Wood of the Cradle, Wood of the Cross: The Little Way of the Infant Jesus [Hardcover]

Caryll Houselander (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1995

How, even as an infant, Jesus suffered for you: learn the neglected and misunderstood lessons of His cradle. God could have come into the world as an adult, but He chose instead to be born as a baby to teach you key lessons about who He is and what He calls you to be - lessons that most Christians miss. No longer. In these eye-opening pages, Caryll Houselander reveals the powerful spiritual implications of one startling fact: in the manger, even as angels guarded and shepherds sought Him, the baby Jesus was already suffering for your sins. For your sake, our majestic God became a helpless infant at the mercy of His creatures. At the beginning of His life on earth, the God who raised the canopy of the heavens let Himself be raised off the cold ground by the humble wood of His cradle. With stunning and splendid humility, He was bound by gravity to that cradle just as firmly as He later would be bound by nails to the wood of His Cross - which again raised Him above the stony ground, once more at the mercy of those He created. In these facts, Caryll Houselander discovers a wealth of spiritual insights that give dramatic new meaning to Jesus' admonition that you must "become like a little child." With brilliant simplicity and holy warmth, she shows that in order to do so - and in order to know and love Jesus truly - you must transcend the cute baby Jesus of the sentimental hymns and come to see the Infant as He really is: our God of suffering and majesty, who even in the cradle shows you the straight path to holiness: the little way of the infant Jesus.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

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A must-read for all who wish to grow in faith. -- Nazareth Journal --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Caryll Houselander (1901-1954) was baptized as a child, but left the Faith as a teenager. She told the story of her lapse and Christian reawakening in her classic A Rocking-Horse Catholic. She is also author of the prayers in Sophia Institute Press's The Essential Rosary. Her passionate and profound writing will deepen your love for God. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 166 pages
• Publisher: Sophia Inst Pr (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918477328
• ISBN-13: 978-0918477323
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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