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Category: Book
Author: Pope Benedict Xvi
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Studio: Ignatius Press
Manufacturer: Ignatius Press
Label: Ignatius Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 100
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1586172514
Dewey Decimal Number: 234.35
EAN: 9781586172510
ASIN: 1586172514
Publication Date: February 2008
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Saved In Hope March 28, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This second encyclical, by Pope Benedict XVI, Saved in Hope, gives one a good explanation of the necessity of Hope and Faith in our lives in this 21st Century and always. "In hope we have been saved" To quote his own words.
 A Broad Pastoral Call March 24, 2008
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is a broadly written, short, and decidedly un-academic sermon to humanity on a central aspect of the Christian message. It is aimed as widely as possible and does not even pre-suppose a great deal of prior familiarity with Christianity on the part of the hearer. For all the talk of "the pastoral" in the Catholic post-Vatican 2 ambit, Benedict is the only pope of that era really using the papal encyclical as such a radically simple vehicle since John 23's Pacem in Terris. It is nonetheless an old tradition and mode, recalling the sermons of Gregory the Great.
This obviously isn't going to satisfy certain restless souls. But Pope Ratzinger, the academic pope, has churned out truckloads of the other sort of writing throughout his career, stuffed with footnotes and references aplenty for those so minded. There is little he hasn't written about in that vein and loads of it are still in print. Simply, in his discernment of his new role, he sees the encyclical as a different sort of opportunity and tool.
The sermon is aimed at the literate but somewhat tired and harried modern soul, nonetheless open to hearing the rudiment of the Christian message restated. It is fresh and does not give the feel of having been much vetted or run through several drafts. It will not convert Everybody; Christianity never worked that way anyway. But it is likely it will convert Somebody. You can read it in one sitting or between planes. It will give back what you give it. The 80 year old pope didn't feel like delivering a magnus opus this year and dashed this off on his vacation. Its aim was to refresh and it refreshed me to know that encyclicals could still be turned loose in this almost offhand manner. What it basically says is, all you Pharisees,take a holiday ... we'll call you in later ... today you look to be in Somebody's way, and today the shepherd is going for that Somebody.
Benedict XVI, A Brilliant Scholar March 23, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This very short encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI should be mandatory reading for all Catholics, yea, everyone in the world. He is brilliant and this is a treatise on HOPE, something missing from most individuals today. Highly recommended.
Saved in Hope Spe Salvi: Encyclicaletter March 1, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I like the large print. Easy to handle. Arrived intact and in good
condition. I like ordering through the internet, because I do not have to go to the MALL.
Rita A. Walter
Promising outline/first draft of a major Encyclical Letter; now, where's the rest of it? Where is the beef? Here. February 5, 2008
9 out of 21 found this review helpful
"38. The true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to suffering and to the sufferer. ( . . .)Indeed, to accept the other who suffers, means that I take up his suffering in such a way that it becomes mine also. Because it has now become a shared suffering, though, in which another person is present, this suffering is penetrated by the light of love. The Latin word con-sol-atio 'consolation' expresses this beautifully. It suggests being with the other in his solitude, so that it ceases to be solitude. Furthermore, the capacity to accept sufferng for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my own well-being and safety are ultimately more important than truth and justice, then the power of the stronger prevails, then violence and untruth reign supreme. Truth and justice must stand above my comfort and physical well-being, or else my life itself becomes a lie. In the end, even the 'yes' to love is a source of suffering, because love always requires expropriations of my 'I,' in which I allow myself to be pruned and wounded. Love simply cannot exist without this painful renunciation of myself, for otherwise it becomes pure selfishness and thereby ceases to be love."
Consider Iraq, invasion rationales, occupation. Consider our national security state. COnsider our national health system.
Reconsider Rabbi Martin Buber's I and Thou. Martin Buber. a New Translation With a Prologue "I and You" and Notes
"33(b). To pray is not to step outside history and withdraw to our own private corner of happiness. When we pray properly we undergo a process of inner purification which opens us up to God and thus to our fellow human beings as well."
"28(b). Love of God leads to participation in the justice and generosity of God towards others. Loving God requires an interior freedom from all possessions and all material goods: the love of God is revealed in responsibility for others. ( . . .)Christ died for all. To live for him means allowing oneself to be drawn into his being for others."
Quoting Saint Augustine again: "29(b). ( . . .) the needy have to be helped, the oppressed to be liberated ( . . .) all must be loved."
This after quoting "the great Greek Doctor of the Church, Maximus the COnfessor (+662)" : "The one who loves God cannot hold on to money, but rather gives it out in God's fashion . . ."
"22(b). Flowing into this self-critique of the modern age there also has to be a self-critique of modern Christianity, which must cobnstantly renew its self-understanding setting out from its roots. On this subject, all we can attempt here are a few brief observations."
"14(b). We need not concern ourselves here with all the texts in which the social character of hope appears."
"20(b). . . .Nevertheless, the increasingly rapid advance of technical development and the industrialization connected with it soon gave rise to an entirely new social situation: there emerged a class of industrial workers and the so-called 'industrial proletariat,' whose dreadful living conditions Friedrich Engels described alarmingly in 1845. ( . . .)A revolutionary leap was needed. Karl Marx took up the rallying cry, and applied his incisive language and intellect to the task of launching the major new and, as he thought, definitive step in history towards salvation - towards what Kant had described as the 'Kingdom of god.' ( . . .) Marx described the situation of his time, and with great analytical skill he spelled out the paths leading to revolution - and not only theoretically; by means of the Communist Party that came into being from the Communist Manifesto of 1848, he set it in motion. His promise, owing to the acuteness of his analysis and his clear indication of the means for radical change, was and still remains an endless source of fascination."
For a more complete analysis of Hope as the presence of Faith in God in our tormented world, and expressed with somewhat less of the despair in human nature than we find here, please see also Terremoto, terrorismo, barbarie y utopia / Earthquake, Terrorism, Barbarity and Hope: El Salvador, Nueva York Afganistan/ El Salvador, New York, Afghanistan. For a profound analysis of the basic prayers urged in this encyclical, see also Lord's Prayer: The Prayer of Integral Liberation as well as Praying With Jesus And Mary: Our Father, Hail Mary. For an analysis of the Magnificat alluded to late in this encyclical see also Mary: Model of Justice (Reflections on the Magnificat). For the spirituality of solidarity (con-solatio) in suffering to the point of martyrdom, as specifically described in this encyclical, see The Violence of Love and Oscar Romero: Reflections on His Life and Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series). For further reflection on the three religious vows, see also Poverty Celibacy & Obedience : A Radical Option for Life.
Upon the points of human progress continually described in this encyclical surprisingly without specific reference to earlier encyclicals, see The Great Social Problem, Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI, 'Populorum Progressio' 1967. as well as Evangelii Nuntiandi - Pablo VI. See also of course and as ever Peace on Earth (Pacem in Terris): Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope John XXIII Addressed to All Mankind and Mater et magistra, encyclical letter of his holiness Pope John XXIII; Christianity and social progress if only as a source for form criticism, if not the comparable messages.
But basically and essentially take to heart the message of this encyclical and go outside and embrace all those who suffer, who are oppressed and rejected, and where you find not hope, to paraphrase Saint John of the Cross, and Saint Francis of Assisi, bring hope, and you will find hope, and salvation.
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