Your Hearts Will Rejoice: Easter Meditations from the Vita Christi

Name: Your Hearts Will Rejoice: Easter Meditations from the Vita Christi
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ISBN: 9780879073497

By: Ludolph of Saxony, Milton T. Walsh

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Vita Christi, a spiritual classic of the fourteenth century by the Carthusian Ludolph of Saxony, was an early and extremely comprehensive book of meditations on the events recorded in the gospels. A popular and influential book for centuries, it was instrumental in the conversion of Ignatius Loyola, and Teresa of Avila directed that every convent of her reform include "the Carthusian" in its library.

This volume, which consists of excerpts from the full Vita Christi, presents Ludolph's meditations on the resurrection and the appearances of the risen Christ, concluding with Pentecost. Although shelves of books are dedicated to Christ's passion, comparatively little spiritual reading for the Easter Season exists. This book is intended to help fill that lacuna and to introduce readers to this classic text.

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Title: Your Hearts Will Rejoice: Easter Meditations from the Vita Christi
By: Ludolph of Saxony, Milton T. Walsh
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 196
Vendor: Cistercian Publications Inc
Publication Date: 2016

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0879073497
ISBN-13: 9780879073497
Series: Monastic Wisdom
Stock No: WW073497

Publisher's Description

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The Vita Christi, a spiritual classic of the fourteenth century by the Carthusian Ludolph of Saxony, was an early and extremely comprehensive book of meditations on the events recorded in the gospels. A popular and influential book for centuries, it was instrumental in the conversion of Ignatius Loyola, and Teresa of Avila directed that every convent of her reform include "the Carthusian" in its library.
This volume, which consists of excerpts from the full Vita Christi (forthcoming from Cistercian Publications), presents Ludolph’s meditations on the resurrection and the appearances of the risen Christ, concluding with Pentecost. Although shelves of books are dedicated to Christ’s passion, comparatively little spiritual reading for the Easter Season exists. This book is intended to help fill that lacuna and to introduce readers to this classic text.

Author Bio

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Milton T. Walsh holds a doctorate in sacred theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. For many years, he taught theology at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He is the author of several books, including Second Friends: C. S. Lewis and Ronald Knox in Conversation, In Memory of Me: A Meditation on the Roman Canon, and Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours.