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The virtue of purity? Who talks about that nowadays?This short book presents the topic to today's youth as a challenge to grow and mature into responsible and caring adults, capable of leading and helping others. The authors begin from the vantage of Jesus, who ministered to both young and old, and whose lessons are a call to holiness for us all.Learn why the virtue of chastity is so pivotal to healthy relationships, how to live and acquire the virtue in a natural way, and what virtues, attitudes, and practices will be key to your achieving a chaste heart, mind, and body. These include prayer, sacrifice, service to others, control over internet use, talking about one's struggles, and obtaining help in confession and spiritual direction.This book includes references to websites and further reading and is great as both a personal guide for young people and a teaching tool for adults.

¿¿¿La vinculación de María con el misterio de Cristo ha conducido a la Iglesia a explicar cada vez mejor que la Virgen tiene un papel singular y ocupa un lugar especial en la obra redentora de su Hijo y en la Iglesia. Este papel de servicio materno al redentor distingue a María y constituye su vocación. María, Madre del Redentor es un manual de Mariología, que en la línea del Concilio Vaticano II y siguiendo sus indicaciones (cfr. Optatam totius, n. 16), pretende facilitar a los estudiantes de Teología, a los seminaristas y a cualquier persona culta interesada en profundizar su fe cristiana, el acceso a la figura y obra de la Mujer que en el eterno designio de la Encarnación fue elegida para Madre de Jesús.Mary's connection with the mystery of Christ has led the Church to explain ever better that the Virgin has a unique role and occupies a special place in the redemptive work of her Son and in the Church. This role of maternal service to the Redeemer distinguishes Mary and constitutes her vocation. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer is a manual of Mariology, which in line with the Second Vatican Council and following its indications (cf. Optatam totius, n. 16), aims to facilitate access to the figure and work of the Woman who in the eternal design of the Incarnation was chosen to be the Mother of Jesus for students of Theology, seminarians and any educated person interested in deepening their Christian faith.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Optatam totius, n.16¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

Nowadays people make great efforts to have a healthy body, but this is not matched by the effort to have a healthy mind. For this reason, stress, depression, insomnia, psychosomatic illnesses, addictions, violence and the consumption of substances and psychotropic drugs have increased greatly.The most frequent psychological ailments are related to a reduced tolerance to frustration and a low threshold of resilience which leads people to react in a very intense and negative way to the small and normal setbacks of ordinary life.The 30 practical tips contained in this book derived from the author's long experience with his patients and students, whom he has tried to help to live in a positive way. They are intended as a vaccine to prevent anxiety, depression, stress and other ailments and thus achieve a happy life.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿30¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿

The Gospels tell us almost nothing about St. Joseph, yet his life is full of spiritual treasures. Michel Gasnier O.P., here shows you where to find them and how they can enrich your own relationship with God. In this series of brief meditations he explores St. Josephs work as a carpenter, his marriage, his character, the flight into Egypt, his return to Nazareth, Simeons prophecy, and more. He gives you an enlightening portrait of this man who remains one of the Churchs most extraordinary saints and intercessors.Joseph the Silent is the appropriate title for a book about an extraordinary man who was chosen by God to marry the virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who plays such an incredible role in salvation history, whose involvement is spelled out in Scripture (especially the Gospels of Matthew and Luke), but who never speaks a single word to us. Nothing he ever said is recorded there.

This great Italian mystic and spiritual leader, founder of the Community of the sons and daughters of God that now has 2000 members around the world, had a great appreciation for Asia, especially Japan that he visited and to whom he dedicated one of his most original books, "Diario Giapponese" (Japanese Journal - he authored over 150 books). In another book, "Luce e silenzio" (Light and silence) he has also spoken about his visit to Hong Kong in his way to Japan in 1985, he marvelled at the "wonderful history" of the canossian sisters in the then British colony, an history that helped to shape the soul and spirit of the city. Father Barsotti also preached to the PIME fathers and mentioned his meeting with the Archbishop of Canton Dominic Tang, meeting that he considered "the greatest grace".Divo Barsotti was a very well known preacher and was asked also from saint Paul VI to preach the spiritual exercises for the Roman curia in 1971. Father Barsotti was totally immersed in the Presence, Christ the Lord. Reading his books give you the impression of a man on his way to the sacred mountain that is God. Many are the struggles but countless are the graces.This book that you are reading is the first translation in Chinese language of a book by father Barsotti, with the hope that his deep spirituality and Catholic faith may penetrate in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. Here the style he adopted is the one of aphorisms, a style that has a long history and tradition in the West and in the East. May this book be an introduction to the work and spirituality of this great man with the hope that many more books from him will soon be available to Chinese people.On Saturday 24 September 2021 in the Florentine basilica of SS. Annunziata took place the opening for the beatification cause of father Divo Barsotti, presided over by the Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Betori. Aurelio Porfiri