{"product_id":"the-collected-works-9780879070618","title":"The Collected Works","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are so many holy heroes waiting for us to stumble upon them, waiting with words that will resonate in our souls and lead us to a closer spiritual union with God. Saint Rafael Arnaiz is a wonderful example of this and through her translation of his collected works, Catherine Addington has made it so for both us and Saint Rafael the wait is over. I have been blessed to get to know this wonderful saint and I smile knowing that countless others will now as well.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTommy Tighe, author of \u003ci\u003eSaint Dymphna's Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At last, an accessible English translation of the works of St. Rafael Arnaiz that captures both the appeal and the depth of his life and spirituality! Helpfully and insightfully introduced by Sr. María Gonzalo-García, Addington’s fine translation opens the riches of St. Rafael’s writings to new readers who will certainly benefit from his simple zeal and the profound wisdom he learned from the Cross. Pick up this book, and get ready to be enriched, inspired, and challenged by what you read!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark O’Keefe, OSB, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"St. Rafael is a brother to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, living a small, hidden life that was burning with love for God. I will turn to his writings for strength in my own spiritual life, and I'll read excerpts to my children, so that they can see what it means to turn every crumb and corner of our lives over to God, all for love.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeah Libresco Sargeant, author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding the Benedict Option\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We must warmly applaud the editor and translator who have presented us with such an important new saint.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Downside Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This not-so-slim volume full of the prolific writing of Saint RafaelArnaiz, Cistercian lay oblate at the Abbey of San Isidro de Dueñas, Spain, is fascinating. There is a wide audience for this book. All religious, especially those in monasteries, will find it helpful to keep focused on what is most important, namely, to truly seek God, no matter what. Rafael Arnaiz will inspire anyone living the monastic way of life, inside or outside of the monastery, and anyone for whom the love of Christ comes before all else.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Benedictine Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Young readers: Do you need a model for dealing with the great and terrible impulses the contemplative life has unleashed in you? Old readers: Do you still cherish the longing to recover your first love? Mature readers: Has the way of sobriety and reasonableness begun to taste like semi-Pelagianism? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, a marvelous companion is now at hand thanks to the new English translation of the writings of Saint Rafael Arnaiz.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCistercian Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawings and Paintings xv\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations xviii\u003cbr\u003eMap of Spain xx\u003cbr\u003e“Upheld by Him”: A Saint in the Making\u003cbr\u003e   Sr. María Gonzalo-García, OCSO xxi\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Translation      Catherine Addington liii\u003cbr\u003eI. All the World Can Give: Early Years and Vocational Discernment\u003cbr\u003e1. