Seek That Which Is Above: Meditations Through the Year

by Pope Benedict XVI

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2007

Overview

In this beautifully illustrated book, Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) gives us profound meditations on what our life in Christ should be like as it is lived through the various seasons and feasts of the liturgical year. This book also includes thoughts on other spiritual and secular themes such as the true nature of peace, why it is difficult for so many to experience joy, the relationship between spirit and matter, vacation and rest, etc. These inspiring insights from the man who became pope, show how Joseph Ratzinger’s deeply spiritual and theological experience, together with his wide literary and cultural interests are a gift to the Church in the modern world. Here is a shepherd leading the faithful entrusted to his care to deep springs of refreshing, life-giving water.

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Key Features

• Unpacks various seasons and feasts of the liturgical year
• Includes thoughts on other spiritual and secular themes
• Provides profound biblical teaching for both Protestants and Catholics

Contents

• Reflections in Advent
• Candlemas
• Fasching—Mardi Gras
• Journeying toward the Easter Mystery
• The Feast of the Spirit
• What Corpus Christi Means to Us
• May Devotions: Memories and Reflections
• Meditations at Vacation Time
• Miscellaneous

Top Highlights

“The days of Advent are like a quiet knocking at the door of our smothered souls, inviting us to undertake the risk of stepping forward toward God’s mysterious presence, which alone can make us free.” (Pages 21–23)

“The Risen One cannot be seen like a piece of wood or stone. He can be seen only by the person to whom he reveals himself. And he reveals himself only to the one whom he can entrust with a mission. He does not reveal himself to curiosity but to love; love is the indispensable agent if we are to see and apprehend him.” (Page 90)

“While our maps of the earth have become more and more complete, man’s inner self has become increasingly a terra incognita, an alien region, in spite of the fact that there are greater discoveries to be made there than in the visible universe.” (Page 18)

“r it becomes alarmingly clear: Yes, I am Israel. I am the ox that does not know its owner.” (Page 21)

“Ultimately he arrived at this insight: if there is to be real justice in the world, it must be for all and for all time, and that means justice for the dead as well. It would have to be a justice that retroactively heals all past suffering. And this would imply the resurrection of the dead.” (Page 49)

Product Details

• Title: Seek That Which Is Above: Meditations Through the Year
• Author: Joseph Ratzinger
• Translator: Graham Harrison
• Edition: 2nd
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Pages: 184
• Christian Group: Catholic
• Resource Type: Monographs
• Topic: Liturgical Theology

About Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI was the 265th pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. A native of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship.