Résumé
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Born in Fuenllana in 1486, died in Valence in 1555, Thomas of Villanova entered the Augustinian order at the age of thirty. Several times prior then provincial superior of his order, he was appointed Bishop of Valence in 1544. Respected and venerated for his preaching and his great concern for the poor, he is one of the great spiritual masters of the 16th century and one of the most outstanding of the Augustinian school of spirituality. Drawing from his teachings, Jaime Garcia brings us an accessible little treatise of spiritual life, an authentic dissertation on friendship in the beautiful and generous Augustinian tradition. To meet God and live with him one must begin by being oneself - that is the principle of interiority. But man goes beyond man: he is made in God's image. The image must be entirely directed towards its model. Jesus, through the mystery of Incarnation, came to show us what we are and what we ought to be. Deep down, God has placed a ladder within us that leads to Him. Christ shows us how to ascend that ladder step by step. The Holy Spirit gives us the force to go from rung to rung. The aim and the context of our ascension is the friendship of God. The Our Father, the Beatitudes, the motherly friendship of the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist, they all model our friendship on the image of God's. But that friendship is open: it leads us to others, who are also called to that same friendship. Together we become the builders of those communities of friends who open the way, with Christ and in his Church, to the salvation of the world.
L'auteur - Jaime García Álvarez
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PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Cerf |
Auteur(s) | Jaime García Álvarez |
Collection | Epiphanie |
Parution | 05/01/2010 |
Nb. de pages | 148 |
Format | 13.5 x 19.5 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 186g |
EAN13 | 9782204090278 |
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