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. April 2, 1921 4\u003cbr\u003e2. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. June 23, 1930 5\u003cbr\u003e3. Postcards from Salamanca. July 12, 1930 9\u003cbr\u003e4. To Mercedes Barón Torres. July 18, 1930 10\u003cbr\u003e5. To Leopoldo Barón. October 11, 1930 11\u003cbr\u003e6. To María Osorio. March 15, 1931 17\u003cbr\u003e7. Impressions of La Trapa. September 1931 20\u003cbr\u003e8. To Rosa Calvo. January 10, 1932 26\u003cbr\u003e9. To Luis Fernando Arnaiz Barón. November 4, 1932 29\u003cbr\u003e10. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. October 21, 1933 37\u003cbr\u003e11. Rafael’s Daily Schedule in Madrid. October 1933 42\u003cbr\u003e12. To Dom Félix Alonso García. November 19, 1933 43\u003cbr\u003e13. Dedication of a Holy Card to Leopoldo Barón. November 22, 1933 45 \u003cbr\u003e14. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. November 28, 1933 46\u003cbr\u003e15. To Fr. Marcelo León. December 3, 1933 49\u003cbr\u003e16. To Fernanda Torres. December 7, 1933 52\u003cbr\u003e17. To Fr. Marcelo León. December 8, 1933 54\u003cbr\u003e18. To Fernanda Torres. December 10, 1933 56\u003cbr\u003e19. To Fr. Marcelo León. December 17, 1933 59\u003cbr\u003e20. To Leopoldo Barón. December 17, 1933 62\u003cbr\u003e21. To Fr. Marcelo León. January 1, 1934 65\u003cbr\u003e22. To Dom Félix Alonso García. January 9, 1934 68\u003cbr\u003e23. To María Osorio and Leopoldo Barón. January 12, 1934 69\u003cbr\u003e24. Dedication of a Little Office to Mercedes Barón Torres. January 14, 1934 71\u003cbr\u003e25. Dedication of a Holy Card to Mercedes Barón Torres. January 14, 1934 72 II. A Heart Filled with Joy and Love: Joining the Monastery\u003cbr\u003e26. To Mercedes Barón Torres. January 16, 1934 74\u003cbr\u003e27. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. January 23, 1934 76\u003cbr\u003e28. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. January 24, 1934 78\u003cbr\u003e29. To Mercedes Barón Torres. January 29, 1934 80\u003cbr\u003e30. To Mercedes Barón Torres. January 30, 1934 83\u003cbr\u003e31. To Mercedes Barón Torres. February 18, 1934 87\u003cbr\u003e32. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 19, 1934 90\u003cbr\u003e33. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. April 1, 1934 93\u003cbr\u003e34. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. April 8, 1934 101 III. I Thought That God Was Abandoning Me: Struck by Illness\u003cbr\u003e35. To Leopoldo Barón. June 3, 1934 106\u003cbr\u003e36. To Fr. Marcelo León. June 11, 1934 109 \u003cbr\u003e37. To Leopoldo Barón. June 17, 1934 113\u003cbr\u003e38. Dedication of a Holy Card of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus to Ramón Vallaure. July 7, 1934 118\u003cbr\u003e39. To Fr. Marcelo León. July 22, 1934 119\u003cbr\u003e40. To María Osorio. July 23, 1934 123\u003cbr\u003e41. To Fernanda Torres. August 9, 1934 133\u003cbr\u003e42. To Fr. Marcelo León. August 11, 1934 134\u003cbr\u003e43. To Leopoldo Barón. August 12, 1934 137\u003cbr\u003e44. To W. Marino del Hierro. August 15, 1934 141\u003cbr\u003e45. To W. Marino del Hierro. August 20, 1934 145\u003cbr\u003e46. To W. Marino del Hierro. September 2, 1934 150\u003cbr\u003e47. To Fr. Vicente Pardo. September 3, 1934 154\u003cbr\u003e48. To Fr. Francisco Díez. September 15, 1934 156\u003cbr\u003e49. To Rosa Calvo. September 15, 1934 159\u003cbr\u003e50. To W. Marino del Hierro. September 18, 1934 163\u003cbr\u003e51. The Trappist’s Apologia. September 19, 1934 167\u003cbr\u003e52. To W. Marino del Hierro. September 29, 1934 182\u003cbr\u003e53. To Fernanda Torres. September 30, 1934 186\u003cbr\u003e54. To Fr. Marcelo León. October 2, 1934 192\u003cbr\u003e55. