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The Letters of Santos Salvado: 1849-1868 - Spain and Italy
$64.99
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he also brought musical instruments to the monastery such as the harmonium, double bass and viola.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eTranslated by Abbot Placid Scholars, Judith McGuinness and Eugenia Schettino, the 275 letters in this 550 page volume shed a fascinating light on the brothers’ close relationship as well as providing a glimpse into the important issues of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
The Salvado Memoirs
$32.95
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The Seven Last Words of Christ
$25.00
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The Glories of Heaven
$25.00
{"id":6845447700526,"title":"The Glories of Heaven","handle":"the-glories-of-heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Supernatural Gifts that Await Body and Soul in Paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Anselm of Canterbury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by FR. ROBERT NIXON, OSB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great Doctor of the Church and Benedictine monk, St Anselm, has assembled one of the greatest books written on heaven. Relying on his professional insights from prayer and his deep love for Sacred Scripture, Anselm systematically describes various aspects of the happiness of heaven; the beauty of the bodies of the blessed, the velocity of the glorified bodies of the saints in heaven, the strength of the blessed, the pleasures of heaven, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-09-23T15:42:08+08:00","created_at":"2022-11-12T11:43:05+08:00","vendor":"Father Robert","type":"Books","tags":["book"],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40113373118510,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"FRN09","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Glories of Heaven","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781505127119","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/20221111_115836.jpg?v=1668224587"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/20221111_115836.jpg?v=1668224587","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22145250557998,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":4000,"width":3000,"src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/20221111_115836.jpg?v=1668224587"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":4000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/20221111_115836.jpg?v=1668224587","width":3000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe Supernatural Gifts that Await Body and Soul in Paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Anselm of Canterbury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by FR. ROBERT NIXON, OSB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great Doctor of the Church and Benedictine monk, St Anselm, has assembled one of the greatest books written on heaven. Relying on his professional insights from prayer and his deep love for Sacred Scripture, Anselm systematically describes various aspects of the happiness of heaven; the beauty of the bodies of the blessed, the velocity of the glorified bodies of the saints in heaven, the strength of the blessed, the pleasures of heaven, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
A Tale of Death and Glory
$25.00
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The Chronicles of New Norcia Volume 2: 1907 - 1910
$29.99
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Meditations on the Holy Angels
$25.00
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Humility and the Elevation of the Mind to God
$25.00
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In this short but deeply rich book, the great spiritual master, Thomas à Kempis, will teach you the necessity of humility and how to cultivate it, how to identify the manifestations of pride, how to elevate your mind to God, and how to pray with humility and reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis timeless work also includes some of the most beautiful prayers ever written to God, the Blessed Mother, and the saints that will help you advance in virtue and pray with fervor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13 cm x 18.5 cm. 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It simply cannot be done. Just as pride is the root and source of all sin, so is humility the foundational virtue in which all other virtues must be grounded if they are to bear fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHumility is the heartbeat of the saints. It is the virtue that conforms us most closely to Christ. In this short but deeply rich book, the great spiritual master, Thomas à Kempis, will teach you the necessity of humility and how to cultivate it, how to identify the manifestations of pride, how to elevate your mind to God, and how to pray with humility and reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis timeless work also includes some of the most beautiful prayers ever written to God, the Blessed Mother, and the saints that will help you advance in virtue and pray with fervor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13 cm x 18.5 cm. 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The Letters of Santos Salvado: 1869-1879 -The New Norcia years
$29.99
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The Chronicles of New Norcia Volume 1: 1901 - 1906
$29.99
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Report of Rosendo Salvado to Propaganda Fide in 1900
$19.99
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Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry
$16.00
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Robert Nixon, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEndorsements \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful achievement. The Latin poetry of Baroque popes has never been so readable. Nixon’s heroic couplets and lexical pyrotechnics bring this verse, on topics high and low, within easy reach. Here is translation as creation, at a high level, and what delights it offers.”\u003cbr\u003e —John J. Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. Robert Nixon, osb (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Paperback, 68 pages\u003cbr\u003e- Dimensions 15.1 x 22.9cm\u003cbr\u003e- Publication date 18 June 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-07-31T11:21:47+08:00","created_at":"2020-07-09T09:12:51+08:00","vendor":"Father Robert","type":"Books","tags":["Book","Books","gift","gifts","religious"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32460347408430,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"FRN23","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":100,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":7,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781725273030","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Cover-UrbanVIII_AlexanderVII.jpg?v=1594257172"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Cover-UrbanVIII_AlexanderVII.jpg?v=1594257172","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6982360432686,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.661,"height":598,"width":395,"src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Cover-UrbanVIII_AlexanderVII.jpg?v=1594257172"},"aspect_ratio":0.661,"height":598,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.newnorcia.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Cover-UrbanVIII_AlexanderVII.jpg?v=1594257172","width":395}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eUrban VIII and Alexander VII each occupied the papal throne during the seventeenth century, and were munificent and discriminating patrons of the arts, as well as men of conspicuous erudition and imagination. They were also sensitive, inspired, and highly accomplished poets. The cultural milieu from which they sprang was a halcyon era in which literature and the arts flourished with all the apollonian refulgence of a splendid, and sometimes extravagant, opulence. The present work of adaptation by New Norcia’s Fr. Robert Nixon, employing strictly the medium of English heroic verse, comprises a choice cornucopia of the lyrical musings of these two baroque pontiffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEndorsements \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful achievement. The Latin poetry of Baroque popes has never been so readable. Nixon’s heroic couplets and lexical pyrotechnics bring this verse, on topics high and low, within easy reach. Here is translation as creation, at a high level, and what delights it offers.”\u003cbr\u003e —John J. Kinder, University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Maffeo Barberini (1568–1644) and Fabio Chigi (1599–1667), Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII respectively, embracing everything from a humorous poem on the gift of a cat to devout meditations on the Lord’s Passion, then let translator Dom Robert, a true master of English prosody of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, be your very able impresario.”\u003cbr\u003e —Anna Silvas, University of New England, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Walking in the footsteps of his Benedictine forebears, Dom Robert Nixon has rendered an immense service to classical education. These exceptional translations of two great popes both convey the meditative aura of the originals and incite to return to them. May they help rediscovery of Latin as part of a living tradition—vehicle of history, culture, and faith—especially through its use in the liturgy.”\u003cbr\u003e —Pius Mary Noonan, OSB, Notre Dame Priory, Tasmania\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope Urban VIII (Author)\u003cbr\u003ePope Alexander VII (Author)\u003cbr\u003eFr. Robert Nixon, osb (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Paperback, 68 pages\u003cbr\u003e- Dimensions 15.1 x 22.9cm\u003cbr\u003e- Publication date 18 June 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}