Based on the works of St. Thomas, in particular his two Summas and his commentaries on Aristotle’s Physics and Metaphysics, this book is divided into three parts; 1) The Existence of God; 2) His Essence; 3) His Attributes, so is concerned ultimately with the question of being.
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“The arguments adduced by St. Thomas to prove the existence of God and that God alone is subsisting Being Itself are still today, as they were in the Middle Ages, the most cogent of all arguments and clearly confirm that dogma of the Church which was solemnly proclaimed at the Vatican Council and succinctly expressed by Pius X as follows. ‘The certain knowledge of God as the first principle of creation and its end and demonstrable proof of His existence can be inferred, like the knowledge of a cause from its effect, by the light of the natural reason, from creation, that is to say the visible works of creation’ St Pius X, Motu Proprio Sacrorum Antistitum, 1st September, 1910. (Pope Pius XI, Studiorum Ducem, 29th June 1923, #16.)
The five arguments or demonstrations that St Thomas gave to the Church, and the metaphysical principles upon which he based them, and the conclusions he drew from them, are very well exposed and explained by Dr Boland in this top of the shelf book on Natural Theology. The author brings to bear on this most important philosophical science, not only his profound philosophical wisdom and knowledge, but also his great talent for using clear and simple examples to illustrate difficult philosophical concepts.
This book is most timely given the general disintegration of truth under what now goes by the loose name of ‘Catholic’ academia and education where (as Dr Boland shows with the aid of Pope Benedict XVI) the doctrine of Creation is generally disdained and discarded. I believe Thomas of the Creator is destined to contribute substantially to the task of dissolving this fossilized intellectual hubris, and to rebuilding a truly Thomistic and Catholic intellectual culture. To this end I am further encouraged by the following words, which are a continuation of the papal quote with which I introduced my endorsement of Dr Boland’s book.
“The metaphysical philosophy of St. Thomas, although exposed to this day to the bitter onslaughts of prejudiced critics, yet still retains, like gold which no acid can dissolve, its full force and splendour unimpaired.” (Pope Pius XI, Studiorum Ducem, 29th June 1923, #16.)
–Frank Calneggia, author of Assertions and Refutations: An Assessment of Dr Tracey Rowland’s Natural Law: From Neo Thomism to Nuptial Mysticism
Donald G Boland Ll. B. Ph. D. is a founding member of the Centre for Catholic Studies Inc. in Sydney Australia and is one of its former Presidents. He practiced for a number of years as a lawyer having a degree in law from the University of Sydney. Over much the same time, having obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in Rome, he has taught philosophy and law in both Catholic and secular educational institutions, such as the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of Newcastle, the Aquinas Academy, the Centre for Thomistic Studies Inc., now operating under the name of the Centre for Catholic Studies Inc., and various Catholic seminaries, such as those of the Marists and the Vincentians. His doctoral thesis was on the concepts of utility and value in economics as found in the works of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.
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In the context of the mystical love poetry of the Song of Songs, Beloved Lover explores how the priest is the living image of Jesus Christ, the Spouse of the Church. The priest is called to spiritually live the spousal love of Christ toward the Church, his bride. The priest is empowered to love others with an ardor that is fresh, magnanimous, and vibrant because his life emanates this spousal nature as an example of Christ’s spousal love. The intriguing imagery of the Song of Songs demonstrates how the priest glows with the beauty of Christ, the Bridegroom, and perfects the beauty of Christ’s bride, the Church. Lay men and women will gain insight into the life and spirituality of the priest and be inspired to live their own priesthood of the faithful more fervently.
