Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Knox

Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Knox

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Throughout the first half of the 20th century, both as an Anglican and as a Roman Catholic, Ronald Knox was a well-known part of the English literary landscape. He was a favored preacher for occasions great and small; his articles on a host of topics found a place in the newspapers and monthly literary magazines; his voice was heard often on the BBC.  February 17th marked the 125th anniversary of his birth, which is cause for celebration! Enjoy titles starting at 20% off either by or about the great Ronald Knox.

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The Imitation of Christ Translated by Ronald Knox and Michael Oakley Thomas a Kempis The spiritual classic by à Kempis, the second most widely read spiritual book after the Bible, has had an astonishing impact on the spiritual lives of countless saints, peasants, and popes for centuries. This beautiful translation by Ronald Knox and Michael Oakley is considered by many teachers, writers, and readers to be the best English translation ever, and one that greatly enhances the life-changing insights of Thomas à Kempis. Illustrated. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96
Ronald Knox as Apologist Milton Walsh In this book, Milton Walsh, an expert on Knox's writing, has analyzed and provided ample quotations from the most significant writings of Knox that fall under the genre of apologetics. Knox was a superb apologist because as a priest he was a man of deep faith, and as a writer he had a wonderful way of expressing the Christian truths in an elegant and clear language. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96	A Retreat for Lay People Fr. Ronald Knox A Retreat for Lay People brings together a collection of his conferences preached over a period of fifteen years. As in all his writing, in these conferences Ronald Knox combines love for Scripture, commitment to the Catholic faith, and sympathy for the struggles and joys of Christian discipleship. A Retreat for Lay People is solid spiritual food, served up with refreshing simplicity and a dash of wit. Also available as an e-book and audio download. Regular price: $16.95, sale price: $13.56
In Soft Garments Fr. Ronald Knox When the Holy See gave general permission for Catholics to study again at Oxford and Cambridge, the stipulation was made that lectures be offered to provide support for their faith, as Catholics would be a minority in a rather hostile atmosphere. In the days when C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien trod the greens of Oxford, those lectures were provided by the wise and witty Msgr. Ronald Knox, himself a convert to the Catholic Church. Also available as an e-book and audio download. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $10.50	Pastoral and Occasional Sermons Fr. Ronald Knox The highly esteemed Catholic convert, writer and apologist Ronald Knox, a master of the English language, was well regarded for his gifts both of writing and preaching. This volume combines both skills as it is a collection of his homilies on all the important themes of the spiritual and moral life, and on his favorite saints, men and women of history who were "inflamed with the love of Christ". Regular price: $49.95, sale price: $39.96
The Belief of Catholics Fr. Ronald Knox Ronald Knox was one of the most influential British convert-writers of the 20th century. Of his many works, The Belief of Catholics is his best-known book and his premiere piece of apologetics. While it deals extensively with Protestantism, its target is more the unchurched or lightly-church modern who, if he gives any thought at all to Catholicism, thinks it mildly foreign. Also available as an e-book. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96	Second Friends Milton Walsh C. S. Lewis and Ronald Knox were two of the most popular authors of Christian apologetics in the twentieth century ... and for many years they were neighbors in Oxford. In Second Friends, Milton Walsh delves into their writings and compares their views on a variety of compelling topics, such as the existence of God, the divinity of Christ, the problem of suffering, miracles, the way of Love, the role of religion in society, prayer, and more. Also available as an e-book and audio download. Regular price: $16.95, sale price: $13.56
The Hidden Stream Fr. Ronald Knox This book is a collection of stimulating, informal discussions in which Msgr. Knox re-examines some of the fundamental precepts of the Catholic faith as well as the formidable challenges facing Catholics today. The Hidden Stream is a lucid refresher course in the teachings of the Church for informed Catholics, a pleasant "must" for uninformed ones, and a bulwark for all concerned with explaining the faith to others. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96	The Wine of Certitude David Rooney A well written and in-depth overview of the life and literary accomplishments of Ronald Knox, the famous Catholic convert and apologist from England who was a major figure in the English Catholic literary revival in the first half of the twentieth century. Rooney presents a look at the full range of Knox's writings including his apologetics, detective fiction, satire and other genres, offering an intellectual portrait that is fascinating and engaging. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $2.95
Literary Converts Joseph Pearce Literary Converts is a biographical exploration into the spiritual lives of some of the greatest writers in the English language: Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis, Malcolm Muggeridge, Graham Greene, Ronald Knox, Siegfried Sassoon, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, T.S. Eliot and J.R.R. Tolkien. Also available as an e-book. Regular price: $19.95, sale price: $15.96	Classic Catholic Converts Fr. Charles P. Connor Classic Catholic Converts presents the compelling stories of over 25 well-known converts to Catholicism from the 19th and 20th centuries. It tells of powerful testimonials to God's grace, men and women from all walks of life in Europe and America whose search for the fullness of truth led them to the Catholic Church. Among the famous converts whose stories are told here include John Henry Newman, Edith Stein, G.K. Chesterton, Ronald Knox and many more. Also available as an e-book. Regular price: $14.95, sale price: $11.96