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. October 24, 1934 194\u003cbr\u003e56. Literary Notes. October 25, 1934 196\u003cbr\u003e57. To Mercedes Barón Torres. November 12, 1934 197\u003cbr\u003e58. To Leopoldo Arnaiz Barón. November 14, 1934 199\u003cbr\u003e59. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón Torres. November 19, 1934 200\u003cbr\u003e60. Dedication of a Holy Card to Fr. Buenaventura Ramos Caballero. November 21, 1934 202\u003cbr\u003e61. To Fr. Marcelo León. February 21, 1935 203\u003cbr\u003e62. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. September 24, 1935 206\u003cbr\u003e63. To Leopoldo Barón. October 1935 210 IV. Shaped in His Hands: A Path of Oblation\u003cbr\u003e64. To Dom Félix Alonso García. October 9, 1935 214\u003cbr\u003e65. To Leopoldo Barón. October 1935 221\u003cbr\u003e66. To Leopoldo Barón. October 1935 223\u003cbr\u003e67. Dedication of a Holy Card to Dolores Barón Osorio. October 25, 1935 224\u003cbr\u003e68. Dedication of a Holy Card to María Osorio. October 27, 1935 225\u003cbr\u003e69. To Dom Félix Alonso García. November 7, 1935 226\u003cbr\u003e70. To María Osorio. November 8, 1935 228\u003cbr\u003e71. To María Osorio. November 11, 1935 235\u003cbr\u003e72. To María Osorio. November 16, 1935 239\u003cbr\u003e73. To María Osorio. November 18, 1935 251\u003cbr\u003e74. To Leopoldo Barón. November 22, 1935 257\u003cbr\u003e75. To María Osorio. November 22, 1935 260\u003cbr\u003e76. To María Osorio. November 26, 1935 271\u003cbr\u003e77. To María Osorio. November 27, 1935 275\u003cbr\u003e78. To María Osorio. December 1, 1935 288\u003cbr\u003e79. Notes Written by Rafael in His Copy of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Second Half of 1935 294\u003cbr\u003e80. Dedication of a Little Office to his Mother, Mercedes Barón Torres. December 2, 1935 295\u003cbr\u003e81. To María Osorio. December 4, 1935 296\u003cbr\u003e82. To Leopoldo Barón. December 5, 1935 302\u003cbr\u003e83. Dedication of a Holy Card to María Osorio. December 5, 1935 304\u003cbr\u003e84. To María Osorio. December 7, 1935 306\u003cbr\u003e85. To María Osorio. December 10, 1935 311\u003cbr\u003e86. To María Osorio. December 15, 1935 322\u003cbr\u003e87. To Leopoldo Barón. December 16, 1935 328\u003cbr\u003e88. To Fernanda Torres. December 17, 1935 333 \u003cbr\u003e89. To María Osorio. December 20, 1935 335\u003cbr\u003e90. To María Osorio. December 24, 1935 346\u003cbr\u003e91. Dedication of a Holy Card to Br. Jesús Sandoval. December 25, 1935 348\u003cbr\u003e92. To María Osorio. December 26, 1935 349\u003cbr\u003e93. To María Osorio. December 27, 1935 354\u003cbr\u003e94. To María Osorio. December 29, 1935 361\u003cbr\u003e95. To Fr. José Olmedo. January 3, 1936 367\u003cbr\u003e96. To W. Marino del Hierro. January 3, 1936 369\u003cbr\u003e97. To María Osorio. January 3, 1936 370\u003cbr\u003e98. To María Osorio. January 4, 1936 373\u003cbr\u003e99. To José Olmedo. January 7, 1936 379\u003cbr\u003e100. Dedication of a Holy Card to Mercedes Barón Torres. January 9, 1936 380\u003cbr\u003e101. Dedication of a Holy Card to Leopoldo Barón. January 10, 1936 381 V. The Circus Clown: The Last One in the Community\u003cbr\u003e102. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. January 14, 1936 384\u003cbr\u003e103. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 9, 1936 386\u003cbr\u003e104. