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- Title: Where Love Is, God Is
- Author : Catherine Doherty
- Release Date : January 07, 2014
- Genre: Christianity,Books,Religion & Spirituality,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2574 KB
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Catherine dedicated “this little and humble book” to “the Catholic Laity everywhere—with constant prayer that they may arise and begin the apostolate of love in action.” All her long life, Catherine was driven to bring Christ’s love to all whom she met, each one, whether great or small. Thus we can “restore the world to Christ.” This is the task of all lay people, whoever they are, wherever and however they live.
Vatican Council II confirmed this vocation of the laity, which had bubbled up within the church throughout the 20th century in the lives of people like Catherine, Dorothy Day, Jean Vanier, Chiara Lubich, and many, many others. And what is this vocation, except to bring Christ’s love to the world by restoring it to him.
The foundation of this vocation is a personal spiritual life, rooted in a growing love for the Lord, and growing receptivity to his love for us. As an early reviewer put it, “[this] little volume might be called a book of theology for the layman, with practical observations on how to spiritualize his life amid his daily surroundings.”
Here are the Ten Commandments as perhaps you’ve never thought about them. And the Beatitudes, a road map through the actual situations of life. She presents the evangelical counsels—poverty, chastity, and obedience—lived by the laity “in the world”.
She ponders the hunger for God, which surely continues into our own day. Catherine knew this hunger in herself, and could see it in the world around her. She also walks through the liturgical year, with her own unique meditations. And then a practical discussion of the Catholic Action she engaged in, the principles of which ground the vocation of the laity.
This book is easy to read, and could initiate some interesting discussions, as it has in a few of our houses where we’ve read and discussed it with friends.