Friends of Pluscarden will be glad to know of three new publications, all highly recommendable, and all translated from the French original by our own Fr. Giles.
The first two, signalled below, are Catholic Truth Society pamphlets. Their author was the recently deceased former Abbot of Fleury - Saint Benoit-sur-Loire - in France. His spiritual conferences have been extremely popular in France: Fr. Giles has done a service to the English speaking world by making them available in English.
Then there is what is now widely regarded as a classic work, the book length "Christian Asceticism" by Dom Anselm Stolz OSB. Dom Anselm died in Rome in 1942. Although a native German speaker, he wrote this book in French: delivering it as a series of lectures at Chevetogne in 1939.
"Christian Asceticism" was reviewed in our magazine "Pluscarden Benedictines", Number 196, Advent 2021, pp. 29-32.
These three works may be purchased in the normal way, or else through our own shop.
Peace of Heart – According to St Benedict
£3.50
This item will be released 4th March 2022.
Learn to welcome peace beyond trials and to see it as a limitless gift from God, through teaching marked by the Spirit of St Benedict.
Description
Trials quickly take Peace away from us. Does this mean peace of heart is impossible? No, for Jesus himself promised it to us. There is peace beyond our trials, but we do not receive it according to the way of the world. Fr Bernard Ducruet, through teaching marked by the Spirit of St Benedict, leads us to welcome the peace as a limitless gift of God and the fruit of struggle.
Spiritual Combat – According to St Benedict
£3.50
Spiritual combat may seem off-putting, but no one is exempt from it. Discover the essential facts about spiritual combat in this book, and learn why it is, above all, a source of growth in charity.
Description
Spiritual combat is the lot of every one of Christ’s Disciples. Too often, the idea seems off-putting, and a good number of Christians think that it has little to do with them. However, no one is exempt from it. To help us discover its merits, Fr Bernard Ducruet, OSB offers us some of the essential facts about spiritual combat. He shows us how this combat is, above all, a source of growth in charity. This simple, profound, and enlightening teaching will be of great benefit to everyone who prays and seeks greater union with Christ.