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 18, 1936 396\u003cbr\u003e105. To María Osorio. February 23, 1936 398\u003cbr\u003e106. To Leopoldo Barón. April 17, 1936 405\u003cbr\u003e107. Dedication of a Holy Card to Leopoldo Barón. June 14, 1936 411\u003cbr\u003e108. Meditations of a Trappist: How Great God Is! July 12, 1936 412\u003cbr\u003e109. Meditations of a Trappist: Knowing How to Wait. July 12, 1936 415\u003cbr\u003e110. Meditations of a Trappist: A Worldly Youth. July 19, 1936 416\u003cbr\u003e111. Meditations of a Trappist: What Will Happen in Spain? July 19, 1936 420 \u003cbr\u003e112. Meditations of a Trappist: “The Nations Are in an Uproar.” July 24, 1936 422\u003cbr\u003e113. Meditations of a Trappist: The Circus Clown. July 24, 1936 425\u003cbr\u003e114. Meditations of a Trappist: Silence. July 25, 1936 426\u003cbr\u003e115. Meditations of a Trappist: The Day Goes By. July 25, 1936 428\u003cbr\u003e116. Meditations of a Trappist: The Hour of Vespers. July 25, 1936 430\u003cbr\u003e117. Meditations of a Trappist: How to Be Happy. July 26, 1936 433\u003cbr\u003e118. Meditations of a Trappist: Viaticum. July 27, 1936 436\u003cbr\u003e119. Meditations of a Trappist: Not Knowing How to Cut Grass. July 29, 1936 438\u003cbr\u003e120. Meditations of a Trappist: The Sea in Fair Weather. July 30, 1936 440\u003cbr\u003e121. Meditations of a Trappist: How Great Is the Mercy of God! August 1, 1936 442\u003cbr\u003e122. Meditations of a Trappist: The Tower Bells. August 2, 1936 444\u003cbr\u003e123. Meditations of a Trappist: Spain Is at War. August 2, 1936 446\u003cbr\u003e124. Meditations of a Trappist: Life Is a Struggle. August 3, 1936 449\u003cbr\u003e125. Meditations of a Trappist: Tying Sheaves. August 3, 1936 451\u003cbr\u003e126. Meditations of a Trappist: No News from the World. August 4, 1936 453\u003cbr\u003e127. Meditations of a Trappist: On Our Way to Work. August 5, 1936 454\u003cbr\u003e128. Meditations of a Trappist: You Don’t Just Come and Conquer. August 5, 1936 457\u003cbr\u003e129. Meditations of a Trappist: The Pears in the Grove. August 6, 1936 459\u003cbr\u003e130. Meditations of a Trappist: You Alone. August 8, 1936 461\u003cbr\u003e131. To Leopoldo Barón. August 30, 1936 464\u003cbr\u003e132. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. September 13, 1936 468\u003cbr\u003e133. To Luis Fernando Arnaiz Barón. September 13, 1936 471 VI. A Deer That Thirsts: The Interior Trappist\u003cbr\u003e134. To Mercedes Barón. October 18, 1936 474\u003cbr\u003e135. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa and Mercedes Barón. November 14, 1936 477\u003cbr\u003e136. My Notebook. December 8, 1936 479\u003cbr\u003e137. My Notebook: “As a Deer Longs for Flowing Streams.” December 9, 1936 481\u003cbr\u003e138. My Notebook: Solitude. December 11, 1936 486\u003cbr\u003e139. My Notebook: The Antics of the Turnips. December 12, 1936 490\u003cbr\u003e140. My Notebook: Hidden. December 14, 1936 494\u003cbr\u003e141. My Notebook: Freedom. December 15, 1936 497\u003cbr\u003e142. My Notebook: “Raise Your Heads, because Your Redemption Is Drawing Near.” December 22, 1936 502\u003cbr\u003e143. My Notebook: Pax! December 23, 1936 507\u003cbr\u003e144. My Notebook: Meditation. December 27, 1936 508\u003cbr\u003e145. My Notebook: “Laudate Dominum omnes gentes.” December 30, 1936 510\u003cbr\u003e146. My Notebook: Happy New Year!! January 1, 1937 514\u003cbr\u003e147. My Notebook: Just God and Me. January 4, 1937 516\u003cbr\u003e148. My Notebook: “Wise Men from the East Came to Jerusalem, Asking, Where Is the One Who Has Been Born, Whose Star We Have Observed?” January 6, 1937 518\u003cbr\u003e149. My Notebook: A War in the World. January 8, 1937 521\u003cbr\u003e150. My Notebook: “The Lord Gave, and the Lord Has Taken Away.” January 10, 1937 523\u003cbr\u003e151. My Notebook: The View from My Window. January 13, 1937 528\u003cbr\u003e152. My Notebook: The Wind. January 15, 1937 531\u003cbr\u003e153. My Notebook: My Notebook. January 18, 1937 532\u003cbr\u003e154. My Notebook: Meditation on a Passage from Kempis. January 20, 1937 535 \u003cbr\u003e155. My