{"id":34213,"date":"2016-11-10T20:40:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T00:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=34213"},"modified":"2016-11-10T20:40:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T00:40:21","slug":"br-victor-antoine-davila-latourrette-publishes-christ-the-merciful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2016\/11\/br-victor-antoine-davila-latourrette-publishes-christ-the-merciful\/","title":{"rendered":"Br Victor-Antoine d\u2019Avila-Latourrette publishes &#8220;Christ the Merciful&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Christ-the-Merciful.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34214 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Christ-the-Merciful-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"christ-the-merciful\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Christ-the-Merciful-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Christ-the-Merciful.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Brother Victor-Antoine d\u2019Avila-Latourrette explores the absolute centrality of Christ in the prayer life of any Christian. The end result is a comprehensive confession of his faith and testimony to the many &#8220;names of Christ&#8221; that cross through historical, monastic, and mystical traditions. Keeping true to the hope for a unified Church,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Products\/7725\/christ-the-merciful.aspx\"><strong><i>Christ the Merciful<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>incorporates both Western and Eastern Orthodox sources.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters situating Christ in context of his life in Palestine, his role as a son, friend, and family member, and his place in the living history of the church all help to create a full, well-rounded portrait of his divine and human lives. By viewing Christ through these various facets, the book helps readers enrich their relationship to the mystery of God, adding contour to their spiritual journey.<\/p>\n<p>Brother Victor-Antoine makes\u00a0difficult concepts clear in a straightforward manner, informed by years of Benedictine monastic practice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4343\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4344\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">Richly grounded in Scripture, in the Fathers of the Church, in both Eastern and Western traditions and, above all, in the fruit of his own prayer, Brother d\u2019Avila-Latourrette\u2019s meditations on the many names of Jesus offers us the opportunity to meet Christ anew every day. Just like Andrew and John, or Philip, Zacchaeus, Bartimeus or the centurion, Jesus\u2019 entry point into each of our lives is unique. He has called each of us by name, and with the help from Brother Victor-Antoine, we are reminded of how much we long to hear Jesus and need to hear him speaking to us in all aspects of our life and faith.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4343\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4345\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4346\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u2014 Father Tim S. Hickey, contributor to\u00a0<i id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4347\">Magnificat<\/i>, priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, former editor of\u00a0<i id=\"yiv8944981680yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473100585405_4348\">Columbia<\/i>\u00a0magazine (Knights of Columbus).<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brother Victor-Antoine d\u2019Avila-Latourrette explores the absolute centrality of Christ in the prayer life of any Christian. The end result is a comprehensive confession of his faith and testimony to the many &#8220;names of Christ&#8221; that cross through historical, monastic, and mystical traditions. Keeping true to the hope for a unified Church,\u00a0Christ the Merciful\u00a0incorporates both Western &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2016\/11\/br-victor-antoine-davila-latourrette-publishes-christ-the-merciful\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Br Victor-Antoine d\u2019Avila-Latourrette publishes &#8220;Christ the Merciful&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[32089,32213,32183],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34215,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34213\/revisions\/34215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}