“Sunday recalls the day of Christ's Resurrection. It is Easter which returns week by week, celebrating Christ's victory over sin and death, the fulfillment in him of the first creation and the dawn of ‘the new creation’ (cf. 2 Cor 5:17).”
St. John Paul II reminds us that the true Christian is the one who lives always in the Lord’s Day and is always enjoying the Resurrection. Yet today’s culture has tended to evacuate the Lord’s Day of its meaning, making it, at best, just like any other day, or at worst a day devoted to the many idols we construct for ourselves. And even among those who desire to live the Lord’s Day abundantly, the weight of everyday cares can imbue even Sunday with a deep anxiety.
In Restoring the Lord’s Day, Danny proposes a renewed understanding of the glory of Sunday and why contemporary culture finds it so hard to rest in God’s presence. He has shared this message with schools and parishes around the country, from Harvard Catholic to the University of Dallas to Hillsdale College to St. Patrick’s Church in his native New Orleans.
Whether in a faith formation small group, a book club, a faculty and staff retreat, or a parish mission, Danny is eager to help foster the joy of the Lord’s Day in your organization.
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Modern society has forgotten that the joie de vivre and the liturgical life are intertwined. Drawing from his experiences growing up in the Catholic culture of New Orleans, author Daniel Fitzpatrick juxtaposes the beauty of taking time to celebrate the Faith with the ongoing cultural drift toward eliminating the Sabbath. The result is a book that will awaken Christians from their spiritual sloth and enable them to appreciate the Lord’s Day more deeply as a means of attaining happiness — in the here and in the hereafter.
Fitzpatrick masterfully breaks open Scripture, philosophy, psychology, and literature — from Homer to Dante, from St. John Cassian to Evelyn Waugh — positing that we have become Pharaohs within, consumed as we are with anxiety and work. The lines for commerce on Sundays, he points out, stretch out further than those for Holy Communion, while inertia blankets us and idleness saps us of our vitality and zeal.
Through his fresh insights and contemporary examples, you will discover:
How to honor the Lord’s Day and reclaim the freedom to truly worship God
Three aspects of the noonday devil’s approach, and how to recognize and defeat them
Five ways to reorder your Sunday activities to restore Sabbath festivity and holiness
How the Holy Eucharist strengthens and enlightens us on our journey to Heaven
Techniques for cultivating the silence of contemplation
Additionally, you will see why Aquinas, Augustine, and the Desert Fathers identified acedia as an obstacle to advancement in the spiritual life — a sin against the Lord’s Day that often leads people to experience Sunday as a day of anxiety. You will also see how one comes to neglect the dignity of the human person and risks falling prey to immorality when one loses sight of what is holy. Conversely, you will see how living a holy family life, particularly on Sunday, trains us for the heavenly banquet.
Fitzpatrick also explains how the liturgy is meant to be celebrated in light of the writings of Pope Benedict XVI and other spiritual authors, and how it invites us to partake of the true “heavenly festivity” here on earth while preparing us for everlasting joy with God in Heaven.
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Pages
256
ISBN or UPC
978-1-64413-598-3
Dimensions8.5 × 5.5 × .64 in Weight13 oz
Modern society has forgotten that the joie de vivre and the liturgical life are intertwined. Drawing from his experiences growing up in the Catholic culture of New Orleans, author Daniel Fitzpatrick juxtaposes the beauty of taking time to celebrate the Faith with the ongoing cultural drift toward eliminating the Sabbath. The result is a book that will awaken Christians from their spiritual sloth and enable them to appreciate the Lord’s Day more deeply as a means of attaining happiness — in the here and in the hereafter.
Fitzpatrick masterfully breaks open Scripture, philosophy, psychology, and literature — from Homer to Dante, from St. John Cassian to Evelyn Waugh — positing that we have become Pharaohs within, consumed as we are with anxiety and work. The lines for commerce on Sundays, he points out, stretch out further than those for Holy Communion, while inertia blankets us and idleness saps us of our vitality and zeal.
Through his fresh insights and contemporary examples, you will discover:
How to honor the Lord’s Day and reclaim the freedom to truly worship God
Three aspects of the noonday devil’s approach, and how to recognize and defeat them
Five ways to reorder your Sunday activities to restore Sabbath festivity and holiness
How the Holy Eucharist strengthens and enlightens us on our journey to Heaven
Techniques for cultivating the silence of contemplation
Additionally, you will see why Aquinas, Augustine, and the Desert Fathers identified acedia as an obstacle to advancement in the spiritual life — a sin against the Lord’s Day that often leads people to experience Sunday as a day of anxiety. You will also see how one comes to neglect the dignity of the human person and risks falling prey to immorality when one loses sight of what is holy. Conversely, you will see how living a holy family life, particularly on Sunday, trains us for the heavenly banquet.
Fitzpatrick also explains how the liturgy is meant to be celebrated in light of the writings of Pope Benedict XVI and other spiritual authors, and how it invites us to partake of the true “heavenly festivity” here on earth while preparing us for everlasting joy with God in Heaven.
Details
Pages
256
ISBN or UPC
978-1-64413-598-3
Dimensions8.5 × 5.5 × .64 in Weight13 oz
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