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These pages cut through today's dreary blather about "Jesus our friend" to help recover a sense of the dignity and power of the Son of God. The holy priest Romano Guardini will take you into the mind and heart of God's Son, helping you to understand the inner logic of Jesus's ministry:  Why did He not heal all the sick (in his time and now)?  Why did He never travel far from the dusty fields of Palestine?  Why did He not simply demonstrate his power to the influential people of his day?  Why could He not conform to conventional ideas of what it means to be a hero? God is calling you to holiness, and if you understand the path Christ took, you can better understand the path God is choosing for you now. Msgr. Guardini mentored Pope Benedict XVI, just as he will mentor you through these pages. Pope Benedict XVI: "As we are taught by Guardini, the essence of Christianity is not an idea, not a system of thought, not a plan of action. To become truly real means to come to know Jesus Christ and to learn what it means to be human." Thomas Howard: "No writer of the 20th Century has probed more acutely and profoundly the mystery of Jesus Christ than has Romano Guardini."   Meditations on the Christ by Romano Guardini 144 pages - $14.95 Order Online HERE Get these TWO Guardini books for only  $19.99 Order the set HERE   There’s more to goodness than keeping the Commandments: you’ve got to cultivate virtue, too, so that you please God in what you do — not merely in what you don’t do. In these pages, you’ll learn countless ways to grow in such virtue.   The wise Msgr. Romano Guardini will lead you from a consideration of virtue in itself to a discussion of each of the key virtues that will make you holy and lead you to God.   Here you’ll learn how to begin practicing the virtues and make them part of your daily routine. You’ll also learn about: Envy, the hidden sin, even in the spiritually mature: how to fight it   Courtesy: how good manners are spiritually vital to souls   "What is truth?" The surprising answer to Pilate's question will transform you   Patience: it's the prerequisite for all moral growth, and only the morally strong attain it   Orderliness: not a moral virtue in itself, but lack of it may cost your soul   Why a sense of humor is so important — even to your spiritual health   The strange contradiction in blaming God for the evil in the world   Belief in "progress": in our day it can be a form of idolatry   Asceticism: it's not just for monks — without it, you may not be saved!   Discover why noise weakens the soul, and how silence is balm for your spiritual life Only $19.99 Order HERE Order online above, or call 1-800-888-9344 www.SophiaInstitute.com Save up to 40% when you join Sophia's