{"title":"Saints and Feasts","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"roman-martyrology","title":"Roman Martyrology (Pocket Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBy the Catholic Church. This is the last edition of the traditional Martyrology published before the Second Vatican Council; hence it is the one that should be used in connection with the \u003cem\u003eusus antiquior \u003c\/em\u003eor traditional Roman Rite. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis very small-sized book (without extra front matter or the lengthy index of names) is good for traveling or for those who simply wish to have the list of saints commemorated each day. Read more \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newliturgicalmovement.org\/2019\/12\/four-new-reprints-from-os-justi-press.html#.XfgKJIM2qUk\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.newliturgicalmovement.org\/2019\/12\/four-new-reprints-from-os-justi-press.html#.XfgKJIM2qUk\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Os Justi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40017966071906,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/products\/IMG_5057_jpg.jpg?v=1665630096"},{"product_id":"st-thomas-aquinas-papers-from-the-1924-summer-school-of-catholic-studies-at-cambridge","title":"St. Thomas Aquinas: Papers from the 1924 Summer School of Catholic Studies at Cambridge","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEd. 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Yet in this groundbreaking study, sure to refine our understanding of the Angelic Doctor, Peter Kwasniewski shows that St. Thomas contemplates the nature of ecstasy at key stages in the development of his thought and that it plays a crucial role in his doctrine of love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a stimulating study of treatments of ecstasy in ancient philosophy, Sacred Scripture, and the medieval tradition prior to Aquinas, Kwasniewski finds that he can be seen as breathing new life into the concept. While his contemporary, St. Bonaventure, for example, tended to restrict ecstasy to the soul's union with God, St. Thomas admitted the place of ecstasy in a variety of human activities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFurthermore, St. Thomas recognized that all love involves ecstatic transcendence, whether it be the creature's self-oblation to the Creator, the reverence of an inferior for a superior, a superior's generosity toward an inferior, or the mutual affection and help of equals joined in friendship. Love of persons for their own sake generates an ecstatic love in which the self is borne as a gift to another subject by sharing a common life aspiring to common goods. Kwasniewski also examines Aquinas on the question of whether or not God experiences ecstasy, and if so, in what ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ecstasy of Love in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the doctrine of love and to the interpretation of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. 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The result has been confusion, dismay, devastation. To the surprise of some, however, the same half-century has witnessed a growing counter-movement of Catholics who find in the Church’s traditional liturgy a perennial witness to the orthodox faith, a solid foundation for the interior life, an ever-flowing source of missionary charity, and a living embodiment of the true Catholic spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this book, Peter Kwasniewski presents a fearless critique of the path of liturgical novelty and a detailed apologia for liturgical tradition in all its beauty, richness, and profundity, addressing such topics as solemnity, sacredness, the language of symbols, contemplation, participation, the symbiosis of lex orandi and lex credendi, silence, music, worship in Latin, and Gregorian chant. He confronts the humanism, rationalism, utilitarianism, and modernism so prevalent in the liturgical reform, assesses the prospects and limitations of a “Reform of the Reform,” and reflects on the great gift of Summorum Pontificum. In the end, Kwasniewski argues for a zealous recommitment to Catholic Tradition in its fullness, starting with divine worship and embracing the whole realm of faith and morals, including integral Catholic social teaching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angelico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40290455912546,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/1353\/5842\/products\/resurgentkwas.jpg?v=1679601323"},{"product_id":"anatomy-of-transcendence","title":"Anatomy of Transcendence","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e[This book is published not by Os Justi but by Emmaus Academic. However, Os Justi offers its customers signed copies of Dr. Kwasniewski's books.]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMan is created by God for an eternal glory that surpasses his nature, and he is called even now to a graced participation in divine life that draws him above and beyond himself, conforming him to the one in whose image he is made. In his theological writings, Thomas Aquinas explored this “order of excess” that characterizes God’s elevation of the rational creature, discerning in its most extreme instances—mystical transport, ecstasy, and rapture—the essential contours of the ordering of Christian life to the transcendent union of beatific vision. This same ordering is witnessed in Aquinas’s own experience, where toward the end of his life he was raised to a contemplative vision surpassing all language and further study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Transcendence\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter A. Kwasniewski examines the intersection of Aquinas’s theological writings and mysticism, establishing a vocabulary and topography for the Angelic Doctor’s study and experience of ecstasy and excess in God’s raising of the human mind to divine things. While drawing on the full scope of the saint’s corpus, the study pays particular attention to his engagement with Scripture—especially the rapture of Paul related in 2 Corinthians—thus contributing to the recovery of Aquinas not only as spiritual theologian, but also as biblical theologian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for This Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“‘Nothing was made for something less noble than itself.’ St. Thomas repeats this maxim, characteristic of the medieval and Christian worldview, throughout his works. For him, the philosopher and theologian par excellence, man is made for what is above. We are meant to rise, to be caught up in the immensity of God. Kwasniewski guides the reader through a meticulous, textually based, historically contextualized, and theologically nuanced study of the themes of excess and rapture in St. Thomas. \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Transcendence \u003c\/i\u003emakes a real contribution to the study of Thomistic spiritual and mystical theology.” \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eDYLAN SCHRADER, Veterum Sapientia Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Aquinas has a reputation for a bloodlessly intellectual approach to theology and the Christian life. The reputation is unjust, but understandable given the topics and aspects of Aquinas’s work that most of his commentators focus on. Kwasniewski’s fascinating book does a real service in drawing attention to the mystical and affective aspects of St. Thomas’s thought.” \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eEDWARD FESER, Pasadena City College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of Transcendence\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Kwasniewski has written an in-depth study of Thomas Aquinas’s theology of rapture, spiritual transport, and \u003ci\u003eexcessus mentis\u003c\/i\u003e, providing a worthy companion volume to his previous work, \u003ci\u003eThe Ecstasy of Love in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e.” \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eLAWRENCE FEINGOLD, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“For those who think of Thomas Aquinas only as a dry scholastic author, Kwasniewski’s examination will come as a welcome surprise. It is always appreciated when a scholar takes up topics in Thomas’s corpus that have not yet garnered the attention they deserve. Thanks are due to Kwasniewski for daring to go where too few have tread.” \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eRANDALL B. 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