Thoughts for the New Year!

Thoughts for the New Year
In pursuit of the truth - www.cinopsbegone.com – Tuesday, December 15, 2009

“I am the vine, you are the branches.”
“Without me you can do nothing.” (Jn 15:5)

Point 1: The transformation of ourselves and the society around us:
The following has never happened before: It is a book recommended by Pope Benedict XVI and is to be translated in Italian. Why?

1.)Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of state sent a telegram in the Pontiff’s name, “This book will awaken renewed fidelity to Christ and generous evangelical witness.”

2.)Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity: “handbook for Catholic laity who make an effort to build a civilization of love.”

3.)Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said this volume with “”typical clarity, in addition to the competence of Americans,” is very useful “for the formation of the laity.” He particularly lauded the reflection of questions found at end of every chapter.

4.)Silesian Father Guiseppe Costa, director of the Vatican Publishing House, “It gives us a plan of spiritual things to practice for he building or our interior and social I.”

5.)All of us are proud of the leader of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight who has written this book, “A Civilization of Love,” a best seller in the United States. It synthesis the teachings on the civilization of love forged by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, and then applies it to the life of the laity, in the family, in the globalized world, in the market ethics and in defense of life.

On the net: http:///www.acivilizationoflove.com buybook.htlml
Ref for the above: http://www.zenit.org/article-27794?1=#english

Point 2: Without doubt after five years, the following book should also be in your library and maybe part of your Christmas gift purchases. It is Pope Benedict’s book titled: Co-Workers of the Truth – Meditations for Every Day of the Year- Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1992.

Briefly, the Pope hopes to awaken in each reader the courage and generosity to become co-workers with the Gospel, which is the truth of Jesus Christ.

George H. Kubeck