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Courage to be Afraid

Fr. Marie-Dominique Molinie, O.P

SKU: 8797  |  ISBN: 9781949124798

$21.95

“Fr. Molinié brings us back to the essentials of the Gospel: the simplicity of following Christ and the grandeur of God’s plan for us. Every Catholic will find in this book clarity, rejuvenation, and wisdom.” —Fr. Alexander Wiseman, SSPX

The Courage to Be Afraid is remarkably different from other spiritual books. It is a tour de force that examines many aspects of the Christian life, yet always returning to a simple, powerful theme: we have to let God act. Fr. Molinié addresses himself to us, children of the modern world, in order to recall us forcefully to what never changes, no matter the state of things: the divine life is in us, and will transform us if we surrender to it. “God’s love is a consuming fire...”

Some of the themes in the book include:
• Nature and grace
• Combat between pride and humility
• Development and stages of the spiritual life
• Suffering and the Mystery of God

“If, in the face of this world whose values are crumbling, you look feverishly and anxiously for what must be done, you have not understood that God wants to be the only One who saves us: His glory is at stake. When we rely on action or on natural qualities, we attack the glory of God....This secret is the Trinitarian life, and to enter into it, we must live a life where we lose our footing... this is the whole savor of the mystical life.”

—Fr. Marie-Dominique Molinié, O.P.

Available for the first time English.

Softcover.  226pgs

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Anne Wilber
Recommended by my Spiritual Director

Enjoying this very much.

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JMJ

Recommended by our priest

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William

Beautiful!

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Malka Davis
A must read for the spiritual life

This was recommended by an SSPX priest during confession. Even though I'm only 50 pages into it, I feel like I've learned a lot. Fr. Molinie's concepts are not always easy to digest, but I've highlighted a lot of passages because they are so profound yet simple. I'm very grateful for Fr. Wiseman's work in translating this text. I highly recommend viewing the interview on SSPX podcast first. It's a good introduction to this fascinating piece of writing.

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Julie Meluch

This is a wonderful spiritual book that needs a lot of time and meditation to process. I ordered a copy last year and just recently finished it. It was so rich in explaining the spiritual life, that I wanted to gift it to others and so purchased more.

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