Name: Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity
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Author: Ronald Rolheiser
ISBN: 9780804139441

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Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ronald Rolheiser

Publisher

Image

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x13.2x2 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9780804139441

Synopsis "Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity "

When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one question left: How can I be helpful?--TERESA OF ÁVILA Beloved author Ronald Rolheiser continues his search for an accessible and penetrating Christian spirituality in this highly anticipated follow-up to the contemporary classic, The Holy Longing. With his trademark acuity, wit, and thoughtfulness, Rolheiser shows how identifying and embracing discipleship will lead to new heights of spiritual awareness and maturity. In this new book, Rolheiser takes us on a journey through the dark night of the senses and of the spirit. Here, we experience the full gamut of human life, pleasure and fervor, disillusionment and boredom. But, as Rolheiser explains, when we embrace the struggle and yearning to know God we can experience too a profound re-understanding to our daily lives. "What lies beyond the essentials, the basics?" Rolheiser writes. "Where do we go once some of the basic questions in our lives have been answered, or at least brought to enough peace that our focus can shift away from ourselves to others? Where do we go once the basic questions in our lives are no longer the restless questions of youthful insecurity and loneliness? Who am I? Who loves me? How will my life turn out? Where do we go once the basic question in life becomes: How can I give my life away more purely, and more meaningfully? How do I live beyond my own heartaches, headaches, and obsessions so as to help make other peoples' lives more meaningful? The intent of this book is to try to address exactly those questions: How can we live less self- centered, more mature lives? What constitutes deep maturity and how do we reach that place? And, not unimportantly, what constitutes a more adult, Christian discipleship? What constitutes a truly mature following of Jesus?" As the poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggests, "Live the questions now." In Sacred Fire, Rolheiser's deeply affecting prose urges us on in pursuit of the most holy of all passions--a deep and lasting intimacy with God.

Ronald Rolheiser

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Ronald Rolheiser (nacido en 1947, Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan, Canadá) es un sacerdote católico, teólogo, autor y conferencista canadiense, reconocido internacionalmente por sus escritos sobre espiritualidad, vida cristiana y crecimiento personal. Pertenece a la Congregación de los Misioneros Oblatos de María Inmaculada (OMI) y fue ordenado sacerdote en 1972. Realizó estudios de teología en la Universidad de Ottawa y obtuvo un doctorado en la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, en Bélgica.

A lo largo de su trayectoria ha desempeñado funciones como profesor de teología y espiritualidad, además de ejercer cargos de liderazgo académico, entre ellos la presidencia del Oblate School of Theology, en San Antonio, Texas. Sus libros se caracterizan por presentar temas espirituales y teológicos con un lenguaje claro y accesible, dirigido tanto a creyentes como al público general.

Entre sus obras más conocidas se encuentran The Holy Longing (1999), considerada un clásico moderno sobre la espiritualidad cristiana, Sacred Fire (2014), The Passion and the Cross (2015) y Domestic Monastery (2019). Sus escritos abordan cuestiones como el sentido de la vida, la oración, el amor, el sufrimiento, el discipulado y la esperanza. Gracias a su capacidad para relacionar la tradición cristiana con los desafíos del mundo contemporáneo, Ronald Rolheiser es considerado una de las voces más influyentes de la espiritualidad católica actual.

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