In each of his homilies, the preacher reveals two concerns,
which do not always appear together. On one hand, he imaginatively describes
the setting for the evangelical scene being considered.[…] On the other hand,
he confers profound theological insights on the scene, citing the Fathers of
the Church. […] In this collection we find a type of compendium of Thomistic
homilies for contemporary man. […] These homilies, like the solemn liturgies I mentioned,
have one and the same goal: to make Heaven more real.
Archbishop Jean-Louis
Bruguès, OP, Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church
It is enough to leaf through ‘New Insights on the Gospels’ to
perceive that this is something different.
Brazil is bearing a fruit that we can only begin to decipher,
and this commitment of the LEV in collaborating with these two volumes being
presented today is as if to say: they help us to decipher something new.
Msgr.
Giuseppe Antonio Scotti, President of the Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI
Foundation and Libreria Editrice Vaticana- LEV
The first thing I noted in these volumes is that the Author who
prepared them expressed what he has within himself.
In New Insights on the Gospels, the Blessed Virgin is presented
as a model of faith. This work could be called an enduring summons from Mary,
who says: ‘Do whatever He tells you’ (Jn 2:5). The two volumes written by the
founder of the Heralds repeat the refrain: ‘Do whatever the Gospel tells you.’
Fr.
Edmund Caruana, O.Carm, Cappoufficio of the Libreria Editrice Vaticana
This letter is to thank you for sending me the magnificent,
recently published books of Msgr. Scognamiglio. [...] I desire a widespread
diffusion of these books, which explain evangelical and biblical events with
imagination and inspiration. They are like a polychromatic painting that
enriches the soul.
Mario Scaracchio, Mira –
Italy
The Author presents, in language that is supremely evocative and
attractive while also being accessible, the most elevated points of the
theological universe within the Magisterium of the Church, with absolute
fidelity. On each page […] one finds aspects that are extremely transcendental
for the spirituality of all times, but which are little mentioned these days,
like the notion of sin, of good and evil, and the decisive importance of
sanctifying grace in man’s life. All this makes for especially amenable reading
and, as can be seen in the Preface, what most attracts attention in this work
is the great certainty that truth is strong in itself. The Author believes in
the strength and the joy of truth, and considers the liturgical readings and
homiletic preaching as an unsurpassable means of faith formation. In the
presentation of these volumes, his great theological richness and firmness in
secure and equilibrated Catholic doctrine is highlighted.
Miguel
Ángel Velasco Puente, Editor of Alfa y Omega, the Catholic weekly of the
Archdiocese of Madrid
Hampton Wick
Surrey KT1 4 EU
Tel.: (44) 20 8943 4159
Each volume may be purchased for £20.00. They can be ordered by writing to:
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