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maggiec
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Has anyone read the book called Divine Intimacy? I’ve read that it is an excellent book for spiritual growth. Is it worth buying?
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Hesychios
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Great! Buy it!
Use it!
I have owned it and it is wonderful. (I don’t use it anymore, but not because it isn’t worthwhile!)
Be advised that the readings are keyed to the church calendar, if you buy the one volume impressive looking edition you will have something in the original order before the calendar change.
There is a 3 volume set available as individual books that are restructured to work with the current church calendar. the three books are paperback, it is affordable IMO.
This is Carmelite Spirituality, if any third order Carmelites see this I am sure they will have more to say!
Use it!
I have owned it and it is wonderful. (I don’t use it anymore, but not because it isn’t worthwhile!)
Be advised that the readings are keyed to the church calendar, if you buy the one volume impressive looking edition you will have something in the original order before the calendar change.
There is a 3 volume set available as individual books that are restructured to work with the current church calendar. the three books are paperback, it is affordable IMO.
This is Carmelite Spirituality, if any third order Carmelites see this I am sure they will have more to say!
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ridesawhitehors
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Highly Recommend Divine Intimacy. 
If you can - get it in hardback, it is worth the extra cash … mine is getting munched.
Great for daily devotion, and to read during holy hour.
Peace and all good ~
If you can - get it in hardback, it is worth the extra cash … mine is getting munched.
Great for daily devotion, and to read during holy hour.
Peace and all good ~
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maggiec
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Thanks, I did plunge on and buy the complete in one volume. I can hardly wait until it arrives.
Will it be pretty self explainatory as far as the calendar? Maybe I should have gotten the set, oh well, I am very excited that I ordered it.
Thanks, maggiec
Will it be pretty self explainatory as far as the calendar? Maybe I should have gotten the set, oh well, I am very excited that I ordered it.
Thanks, maggiec
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Hesychios
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The book was originally written by Father Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen over many years. It was first published in 1952 from his notes. He had the assistance of a monastery of Discalced Carmelite nuns in Italy, together they organized the meditations according to the readings of the daily Mass. One would just follow the book in order.
Now there are the A, B and C cycles of readings. This restructuring of the liturgical calendar was the reason the Discalced Carmelites restructured the notes of his meditations (to match the readings at Mass). The original version is still very popular though.
I hope I got that right.
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csr
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In relation to books about spirituality and dogma, the older the better. Read old books at least some of the time, and obtain the original editions if possible, not “updated” versions. Re-issues are fine, but “updatings” tend to make the material less useful. Older books are more reverent, and assume more completely that the faith is really what matters in life.
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st_lucy
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I know this is an old thread but, I was hoping someone can help me with what do I read starting this Sunday, Jan 6 and there after. The Book says the Epiphany of Our Lord but than on Monday it says Feast of the Holy Family. Do I just go on and read the Feast of the Holy Family or do I need to jump to a different page?
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
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bo_leggs
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I bought it and liked it so much I bought three more copies for priests that I like. www.EWTNreligiouscatalogue/.com has the best price I’ve found, only $55.00.
The only downside is that it runs according to the OLD Liturgical Calendar, but if you have the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) you can convert it to the new calendar by using the yearly guide. Or just by the guide alone; I made notations in mine to correspond to the old calendar. It’s not that hard to figure it out; it just takes a little time, but it is well worth the effort. I hope this helps. Okay, I just checked and at this posting they don’t have it, but you might check again to see if they were temporarily out. Sorry. Next best thing, I guess, is to do an online search.
Okay, found another good Catholic place to get it for $49.95 – avemariaradio.catholic-store.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3565
The only downside is that it runs according to the OLD Liturgical Calendar, but if you have the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) you can convert it to the new calendar by using the yearly guide. Or just by the guide alone; I made notations in mine to correspond to the old calendar. It’s not that hard to figure it out; it just takes a little time, but it is well worth the effort. I hope this helps. Okay, I just checked and at this posting they don’t have it, but you might check again to see if they were temporarily out. Sorry. Next best thing, I guess, is to do an online search. Okay, found another good Catholic place to get it for $49.95 – avemariaradio.catholic-store.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3565
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bo_leggs
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I found a calendar for Divine Intimacy online: divineintimacy.larmour.us/ 
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southeast_wisco
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one thing from my personal experience is to think of self-idolatry when older books mention the sin of self-love. to me, what they mean when they say the sin of self-love is disordered self-love which could possibly be easier understood in 2013 language as self-idolatry. when a book from considerable time ago mentions self-love as a sin, it may be confusing to someone not familiar with this terminology.
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