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Benedict XVI: Way of the Cross

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This is a new one for me, with amazing artwork and deep meditations. As a new read on an old topic this one really shook things up for me. It drew me in to the meditations and prayers in a new and intriguing ways.

This is a beautiful book in which Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) sets forth the Stations which he gave for Lent 2004 at the request of the late Pope John Paul the Great before the latter's death. Like all of Pope Benedict's writings, his message is clear and concrete and it is very easy to read and understand by everyone. Each station is accompanied by a thoughtful and prayerful meditation, as well as a beautiful picture depicting the particular Station of the Cross upon which to dwell as you pray the stations with the help of this book. The meditations are a true masterpiece of love by Il Papa, Il Grande Innamorato - Pope Benedict XVI.

This book is a feast for both body and soul. It is a book that has been carefully crafted,(from the feel of its pages to the extraordinary Stations of the Cross by Jan Toorop), to draw the reader to another place. The Stations are compelling, insistent on being looked at and thought about. There is a restrained lushness about the stations, the occasion of the passion is somber but there is an overriding sense that beauty walks with Jesus. One can almost say the Stations are modern icons. Within the meditations and prayers there are details of the larger station which are presented in thumbnail size.

Pope Benedict writes with simplicity and clarity. The entire book is an orchestrated prayer. What comes through is his deep love of God and mankind. In an achingly gentle style, he asks the reader to walk with the suffering Jesus. He encourages all to draw near Jesus no matter how broken and demoralized they are.
This book allows the reader, whether devout Christian or searcher for God, to have an experience of the transcendent.

I have already given two people this book as a gift. My hope is that Pauline Books and Media decides to publish a book devoted entirely to The Stations of Jan Toorop

A poetic and beautifully significant Via Crucis, to instill in us Christ's trip to Calvary..in preparation for the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Each station is prayerful yet theologically inspired. Full of the Face of Human Warmth. Written by our present Pope.Prayed on the last Good Friday of the life of the beloved Pope John Paul II.

This is an excellent reflection by Pope Benedict XVI on the Way of the Cross.

This is a pretty book and tastefully presented. My wife found it to be quite inspirational for Lent.

Scrturally devotional and very inspiring to pray the Stations in a contemporay way in union with the Holy Father and the univesal Church