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“This book will refresh your heart. Beloved Lover inspires the reader to renew and deepen their relationship with Christ as the Bridegroom. Fr. Greg Cleveland invites his audience to engage Christ’s spousal love as he reflects on the Song of Songs, while weaving Scripture passages, quotes from the saints, and stories that illustrate God’s relentless love. Clergy will find insights for their personal prayer as Christ’s beloved, which will empower them to represent Jesus Christ more effectively in ministry. In fact, Beloved Lover offers every disciple an instructive theology with a beautiful narrative that invites us to embrace Christ’s love and to live more intentionally as a ‘beloved lover’ in the world.” – Most Rev. Steven Biegler, Bishop of Cheyenne
“Fr. Cleveland does a masterful job of presenting a rich source of insights on the Catholic priesthood. He draws heavily on Scripture and Catholic resources to present the priesthood as a ministry of love, done in the love of Christ. Hence, the framing of the work using the words of the Old Testament Song of Songs, where God the lover originally pursues his people, Israel. Now the priest in Jesus Christ continues God’s pursuit of the whole of humanity.” – Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI, PhD, author of Handbook for Catholic Religious
“Priests will have their own commitment to contemplative prayer deepened in the reading of this book. Christ the Bridegroom will gift them with a renewed sense of spousal sacrifice, the very spousal gift every priest desired to offer on their ordination day. Christ the Bridegroom is both loving the soul of the priest and in turn enables the priest’s own love and sacrifice to be offered to his parishioners.” – Dcn James Keating, Professor of Spiritual Theology, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, St Louis, MO
“In Beloved Lover, Fr. Greg Cleveland uses the Song of Songs to firmly orient the priesthood as the expression of Christ the Bridegroom’s sacrificial love in the world. Although priests will appreciate the honest discussion about the many demands they routinely face in parish life, the book goes further, offering them a template for transforming the quotidian through a renewed sense of spousal sacrifice. At the center of this transformation is contemplative prayer. Readers of the book, both priests and laypeople, are invited to engage more deeply with their prayer life, resulting in a greater desire to experience Christ’s sacrificial love in and through the priesthood. A beautiful exploration of how profoundly and passionately each of us is loved.” – Elizabeth Valeri, MA, Freelance Editor
“This beautifully written book is a gift to Catholic priests for its inspiration and support and will help lay readers to grow in love and appreciation for priests’ ministry. It is profound and extensive in the theology that it presents, yet easily readable. With the romance of God’s love from the Song of Songs as his template, Father Greg blends a fresh and loving perspective from his own vocation as priest and spiritual director with sound practical teaching, stories, and citations. Every seminarian and new priest should have this book, and an experienced priest who reads it will recognize much that will confirm and reinvigorate God’s call. For the rest of us, it is truly valuable spiritual reading.” – John Linden, Musician and IT Network Engineer
Fr. Gregory Cleveland, OMV is a priest with the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and author of several books. Ordained in 1995, he has served as Associate Pastor, Novice Master, Seminary Rector, and Director of an Ignatian Spirituality Center. He is currently a Retreat Master in Venice, FL.
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Published on the Feast of St. Rose of Lima, a third order Dominican, and Patron of Gardeners. Image courtesy of Joni Seith, author of Cloud of Witnesses.
We are about to undertake an exhilarating journey together. Throughout this book, we will travel to the Mount of Olives implementing the tools of the garden as we keep the Holy Gardener company in Gethsemane and garden our own hearts and homes in His honor. Jesus: the Vine, the Tree of Life, the one whose blood and tears were planted in the earth of Gethsemane, and whose body was placed in a garden tomb, is also the Risen and Victorious Gardener who has flowered forth from the grave. He awaits us. Let the gardening begin!
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“Annabelle Moseley’s own words sum up the more than implicit spiritual marriage that can come into the life of a Christian family when she speaks, in her own words, of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane: “I’ll share this cup too. Not just in the sweet – but in the bitter, like a marriage vow” (IV).
Annabelle’s book begins personally, immediately drawing me in; and, as she sustains this autobiographical work, we are invited to see that this is a long-rooted and fruitful spiritual growth.
“The warp and weft, between actual and spiritual gardening, has clothed a word for the whole family, including the children. She weaves in and around and through the Garden of Gethsemane to the Garden of the Resurrection! Each chapter draws, briefly, on a variety of flowers: St. Padre Pio, an assortment of saints, and Moseley’s own prayer-poems; and her well cultivated work forms the main bed from which, as we read on, we can transplant a variety of graced-gifts. However, like any family life and garden, there are the “weeds”, what we do not want to breed, like grumpiness and inhospitality; and, therefore, this is a book which is realistic about these daily pressures and sores, recommending as she does the sacrament of reconciliation, reconciling us with God and with each other. The “Holy Hour in the Home” that Annabelle recommends, is a homely centrepiece of the Domestic Church in an embracing ‘Cling’ (p. 126) to the liturgy of the whole Church; indeed, as the word ‘cling’ suggests, reminding us of Adam and Eve’s embrace (cf. Gen. 2: 24; and Ephesians 5: 32) her work is espousing a spousal love of Christ and His Church. In the end, ‘the site of the Agony is also the site of greater Glory’ (p. 146).
