A Better Wine: Essays Celebrating Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D.

A Better Wine:, Essays Celebrating Kiernan Kavanaugh, OCD, edited by Kevin Culligan, OCD.

Ten members of the Institute of Carmelite Studies contribute to this volume honoring their Carmelite brother and colleague, Father Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. on his fifty yearss a Catholic priest. Through hs translations of the works of Saints Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross and his other writings and ministeries, Kieran Kavanaugh has been a major proponent of the Carmelite heritage in the English-speaking world. In his honor, his brothers offer spiritually enriching essays on Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, Edith Stein and Pere Jacques Bunel. In this afterward, William Johnston, S.J., an internationally recognized authority on mysticism, stresses the importance of St. John of the Cross for the future of interfaith dialogue in Asia. Readers of this volume will find nourishment for their souls and a deeper appreciation of the Carmelite tradition.

The essays include:

•Jesus Christ, Friend and Liberator: The Christology of St. Teresa of Avila
•Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair: An Interpretation of Chapter Fourteen of Book One of The Dark Night ofSt. John of the Cross
•Jerome Gracian's Constutciones del Cerro: An Example of Teresian Humor
•The Holy Spirit, Mary, and Therese of Lisieux
•Blind Hope in Diving Mercy, by Charles Niqueux
•"Something Surprising:" Reflections on the Proclamation of St. Therese as "Doctor of the Universal Church"
•Two Concentration Camp Carmelites: St Edith Stein and Pere Jacques Bunel
•Learning How to Meditate: Fifty Years in Carmel
•The Contemporary Influence of the Carmelite Mystical School

COVER: Paper
PAGES: 353
PUBLISHER: ICS Publications (May 30, 2007)
LANGUAGE: English
ISBN-10: 0935216413
ISBN-13: 978-0935216417
PRODUCT DIMENSIONS: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 14.4 ounces

ICS Publications, 352 pages, Soft Cover

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