{"product_id":"the-lord-holds-us-by-the-hand-private-homilies-seasons-and-feasts-9781621649182","title":"The Lord Holds Us by the Hand: Private Homilies, Seasons and Feasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did Pope Benedict XVI teach and preach when he was out of the limelight, behind closed doors, among friends? In his late years, after the noise of the papacy had quieted down, how did he understand Scripture, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Christian life? When he had the room to be vulnerable, what did he say about the heart of his own spirituality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Lord Holds Us by the Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, we experience a different side of Joseph Ratzinger. This collection of private homilies--all delivered off the public record in small chapels, during his years as pope and pope emeritus--reveals not a \"detached exegete\", as his longtime secretary Archbishop Gänswein notes, but a Christian in \"lively participation\" with God. In these meditations, \u003ci\u003enever before published in English, \u003c\/i\u003e \"exegesis, theology, catechesis, and spirituality intertwine and join together, leading the listener to enter in depth into the heart of the mystery of Christ.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etouches on many of the complex truths of the Catholic faith, from the Immaculate Conception to the mystery of our salvation on the Cross, yet it distills them into simple, personal, human terms, refined by a lifetime of prayer and experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePope Benedict XVI\u003c\/b\u003e is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant theologians and spiritual leaders of our times. As pope he authored the best-selling \u003ci\u003eJesus of Nazareth\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy. Prior to his pontificate, he wrote many influential books that continue to remain important for the contemporary Church, including \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Liturgy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Project\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCalled to Communion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ignatius Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196532584722,"sku":"9781621649182","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0150cced-7a20-4f3b-9548-d0345c1fd624.jpg?v=1776152557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lord-holds-us-by-the-hand-private-homilies-seasons-and-feasts-9781621649182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}