“In all this is a book which develops the liturgy of the “Domestic Church” and, perhaps in a modest way, it opens up the liturgical life of the family somewhat like the rule of St. Benedict for the monastic family. If, then, you are not already immersed in a rule of life, I invite you to consider this “domestic rule” rule and, as you go through its pages, to take on more and more of Annabelle Moseley’s lived recommendations for the domestic Church.” – Francis Etheredge, father of 11, 3 of whom are in heaven and author of 17 books: https://www.francisetheredge.online
“Annabelle Moseley brings us deeply to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, in a distinctly accessible and intimate voice, drawing us closer to its mysteries while offering a meditation on what it is to be asleep and also awake there. She offers us a way to extend the first kind of Holy Hour to a second and third, right in our home. She weaves her own experience where God led her to an immersion in the Garden alongside historical contributions such as St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s Sacred Heart devotion, the Nocturnal Adoration in the Home, Padre Pio’s Prayer to Jesus in the Garden, Fra Angelico’s 1450 painting of the “Agony in the Garden” depicting Mary and Margaret praying in Bethany, as well as detailed meditations on Scripture. Her understanding of how consoling Jesus is to be consoled is enriched by her metaphors of the garden: attention to and ascertainment of beauty; the congruence of neighboring plants; drainage and soil capabilities; and climate, sun, and shade influences. These garden and plant meditations deepen an understanding of the body’s soulful connection to the Divine. She delineates the necessity of the balance of contemplation followed by action and aptly gives practical examples of when they are imbalanced in our home life. She does a contextual reading of Scripture to elaborate upon such, with great attention to Martha and Mary as models of prayer and mourning, prayer and service. Indeed, along with Christ, these sisters are her spiritual guides throughout this book which elucidates the way prayer can be part of a practical life. For those who benefit from guided prayer in the Holy Hour, this work is ripe with prayers, reflections, suggestions for journaling, and her poems to inspire one during Holy Hour. Within the Garden, there is a gem, and that is this book.” —Angelyn Arden, Ph.D., author of Figures in Orbits of Symphony: Stories and Ideas and “Empty Nest” and Other Stories
“Awake With Christ teaches us how to have a holy hour right at home! With practical suggestions and activities for families and children, this book helps us enter into the Garden of Gethsemane where we are loved, nurtured, and can grow in ways we never thought possible. We find that the sorrows and joys of our own lives can be united to those of our Lord Jesus, and this gracefully allows for new and unexpected spiritual growth. Very practical and down to earth for tilling the soil of our own garden of life.” —Kiki Latimer, author of Home for the Homily: The Sacred Art of Homiletics
“What a moving and delightful book! Annabelle Moseley shows us how to stay awake with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, to console Him, to give him our own loneliness and abandonment, to be replaced by lasting peace and joy. Awake with Christ is replete with powerful insights from Scripture, from well-known and lesser-known saints, with beautiful poetic prayers to Christ, and explicit guidance for adults and for children on how to make Holy Hours within our own homes. Abounding in beautiful garden metaphors that should make spiritual (if not literal) gardeners of us all, as we grow in our love for the Master Gardener.“ —Kevin Vost, Psy.D., is author of Catholic books including Memorize the Latin Mass!and You Are That Temple!
“‘Do you realize you are ‘living the dream’ in a life more lovely than a fairy tale?’ writes Moseley. With every page of the book she elucidates this reality, and reading the book is like watching a gorgeous flower bloom in spring. Indeed by the end of the book, you find yourself in a cloistered garden where you know God better, love Him more, and know yourself better too. We start living in Heaven or Hell already in this world…this book, truly a spiritual work of genius, helps place one on the narrow road to Heaven, a place of supernatural joy in both pleasant and painful times. You will be happy to stay awake with Jesus in this garden!” —Keith Berube, PhD cand., author of the books Mary the Beloved and Mary: The Rosary, the Relationship and Dragons, as featured on EWTN, and A Love Letter to Mary.
