Walter J. Burghardt

Henry Davis, S.J. C.B

Pope Gregory, I

Paulist Press

Papa Gregorius I.

Pope Gregory I

Saint Gregory of Nyssa

T. C. Lawler

St. Gregory deals with the great responsibility of the episcopal office and its onerous nature.

Pastoral Care

According to Cyril of Alexandria

The Image of God in Man

Written shortly before he passed away in February 2008, these short sermons by Fr. Burghardt fill an enormous need. Busy preachers of all denominations will find them an inspiring resource.

Short Sermons for Preachers on the Run

Forty new homilies by one of America's premier preachers. Contains an updated index to all of his sermons in this and previous volumes.

Homilies for a Church Renewing

To Be Just Is to Love

In several ways the present set of homilies continues an approach to preaching apparent in the more recent of my collections which the Paulist Press has graciously presented to the public. First, there is an ongoing struggle with Scripture. Three sets of such responsibilities cover the gamut of human living: (1) Love God above all else. (2) Treat every man, woman, and child like another self. (3) Touch the earth, the nonhuman, with unfailing reverence.

More Homilies on the Just Word

Love is a Flame of the Lord

The Image of God in Man According to Cyril of Alexandria

Arguing why biblical justice - not merely ethical/legal justice - should be applied to matters concerning the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized, the author of this text suggests that everyone is responsible for these people, since they are involved in a covenant with God.

Preaching the Just Word

Tertullian

J. Quasten

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus

The judgment that one forms of the theory and practice of penance in Christian antiquity will be largely determined by the interpretation which one puts upon these two treatises. On Penitence dates from Tertullian's Catholic period, and is a sermon addressed to the faithful on the subject of repentance and forgiveness. On Purity is one of his most violent Montanist treatises. In it he criticizes the policy the church follows in granting pardon to serious sins. +

On Penitence and On Purity

Treatises on Penance

Saint Augustine

Aurelius Augustinus

One of Augustine's most important works, written between 388 and 395, this dialogue has as its objective not so much to discuss free will for its own sake as to discuss the problem of evil in reference to the existence of God, who is almighty and all-good. +

The Problem of Free Choice

Pope Leo I

Saint Prosper (of Aquitaine)

Tiro Prosper

Prosper d'Aquitaine ((saint ;)

Ambroise ((saint ;)

Saint Aquitanus Prosper

This is the first treatise in ancient Christian literature on the problem of the salvation of infidels. It is a controversial work written against the Semi-Pelagians about the year 450, probably at Rome.

De Vocatione Omnium Gentium

Once again Walter Burghardt, one of America's most talented and beloved preachers, brings his many devotees a brand-new collection of homilies, his fourteenth published by Paulist Press. The thirty homilies were delivered for occasions as diverse as a Sunday, a weekday, a memorial of a saint, or a hero such as Martin Luther King, Jr., a wedding, a radio mass, and his seventieth year as a priest. What ties them together, however, is Burghardt's abiding interest in, and pursuit of, biblical justice. As with his previous volumes, this collection will be inspirational for anyone who preaches, as a newcomer or veteran in the field, or, just as importantly, for anyone who listens.

Walter J. Burghardt

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