{"product_id":"sacred-signs-hardcover","title":"Sacred Signs - Hardcover","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\u003eRomano Guardini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrace Branham\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSamuel Weber\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll worship is, in the first place, an act of justice in which the creature renders to the Creator that which is due Him. The human task is to do this act worthily, in accord with the Divine Will, and as we do it, to remember always that it is not we who shape the liturgy, but the liturgy that shapes us. This process of being shaped is the work of a lifetime. As Goethe says, we \"begin by taking delight in externals, until we have the good fortune to grasp the substance.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Christians-especially children who are making their first steps in the faith-should try to acquire a fruitful understanding of those visible signs which believers have received down through the ages as means for expressing invisible grace. For this to happen, education is necessary, says Msgr. Romano Guardini: \"We need to be shown how, or by some means be incited, to see and feel and make the sacred signs ourselves.\" The first step is to look with fresh eyes at the \"elements out of which the higher liturgical forms have been constructed\" the human person, and then the objects, movements, and awarenesses of time and space that pervade everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no better primer for this double task-delighting in the externals and grasping the substance-than Guardini's \u003cem\u003eSacred Signs\u003c\/em\u003e. Its combination of piercing insight, radiant piety, and almost fairy-tale-like language makes it unique in the annals of liturgical writing. Os Justi Press is pleased to make this classic available in a new edition graced with the original illustrations and a pedagogically rich introduction by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, OSB.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533903708409,"sku":"9781965303245","price":38.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7VnUk8LLs19781965303245.webp?v=1773879689","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sacred-signs-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}