The English Dominicans. E-book. Formato PDF Bede Jarrett   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

It will be immediately apparent to any real student of history how very cursory a survey of English Dominican life this volume is. But all I would desire for it is that under its inspiration some such student, with fuller leisure and ampler opportunity, should compile a more detailed and more accurate account of this English Province of the Order of S. Dominic, up till now so curiously ignored.I must acknowledge here my gratitude for patient help and suggestion to Father Walter Gumbley, O. P.

The Abiding Presence: Of the Holy Ghost in the Soul. E-book. Formato PDF Bede Jarrett   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In English-speaking countries the Church has been at a disadvantage in the way in which she has had to expound her doctrine, for she has been forced for many years'to limit her attention just to those parts of her teaching wherein the Protestant bodies parted company from her. Without any desire to stir up barren controversy, she has naturally in self-defence been at pains most precisely to define those portions of her gospel most likely to be misunderstood. This has re sulted, unfortunately, in her leaving in the background the other mysteries of faith, often richer in themselves, more helpful to her children. Now, however, that she is'be coming more able to realize herself to the modern world, an opportunity opens for ex; plaining hidden doctrines, of which the value to the Catholic in the development of his inner life is considerable.

Meditations for Layfolk. E-book. Formato PDF Bede Jarrett   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

To confront ourselves every morning with some deep truth of revela tion is to realize our dignity as Christians. The high doctrine that St. Paul taught to his converts, men indeed just rescued from a rather degraded paganism, insisted always on the lofty position to which each had been called. He dealt with the sinner by making him realize that he was intended to be a saint. All of us need this inspiriting view of our vocation. Our lives are cast in mean streets, and we therefore count them without honour or value. Conscious simply of their pettiness, we make no attempt to see their true grandeur. We see but dimly if we see only the vision of the glory of the world. Taking, then, day by day a glimpse at one or other of the mysteries of God, we shall surely be led to understand ever more and more the worth of those souls of ours for which Christ did not disdain to die. There will of course be no need to worry ourselves if through some cause or other we are not able each day to fit in our meditation. So long as we can make it a general rule, we can well afford to allow some exceptions. But perhaps the word meditation itself sounds too alarming? We think not, for by this time the old fear of it as an intellectual gymnastic exercise of exceptional skill should have vanished.