{"product_id":"with-christ-an-anthology-of-his-writings-by-blessed-columba-marmion","title":"WITH CHRIST AN ANTHOLOGY OF HIS WRITINGS BY BLESSED COLUMBA MARMION","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eBy Blessed Columba Marmion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eWith Christ is an anthology of writings from Blessed Marmion’s outstanding trilogy: \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eChrist, the Life of the Soul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003e Christ in His Mysteries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eChrist, the Ideal of the Monk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eas well as from his letters in \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"\u003eUnion with God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and personal notes on his own spiritual life—focused on the theme of suffering and sharing in the Passion of Our Lord. In the words of the editor of this volume, Dom Raymund Thibaut, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“It is most important to know how to accept suffering; and surely the supreme work of mercy is that difficult science, that delicate art, of teaching men to carry their cross. Not everyone can excel in this art or teach this exalted science effectively, but only he who has a great heart and the supernatural experience of sorrow.” Dom Thibaud continues, “Wherever Dom Marmion goes, he sheds light; he lends a helping hand; he calms and comforts; he inflames hearts, strengthens wills, and sanctifies souls. This overflowing charity, this beneficent zeal, as well as the ring of conviction in his faith and the authority acquired from experience in guiding souls—all these made his words singularly persuasive.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eWholly surrendered to the love of Christ, he wanted only to give Christ to souls and souls to Christ. \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“We must contemplate Jesus,” \u003c\/i\u003eBlessed Marmion wrote, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“He is God revealing Himself to us. Through a humble faith in Him we have the solution to all our difficulties.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eDom Marmion often thought of Christ as \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e“the Man of sorrows”\u003c\/i\u003e and his devotion to the Passion of Jesus is well known. He knew also that nothing is so fruitful as union with the source of living water which flows from Calvary and gives every trial a sovereign virtue and an indefinite power to purchase redemption for the entire world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eA book to be read especially during the great penitential seasons of the liturgical year, and in times of temptation, trial, and loss—here are words that can restore or strengthen confidence, bestow peace, and stabilize the soul in the supreme security of abandonment to God. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e“[The works of Marmion] are outstanding in the accuracy of their doctrine, the clarity of their style, and the depth and richness of their thought.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePOPE PIUS XII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e“Abbot Marmion carries us back to a wider and more wholesome tradition, and many will rise up to bless him, as they find in his teaching new strength, and fresh vigor in their striving after God.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e— \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFRANCIS CARDINAL BOURNE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e“He revealed the soul of the liturgy to us, by which I mean all those elements of doctrine and of life which it holds in reserve within the visible envelope of its rites and symbols.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDOM LAMBERT BEAUDUIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eBorn in Ireland in 1858, Blessed Columba Marmion became Abbot of Maredsous Abbey, Belgium, and one of the great spiritual masters of the twentieth century. His conferences and books have influenced popes, cardinals, priests, monks, and laity alike. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760675881193,"sku":null,"price":28.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2598\/5001\/files\/WCAW.jpg?v=1788094588","url":"https:\/\/ologsct.com\/products\/with-christ-an-anthology-of-his-writings-by-blessed-columba-marmion","provider":"OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS CATHOLIC TRADER ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}