{"product_id":"distributed-like-bread-hans-urs-von-balthasar-on-discernment-vocation-and-the-priesthood-paperback","title":"Distributed Like Bread: Hans Urs Von Balthasar on Discernment, Vocation, and the Priesthood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Martin Ciraulo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) was one of the most important Catholic voices of the twentieth century. In his view, a priest is called to imitate the Eucharistic Christ, who gives himself with abandon for the life of the world. He should aspire to be as common and as humble as bread, available to be blessed, broken, and distributed. Through his availability, God Himself becomes present to the world and the world becomes present to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis concise book presents Balthasar's theology of discernment and vocation in a way that responds to current questions regarding the viability of the priestly and religious vocations today. Balthasar offers indispensable resources for understanding the relationship between personal freedom and vocation, showing how one becomes a person precisely through the reception of a definitive mission, a mission that makes a person truly ecclesial and thus open to both God and to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the book is particularly focused on the priesthood, it will be of interest to priests, religious, and all those discerning God's call. A short epilogue looks at Balthasar as a model for the theological vocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Martin Ciraulo\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the Catholic University of America. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Ressourcement, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eucharistic Form of God: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Sacramental Theology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.23 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290810364153,"sku":"9781621648826","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/JeI5JedNy29781621648826.webp?v=1776289904","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/distributed-like-bread-hans-urs-von-balthasar-on-discernment-vocation-and-the-priesthood-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}