Audio Downloads

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The Gospel in Slow Motion Ronald Knox The Gospel in Slow Motion are sermons delivered to the schoolgirls at Aldenham Park during World War II. Regular price: $39.95, sale price: $31.96

Stimuli Fr. Ronald Knox This classic work by Knox is a collection of sermons following the liturgical year. Topical to the seasons but universal in appeal, each short sermon addresses its topic with the usual eloquence and erudition that readers of Knox expect and enjoy. Regular price: $24.95, sale price: $19.96

Retreat for Beginners Fr. Ronald Knox Renowned as a public speaker and translator of the Bible, Ronald Knox was above all a priest, and in his sermons and retreat conferences we meet Msgr. Knox the spiritual guide. In Retreat for Beginners we find the spiritual depth and imaginative presentation that were hallmarks of Knox's preaching, and an informality that appeals to young people – and to the youth in each of us. Regular price: $24.95, sale price: $19.96

A Month Of Sundays With Monsignor Knox Although they are solidly doctrinal, these talks are not lectures, but sermons intended to increase our love for the Eucharistic Lord. Knox speaks as a pastor, and his sermons are marked by an awareness of our human condition. Many of us who receive the Eucharist daily are troubled by the nagging question of whether we are making any progress in our spiritual life at all. Monsignor Knox knows that struggle first-hand, and his counsel is both comforting and challenging. Regular price: $11.95, sale price: $9.56

Catholic World Report

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The Pope and the Philistines
by Tracey Rowland



Benedict XVI’s papacy has been one of imagination and urbanity hampered by bureaucracy.
In Called to Communion, published in 1996, a decade before the beginning of his papacy, Joseph Ratzinger had some strong words to say about the bureaucratic machinery of the Church.  He wrote: “The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is.”

He added that in his opinion, "we ought to begin an unsparing examination of conscience on this point at all levels of the Church".  In a later collection of essays, titled Images of Hope, he observed that “the saints were all people of imagination, not functionaries of apparatuses.”  In recent days one senses that this unsparing examination of conscience might finally have begun.  One also senses that in the papacy of Benedict XVI the Church had one of the greatest theologians occupying the Chair of Peter in centuries, but that for all his high intelligence, he never quite managed to contend with the bureaucratic machinery and it often let him down. 


Homiletic & Pastoral Review

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Imitation of Jesus, Priest and Victim, and the Grace of Celibacy
Fr. Dwight Campbell



By reason of our priestly consecration, we are called to be perfect imitators of Christ; we are called to be priests and victims in the manner of Jesus who is the Priest and Victim.
Our Savior, Jesus Christ, is the Eternal High Priest who offered himself on the Cross as the true Paschal Lamb and Unblemished Victim for our redemption. By reason of our priestly consecration, we are called to be perfect imitators of him; we are called to be priests and victims in the manner of Jesus who is the Priest and Victim.

In his homily for the Chrism Mass of 2009, Pope Benedict XVI links Christ’s dual role as Priest and Victim to Our Lord’s own priestly prayer of consecration at the Last Supper, and shows how, with these same words, Jesus instituted the priesthood with his Apostles. At his Last Supper discourse, our Lord invokes the Father and prays:  “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, so that they also may be consecrated in truth” (Jn 17:17-19).

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