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The Lord Holds Us by the Hand: Private Homilies, Seasons and Feasts

by Pope Benedict XVI

Private homilies on Scripture and Christian life

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Private homilies on Scripture and Christian life

This collection gathers homilies Pope Benedict XVI delivered in small chapels during his years as pope and pope emeritus. Its private setting frames reflections on Scripture, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Christian life, alongside a more personal account of Ratzinger’s spirituality. The book offers a view of his preaching beyond public papal occasions, organized around seasons and feasts.

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  • Readers interested in Pope Benedict XVI’s preaching and spirituality
  • Catholic readers seeking reflections on Scripture and the Christian life
  • Readers interested in homilies associated with seasons and feasts

Themes

ScriptureJesus and the Holy SpiritChristian lifeCatholic spiritualityLiturgical seasons and feasts

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Book overview

What did Pope Benedict XVI teach and preach when he was out of the limelight, behind closed doors, among friends? In his late years, after the noise of the papacy had quieted down, how did he understand Scripture, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Christian life? When he had the room to be vulnerable, what did he say about the heart of his own spirituality?

In The Lord Holds Us by the Hand, we experience a different side of Joseph Ratzinger. This collection of private homilies--all delivered off the public record in small chapels, during his years as pope and pope emeritus--reveals not a "detached exegete", as his longtime secretary Archbishop G

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