“In a time of constant noise and distraction, Annabelle Moseley guides adults and children alike entry into the Heart of Our Lord in Gethsemane where we can contemplate with Him His prayer of surrender, ‘Not mine, but Your will be done.’ Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home helps readers explore biblical gardens while challenging us to cultivate a fertile garden in our own heart and home where we can intentionally keep watch with Our Lord and enter more deeply into His love for us while growing in our love for Him. In her beautifully inviting style, Moseley introduces readers to the intimate devotion of an at-home Holy Hour. This book will become a well-loved resource of everyone who has been blessed by reading it.” —Joni J. Seith, author of Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity and Cloud of Witnesses
“Even if you are not a ‘devotional Catholic’ type, you can get a fresh beginning in prayer by using this beautiful, poetic, engaging ‘how-to’ book with your family or in your own personal life. Highly recommended also as a gift.” —Dr. Ronda Chervin, author of numerous books about Catholic spirituality and media presenter
“Annabelle Moseley has poetically and prayerfully interwoven the temporal and spiritual garden in the context of one Holy Hour spent with Jesus in the shadow of Gethsemane. Individually, or in the company of family, Annabelle provides the ‘gardening tools’ required to realize an hour dedicated to intimacy with God.” —Anne Stokes, author of Will the Real Church Please Stand! A Conversion Journey from Fundamental Baptist to Roman Catholic
“From the time I was young, I was close to Jesus in Gethsemane, where I learned from Him all about the Interior Suffering of His Passion. When after years of living as a Catholic hermit I had to return to the world to provide for myself financially, the Lord led me to a job working as a night nanny for newborn triplets. As I cared for the babies all through the night for 10 months, I divided the time up into a clock of what Jesus suffered in the Garden at each hour and I would spend these nights awake in silence and prayer (caring for the babies) and spiritually adoring Jesus in all of the Tabernacles close by in downtown Chicago, while the giant city slept. This year of doing ‘night adoration’ from my place of work was very different from the nights I had previously spent in prayer with Jesus in the tabernacle, but I knew that He was not separated from us in time or space. Years later, I learned about this devotion that St. Margaret Mary had of spending Thursday evenings ‘in the Garden’ with the Lord’, and now Annabelle Moseley introduces this devotion in a new way, making it possible for many in our modern time to easily follow from their homes. This book Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home will be especially helpful for those who are not accustomed to long periods of prayer with Jesus. Annabelle’s guided meditations and suggestions of prayers make home adoration something attainable and inspiring for every soul to include in their spiritual routine, regardless of where they are on their personal journey. I highly recommend that families keep a copy of this book in their home library so that both the young and old can use it as the Holy Spirit inspires them!” —Mary Kloska, author of In Our Lady’s Shadow: The Spirituality of Praying for Priests
Annabelle Moseley is an award-winning American poet, author of nine books, including Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece through Art, Poetry, and Reflections, Professor of Theology and host of the Catholic radio shows and podcasts on Sacramental Living: “Then Sings My Soul,” and “Destination: Sainthood — Journey to the Great Cloud of Witnesses,” on WCAT Radio. Moseley’s work as a poet is featured as one of five artists profiled in the 2019 Documentary Film, Masterpieces, about the vocational call of the arts. This film is available to view through Amazon Prime and Formed On Demand (formed.org).
Moseley has won the titles of Walt Whitman Birthplace Writer in-Residence (2009-2010) and 2014 Long Island Poet of the Year. She teaches at St. Joseph’s College in New York and at St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie, NY) where she specializes in the field of Theological Aesthetics with an emphasis on the intersection between theology and literature. Moseley has led various retreats and workshops for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, and is the founder of Desert Bread (desertbread.org), a series of lectures on faith and the arts that concludes with sharing a meal and taking a collection of canned food donations for local food pantries. Moseley is a frequent columnist for the Catholic online magazine, Aleteia.
Born on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Annabelle Moseley was baptized at the Church of St. Louis de Montfort (a saint known for his special devotion to the Rosary). Raised on the North Shore of Long Island, Moseley continues to reside there, grateful for the domestic church she has built with her husband and their children.
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Данная работа – собрание сокровищ, с которыми Иисус поделился с сердцем Мэри Клоска. Представляя эту книгу для читателя, Мэри надеется засвидетельствовать о Великой Силе, которая находится в Кресте Иисуса. Её сердце застывает при мысли о том что её внутренняя жизнь с Ним будет обнажена пред миром, но она помнит о том, что её Супруг был распят нагим, выставлен напоказ всему миру и позволил нам коснуться Своих обнажённых ран, чтобы мы познали безграничную бездну Его Любви, заключённую в них. Поэтому Мэри также духовно обнажается с Иисусом, чтобы все мы испытали Его Любовь сокровенным образом. Благодаря тому, что Иисус даёт такие великие дары всей Своей Церкви, Мэри молится о том, чтобы её собственная личность не отвлекала вас от того, кем является Иисус, так как это то, что Он хотел вам показать. Мэри обнажается в этой книге как Его умалённая супруга распятая с ним на Кресте. Подобно Святому Павлу, она просто живёт так, чтобы сказать: “И уже не я живу, но живёт во мне распятый Христос.” Она молится о том чтобы каждый встретился с Ним на этих страницах. Аминь. Аллилуйя. Фиат (Да Будет!)
