{"product_id":"guilt-9781644137642","title":"Guilt","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiterary genius Caryll Houselander wrote this book out of an abiding compassion for those who are suffering and in search of healing and happiness. She presents in these pages gripping examples of famous men and women who battled some form of neurosis that led to either their sanctification or their destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe greatest suffering of our age is psychological pain, Houselander argues. A sufferer of neurosis herself, she unpacks the phenomenon that creates ego-neurosis - a type of disordered self-love that, at its core, attempts to satisfy our hunger for Christ. She reveals how failure to cultivate this essential relationship results in anxiety, disordered behavior, and psychological ailments such as scrupulosity, aberrant sexual behavior, hypochondria, and assorted manias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod waits to embrace you with healing love and lavish you with redeeming graces, she explains. But you must first respond to His invitation. Houselander shows how sacramental Confession - the miracle of atonement with God - uniquely serves to alleviate your guilt and restore harmony to your soul. With her stirring meditations on hope, she shows you that Christ \"fell in love\" with us and took \"all the suffering of guilt on Himself, wedding Himself to our sorrow, and offering the sacrifice of Hi(more...)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaryll Houselander (1901-1954) was an artist, a mystic, a poet, and the author of more than fifteen books for adults and children. She returned to the Catholic Church in 1925. She wrote for the magazine \u003ci\u003eMessenger of the Sacred Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. During World War II, doctors sent patients in mental anguish to her for counseling and therapy. She died in 1954.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562454389010,"sku":"9781644137642","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f00fe30-ca3b-4ec7-90f8-20f90de8012e.jpg?v=1731860238","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/guilt-9781644137642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}