Learning the Virtues: That Lead You to God - Softcover

Romano Guardini

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0918477646 ISBN 13: 9780918477644

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press, 2013

Synopsis

There's more to goodness than keeping the Commandments: you've got to cultivate virtue, too, so that you please God in what you do not merely in what you don t do. In these pages, you'll learn countless ways to grow in such virtue.

The wise Msgr. Romano Guardini, a German priest hailed by Pope Benedict XVI as a great figure who aspired to the truth of God and to the truth of man, leads you from a consideration of virtue in itself to a discussion of each of the key virtues that will make you holy and lead you to God.

Here you'll learn how to begin practicing the virtues and make them part of your daily routine. You'll also learn about:

Envy, the hidden sin, even in the spiritually mature: how to fight it

Courtesy: how good manners are spiritually vital to souls

"What is truth?" The surprising answer to Pilate's question will transform you

Patience: it's the prerequisite for all moral growth, and only the morally strong attain it

Orderliness: not a moral virtue in itself, but lack of it may cost your soul

Why a sense of humor is so important even to your spiritual health

The strange contradiction in blaming God for the evil in the world

Belief in progress: in our day it can be a form of idolatry

The tyranny of justice: why so many justice movements turn unjust (knowing this is the key to our future as a society)

Asceticism: it's not just for monks without it, you may not be saved!

Trashy movies: there's spiritual danger even in the ones that don't obviously glorify sin

Discover why noise weakens the soul, and how silence is balm for your spiritual life

Plus: many other topics to help you grow in the virtues that lead you to God!

About this title

About the Author

Romano Guardini (1885 1968) is regarded as one of the most important Catholic intellectuals of the twentieth century. He lived in Germany most of his life and was ordained a priest in Mainz in 1910. Guardini s academic focus was philosophy of religion and he is best known for such works as The Lord, The End of the Modern World and The Spirit of the Liturgy. Guardini taught at the University of Berlin until he was forced to resign for criticizing Nazi mythologizing of Jesus and for emphasizing Christ s Jewishness. After World War II, he taught at the University of Tubingen and the University of Munich.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0918477646
• ISBN 13: 9780918477644
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 214