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“Physical and spiritual nakedness are deep realities in these words of Mary Kloska. Jesus, totally exposed to the evil of generations past and to those yet unborn. And in this book is the call and the invitation to expose our spiritual nakedness and to be one with Him on His journey to the Father’s will. Yes, there is a light to come from the tomb, but first we enter the darkness.” – Deacon Tom Fox, Catholic Podcaster and Catholic Radio Host
“Mary Kloska has painted yet another wonderful icon as the title of this book. She provides a good explanation of the icon, which depicts Christ’s love as gentle, humble and strong. Even though Jesus is shown on the cross and bleeding profusely, Mary shows us that He is in control. He looks at the scene in front of Him. It is as if He is directly looking in each person’s eyes, who lived, is living, or will live. He looks into the eyes of the aborted and miscarried. He knows their need for salvation and sacrifices Himself. His strength is clear in that look, in the fact of giving Himself up, even more than the weakness of His of being crucified. That depth of profundity enters into the pages of the book and engages the reader, contemplatively. A reader cannot rush through the chapters. Every sentence must be thought about; every picture must be entered. Each section of each chapter builds on the next in a way that is deliberate and written with the attempt to bring spiritual understanding to the reader.” – Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, WCAT Radio host of “Author to Author“
“This manuscript deeply affected me in my spiritual life… and its very hard for an 82-year-old to learn anything new… this was really life-changing to my spirituality.” – Ronda Chervin, author of Always a New Beginning: A Conversation Between Broken Catholic Spiritual Warriors
“Трудно представить более своевременный духовный трактат чем этот. Автор открывает читателю глубины красоты, тайны, мудрости и силы распятого Иисуса посредством духовных откровений и созерцаний, которые приносят свежее воодушевление и прекрасное ободрение. Подобно дождю в пустыне, это книга проникает в “духовные пустоты” нашего времени и становится важным Чтением во время Поста и размышления для новой Евангелизации.”– Фр. Лоуренс Эдварт Такер, SOLT, author of The Prayer of Jesus Crucified: A Simple Way to Go Further in Prayer; Adventures in The Father’s Joy! Mission Stories for the New Evangelization; To Whom The Heart Decided To Love; The Redemption of San Isidro: a Tale of Mercy and Love
“This book is a gift to anyone who reads it because it shows us how – as Jesus said to Mary – ‘we can be profoundly made one’ with Him on the Cross.” – Sr. Patrizia Pasquini, ASC, Generalate sisters of the Most Precious Blood
Мэри Клоска из Элкхарт, Индиана. Она выросла в многодетной, польской семье (12 братьев и сестёр) вместе с приёмными детьми и нуждающимися, которые постоянно приходили в их дом. После окончания учёбы в Нотр Дам 1999 году, она провела около 20 лет в миссиях, служа обездоленным (в том числе и детским домам) и молясь как посвящённый отшельник по всему миру включая Сибирь, Нигерию, Танзанию, Южную Африку, Филиппины, Мексику, Святую Землю и также во многих местах Европы. Также Мэри проводила время в миссиях во время ретритов, изучение Библии, вела молитвенной группы, давала духовные наставления, помогала в служении освобождение, меняла подгузники, кормила младенцев и мыла полы. Последние несколько лет она провела работая не о ней для тройни, двойняшек и в нескольких больших семьях. Мэри говорит на нескольких языках (не в совершенстве) и наслаждается игрой на гитаре, рисованием икон, любит печь, ухаживать за садом, читать, писать и просто отвечать на самые большие нужды Церкви.
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The author endeavors in this book of poetry to demonstrate an alertness to the divine glorious moments in time that often pass by underappreciated. She encourages all readers to be on the lookout for a trail of lights that leads back to our Heavenly Father and reminds them there is still so much good to be found on that path.
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“Poetry requires a certain genius that not many have. When poetry is truly good, it has the uncanny knack of reaching into one’s depths and drawing out the unexpected. Heise is one of those who is a true poet. Her words, like arrows, go to the heart, the soul, the memory, revealing longings for beauty, home, goodness, love, childhood, friendship, awe. She gives sorrow a voice, too, and she brings forth wonders and mysteries in a myriad of marvelous ways. Unexpected insights surprise in every poem, and a desire to linger in the worlds she brings forth arises unbidden. Her poetry is…spellbinding.” – Keith Berube, PhD cand, author of Mary, the Beloved, Mary: the Rosary, the Relationship, and Dragons, and A Love Letter to Mary.
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