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Expositio Missae
$25.00
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Meditations on Death - Thomas À Kempis - Translated by Fr Robert Nixon
$25.00
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The Passion of Christ Through the Eyes of Mary
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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":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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"}
The Battle of the Virtues and Vices, Defending the Interior Castle of the Soul
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The Nightingale - together with Hymns from the Office of the Passion of the Lord
$8.00
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The legend of the dying nightingale functions as a symbolic depiction of the life and death of Christ, as well as the progress of the individual soul towards its final deific eternity when it is dissolved into the realms of celestial light. The vivid, rhythmic language of the Latin original, with its haunting and striking beauty, is carefully emulated in this new adaptation of the work into English verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy (author) Saint Bonaventure. 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According to medieval legend, upon that fateful day the nightingale ascends the highest tree it can find, and from there pours forth a ceaseless torrent of passionate, ebullient song. In this transcendent singing, the motifs of love, pain, and bliss are mystically intertwined in an almost intoxicated ecstasy. The song climaxes in death itself, which thus becomes, paradoxically, the apotheosis and consummation of love and of life. The legend of the dying nightingale functions as a symbolic depiction of the life and death of Christ, as well as the progress of the individual soul towards its final deific eternity when it is dissolved into the realms of celestial light. The vivid, rhythmic language of the Latin original, with its haunting and striking beauty, is carefully emulated in this new adaptation of the work into English verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy (author) Saint Bonaventure. 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Meditations on the Holy Angels
$25.00
{"id":6780172271662,"title":"Meditations on the Holy Angels","handle":"meditations-on-the-holy-angels","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the history of the Church, there are few saints who wrote with such angelic purity and devotion on the subject of angels as Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. Much has been written on this Jesuit novice who died at the young age of twenty-three while caring for plague victims, but little has been available on his actual writings—that is, until now. For the first time in English, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations on the Holy Angels\u003c\/em\u003e, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s longest and most significant work is offered to readers. Discover this great saint’s love for the holy angels, no doubt a powerful inspiration for his own angelic purity. Those who read this inspiring work will fall more deeply in love with God and His holy angels. Learn about our angelic companions’ excellence, nobility, and glorious order. Contemplate the powerful roles of Saints Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael through the eyes of one of the Church’s great Jesuit saints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluded in this volume are two important versions of the life of Saint Aloysius. The first is from the Office of the saint, first published in 1737, and subsequently incorporated into the Roman Breviary\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eThe other version, published in 1699, is somewhat longer and offers further beautiful details of his sanctity, piety, and ardent charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the patron saint of youth and students, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s writings and life reveal that one cannot live an angelic life without angelic help. Here is a saint who sought his guardian angel’s help three times a day. 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The Seven Last Words of Christ
$25.00
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The Cross and Medal of Saint Benedict. Ver 1
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The Devil's Bagpipe: The True Life of Martin Luther (1581), James Laing
$20.00
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A Treatise on Perfection, Cardinal Richeliu
$25.00
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Pope Urban VIII and Pope Alexander VII: Selected Poetry
$16.00
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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":6,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781725273030","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"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"}