can live as true disciples of Jesus Christ and, through virtuous living, obtain some measure of happiness in this life and eternal bliss in the life to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn order to understand the moral universe in which we live, it is necessary to grasp what freedom really consists in and how it matures to its full stature through the virtues, particularly the mighty seven—faith, hope, charity, prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. One must also examine the contrary vices in order to recognize and avoid them. This book’s specific descriptions of venial and grave sins in various spheres of life will be welcome to those looking to form their consciences rightly, without veering into either laxity or scrupulosity. The “template” of the Beatitudes, most perfectly lived by Jesus Christ, and the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit, guide the Christian through the tempest of this world along the secure path of salvation. This work also looks at the role of law and its various types, and closes with a presentation of the seven sacraments, which, together with prayer, are the chief means of receiving divine grace, growing in it, or recovering it when lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdeal for converts, reverts, catechists, teachers, preachers, homeschoolers, and all who are simply looking for a clear guide to Christian morality, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTo the Praise of His Glory \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoffers the “bird’s-eye view” that can otherwise be so difficult to obtain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41973328085090,"sku":"","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":41973328150626,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/praiseofhisglory.jpg?v=1749138325"},{"product_id":"el-fenix-renaciente-spanish","title":"El Fénix Renaciente","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePara pedir este libro y otros títulos de Os Justi en español, así como ejemplares de los libros del Dr. Kwasniewski traducidos al español, le recomendamos que visite \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/librosguadalupe.com\/\"\u003eLibros Guadalupe\u003c\/a\u003e (¡la mejor tienda online de libros católicos tradicionales en español!) o Amazon.com, Amazon.es o Amazon.com.mx.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl Fénix Renaciente: Construcción, destrucción y restauración de la Tradición católica\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ees una completa revisión del estado de la Iglesia católica desde el Concilio Vaticano Segundo, último período de una serie de crisis morales e intelectuales en que la Iglesia ha caído a lo largo de su historia. El capítulo sobre el Concilio describe detalladamente cómo éste fue desviado por el papa Pablo VI al permitir que los liberales europeos asumieran su control exclusivo. Se dedica también un análisis cuidadoso a la “reforma” litúrgica, encargada por el mismo papa a un grupo de radicales, cuya obra carcomió la herencia espiritual y devocional de los fieles. La pérdida de una enseñanza ortodoxa y la desorientación que siguió a estos cambios produjeron una grave crisis, tanto en el clero como en el laicado; pero el movimiento de regreso a la tradición, visible en la actualidad, promete un renacer de la plenitud de la vida católica en la Iglesia. Los lectores católicos tienen ahora una narración completa y eminentemente accesible de los graves cambios ocurridos en la Iglesia moderna, hecha por un magistral historiador que sabe distinguir lo que en esta crisis es único de lo que comparte con otras conmociones del pasado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“En esta comprehensiva narración de la auto-destrucción de la Iglesia católica romana y de la identificación del único camino realista de regreso a la tierra de los vivientes, Sire, con gran coraje, no cierra ninguna puerta y no suprime ninguna evidencia, usando una prosa vívida y apasionada que no deja duda alguna sobre qué opina de este tema de crucial importancia moral y cultural”. —Dr. John Rao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Resumiendo épocas enteras de la historia en una exposición muy fácil de leer e intelectualmente estimulante, Sire expone a la luz el progresivismo radical del Concilio Vaticano Segundo y sus efectos posteriores, como también el tibio conservadurismo de la Reforma de la Reforma y de la Hermenéutica de la Continuidad, apuntando a los tesoros de la tradición como segura guía para salir adelante”. —Dr. Brian M. McCall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“El historiador H.J.A. Sire ha realizado una equilibrada evaluación de la revolución en la Iglesia católica romana. Su dominio del tema es absoluto. El libro se desarrolla con fluidez, y los lectores terminarán su lectura con la confianza de haber adquirido una amplia visión de los últimos sesenta o setenta años”. —Roger McCaffrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“¿Cómo fue que, partiendo de una Iglesia católica romana a todas luces saludable en la década de 1950, hayamos llegado a la masiva apostasía y a los graves escándalos de los últimos años? Como lo demuestra Sire, los antecedentes son bastante lejanos en el tiempo, y existen, de hecho, desde hace muchos siglos; pero la posibilidad de recuperar la salud y de regenerarse no es tan remota como se podría pensar”. —Stephen Klimczuk-Massion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42041293111394,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42041293144162,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":42041293176930,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/sirefenix.jpg?v=1751755620"},{"product_id":"liturgical-travels-through-france","title":"Liturgical Travels Through France","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom France’s 130 cathedrals, 1,500 monasteries, and hundreds of collegiate churches—served by over 10,000 canons alongside thousands of minor clerics and laymen—and from their ancient choir schools, famous ensembles of choristers and musicians, and grand organs, the sacred ceremonies of the Ancien Régime unfolded in a vast and intricate rhythm. Daily life was punctuated by the ringing of bells; regular cycles of processions around the city by the clergy, religious, and confraternities; feast days; pilgrimages to local shrines; and other fiercely guarded local rituals. From the king’s magnificent chapel at Versailles to the fields of the humblest rural parish, the Church’s calendar and ceremonies formed a sacred landscape in which every Frenchman’s life unfolded, shaping his experience of time and place, reinforcing personal, local, and national identities and binding together the stratified society of early-modern France with a common ritual life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is this charming and long-vanished world that the first-ever translation of Le Brun’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiturgical Travels Through France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings to modern English readers, accompanied by copious notes and an extensive introduction that provide context for the original work and show its (at times surprising) relevance to current debates. The volume is enriched with dozens of contemporary plates as well as introductory essays and appendices by Claude Barthe, François Hou, and Shawn Tribe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePRAISE FOR THIS BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLiturgical Travels\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThrough France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a goldmine of information about customs, architecture, clothing, piety, liturgy, and social life in early-modern Europe. This edition was prepared with loving attention to detail and good taste. It exudes the fascination of solemn liturgy. A treasure trove of information and competent commentary for deepening our understanding of the West’s liturgical tradition.” —Alkuin Schachenmayr, O.Cist., Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It is high time to re-evaluate the complex phenomenon of Neo-Gallicanism and to study its representatives. Le Brun des Marettes and his contemporaries were an early modern sort of ethnologists, combining philology with fieldwork. Their travelogues open up an unexpected fountain of information: a world of cathedrals, parishes, and monasteries, throbbing with life in ancien régime France . . . a bewildering mixture of medieval survival, baroque pomposity, and enlightened antiquarianism.” —Miklós István Földváry, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Liturgical life after Trent has all too often been portrayed as one of lifeless submission to centralised Roman rubricism. Not so—at least in France—as this volume makes perfectly clear. Le Brun immerses us in the colourful landscape of pre-Revolution Catholic worship which, in spite of many differences in local detail, displays a living liturgical and cultural integrity that is utterly enviable in our own highly compartmentalised and fragmented set of secular subcultures.” —Alcuin Reid, OSB, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Organic Development of the Liturgy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Originally intended as a kind of ecclesiastical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMichelin Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Le Brun’s travelogue through the churches of France now serves as a liturgical time machine. While one may not always find oneself in sympathy with the author’s judgments, the spirited, imaginary debates a reader can have with Le Brun make for delightful company along this literary pilgrimage.” —Urban Hannon, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThomistic Mystagogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In our age of information saturation, it is astonishing how little access the English speaker has to data about the worship practices of our Catholic ancestors. Filling this lacuna is a fresh translation of Le Brun’s eighteenth-century classic. Readers will be surprised by how much authentic liturgical diversity existed during a time of alleged Tridentine ossification.” —Michael P. Foley, Baylor University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo read more:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sicutincensum.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/10\/liturgical-treasures-of-pre-revolutionary-france\/\"\u003eLiturgical Treasures of Pre-Revolutionary France\u003c\/a\u003e,\" \u003cem\u003eCanticum Salomonis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newliturgicalmovement.org\/2025\/07\/liturgical-travels-through-france-new.html\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newliturgicalmovement.org\/2025\/07\/liturgical-travels-through-france-new.html\"\u003eLiturgical Travels Through France\u003c\/a\u003e,\" \u003cem\u003eNew Liturgical Movement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42043226620002,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42043226652770,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":42043226685538,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/files\/liturgicaltravels.jpg?v=1751924060"},{"product_id":"lumen-christi-defending-pre-1955-roman-rite","title":"Lumen Christi: Defending the Use of the Pre-1955 Roman Rite","description":"\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"lry1ug-icwsmi-xkd2aw-ps6t6d\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe Roman rite, once the serene inheritance of countless saints, was not abruptly overturned in the late 1960s, as a conventional traditionalist narrative suggests; instead, it was subjected to a process of gradual dismantling in the mid-twentieth century, prior to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecoup de grâce \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003edelivered by Paul VI’s Consilium. Among the most significant turning points was the imposition of a “reformed” Holy Week in 1955 under Pope Pius XII. This was no gentle pruning or “restoration” but a momentous rupture, a deliberate reshaping of ancient ceremonies to fit the mind of modern man, an attempt to reimagine and improve upon the past rather than receiving it humbly as the treasure it is. As a result, the 1962 liturgical books bear the wounds of earlier deformations and anticipate wounds yet to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLumen Christi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e confronts these uncomfortable truths, not in a spirit of nostalgia but in the name of intellectual honesty and historical clarity. Authentic liturgical development never came from panels of experts wielding scissors and glue; it emerged from the living faith of the Church, slowly refined in its expressions over the course of centuries. In its magnificent Holy Week, its rich calendar, and its undiminished prayers and ceremonies, the classical Roman Rite is no museum piece left behind in the march of progress. It is the Latin Church’s living liturgy, still loved by many souls, and ripe for reintroduction wherever the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eusus antiquior\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis—or, in a happier future, will come to be—offered in our churches. 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Attending to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis solemn duty in an epoch of cultural, moral\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and ecclesial disintegration is even\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emore challenging—perhaps the work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etrue saints?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph Bevan would not describe himself as a saint, but he would hope that, in spite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof everything—himself included—he has come to strive for sanctity in his vocation as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea husband and a father. His gritty determination has paid off. 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Thank you for your patience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"docx_default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNine years into Pope Francis’ reign on the throne of St. Peter, one of his closest collaborators anonymously circulated a memorandum among fellow cardinals that delivered a stark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003everdict: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentators of every school…agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"fr-FR\"\u003eThe critique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e focused on the pontiff's undermining of the Church’s bedrock of magisterial clarity and consistency, supplanting the time-honored maxim \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it-IT\"\u003eRoma locuta, causa finita est\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRome has spoken; the case is closed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—with a prevailing ethos of erroneous teaching and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"es-ES_tradnl\"\u003e ambiguity: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it-IT\"\u003eRoma loquitur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it-IT\"\u003e, c\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it-IT\"\u003eonfusio augetur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRome speaks; confusion grows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a time when the Deposit of Faith demands unwavering guardianship, this book stands as a solemn act of fidelity to the apostolic charge on all the faithful: to preserve the integrity of faith and morals for the sake of the salvation of souls. 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Murray, J.C.D.,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePastor, St. Joseph Church, New York, NY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It is possible for popes to teach in a misleading or even erroneous way when not speaking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eex cathedra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Although this is extremely rare in Church history, it has happened in a handful of cases…. As this book demonstrates, Pope Francis clearly outdid them in the number and gravity of his problematic statements and actions. One does not have to agree with everything in the book (and I don’t) in order to see the force of its cumulative case.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eEdward Feser\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professor of Philosophy, Pasadena City College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This comprehensive study clearly shows that the pontificate of the late Pope Francis generated a great deal of confusion throughout various areas of Church teaching…. I heartily recommend this work for its clarity and the strength of its arguments.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Eduardo Echeverria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePope Francis: The Legacy of Vatican II\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A full-scale, dispassionately clinical analysis of Bergoglio’s rule, identifying through the entire pontificate countless divergences from Catholic truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—John Rist\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInfallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848–2023\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Not a few Catholics viewed the many troubling pronouncements of Pope Francis as merely ambiguous, imprecise, or poorly translated. Grave though such deficiencies would be, readers of this book will discover—sorrowfully—that the reality is far more serious…. This volume will prove indispensable to the future pontiff and council tasked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith restoring what has been compromised…. Every page of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Disastrous Pontificate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ereveals an author of manifest fidelity, animated by profound love for Christ and His Church, and endowed with theological erudition.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Michael Sirilla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Professor of Systematic and Dogmatic Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This remarkable book is both exhaustive and exhausting. Exhaustive, in that it records, explains, and provides refutation for every misstep and misstatement made by Pope Francis. Exhausting, because there is so very much material to cover. Here in one massive volume is a thorough catalogue of the ways in which the late Pontiff confused the faithful, along with a defense of the truths he undermined.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Philip F. 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