Notebook: My Pencil. January 22, 1937 540\u003cbr\u003e156. My Notebook: Simplicity and Openness. January 25, 1937 542\u003cbr\u003e157. My Notebook: My Heaven on Earth. January 28, 1937 545\u003cbr\u003e158. My Notebook: “Fiat.” February 6, 1937 546 VII. Foolishness for Christ: In the World Once Again\u003cbr\u003e159. To Leopoldo Barón. March 18, 1937 550\u003cbr\u003e160. To María Osorio. May 8, 1937 553\u003cbr\u003e161. To María Osorio. September 3, 1937 562\u003cbr\u003e162. To Leopoldo Barón. September 25, 1937 566\u003cbr\u003e163. To Leopoldo Barón. September 26, 1937 574\u003cbr\u003e164. To Leopoldo Barón. October 11, 1937 580\u003cbr\u003e165. To Leopoldo Torres. October 30, 1937 585\u003cbr\u003e166. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. November 1, 1937 589\u003cbr\u003e167. To Fr. Francisco Díez. November 29, 1937 594\u003cbr\u003e168. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. December 1, 1937 596\u003cbr\u003e169. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. 1937 602 VIII. It Is Love . . . : The Ultimate Sacrifice of Praise\u003cbr\u003e170. God and My Soul. December 16, 1937 606\u003cbr\u003e171. God and My Soul: Everything I Do Is because of God. December 21, 1937 608\u003cbr\u003e172. God and My Soul: Take It All, Lord! December 26, 1937 609\u003cbr\u003e173. God and My Soul: Perseverance in Prayer. December 29, 1937 611\u003cbr\u003e174. God and My Soul: Humility. December 31, 1937 612\u003cbr\u003e175. God and My Soul: My Vow. January 1, 1938 613\u003cbr\u003e176. To Mercedes Barón. January 6, 1938 615\u003cbr\u003e177. God and My Soul: My Will Is Yours, Lord! January 6, 1938 619\u003cbr\u003e178. God and My Soul: “The Greatest Penance Is Community Life.” January 7, 1938 620\u003cbr\u003e179. God and My Soul: Teach Me, Lord, to Love Your Cross. January 31, 1938 621 \u003cbr\u003e180. God and My Soul: How Good You Are, Lord; You Love Me So Much. February 5, 1938 623\u003cbr\u003e181. God and My Soul: The Greatest Consolation Is to Have None at All. February 12, 1938 626\u003cbr\u003e182. God and My Soul: Living United to Your Cross. February 13, 1938 629\u003cbr\u003e183. To Rafael Arnaiz Sánchez de la Campa. February 14, 1938 632\u003cbr\u003e184. God and My Soul: You, Lord, Are My Hope. February 18, 1938 634\u003cbr\u003e185. God and My Soul: I Desire Only You and Your Cross. February 23, 1938 637\u003cbr\u003e186. God and My Soul: “I Am the Resurrection and the Life.” February 26, 1938 640\u003cbr\u003e187. God and My Soul: I Offered My Life to the Lord. February 27, 1938 643\u003cbr\u003e188. God and My Soul: “How Long, O Lord?” March 4, 1938 646\u003cbr\u003e189. God and My Soul: Jesus Is Where I Belong! March 7, 1938 649\u003cbr\u003e190. God and My Soul: Nothing That Comes to an End Is of Great Value. March 8, 1938 651\u003cbr\u003e191. God and My Soul: Virgin Mary, I Offer You My Will. March 9, 1938 653\u003cbr\u003e192. Dedication of a Holy Card to Br. Damián Yáñez. March 9, 1938 654\u003cbr\u003e193. God and My Soul: Lord, How Hard It Is to Live! March 13, 1938 655\u003cbr\u003e194. God and My Soul: To Die for Jesus and Mary. March 19, 1938 659\u003cbr\u003e195. God and My Soul: I Am So Tired, Lord! March 20, 1938 662\u003cbr\u003e196. God and My Soul: A Visit with His Brother Luis Fernando. March 25, 1938 665\u003cbr\u003e197. God and My Soul: A Little Piece of His Cross. March 28, 1938 668\u003cbr\u003e198. God and My Soul: When Will You Begin? April 1, 1938 670 \u003cbr\u003e199. God and My Soul: Relishing the Cross. April 3, 1938 671\u003cbr\u003e200. God and My Soul: How Good It Is to Live Close to the Cross of Christ! April 7, 1938 675\u003cbr\u003e201. God and My Soul: Palm Sunday. April 10, 1938 678\u003cbr\u003e202. God and My Soul: Holy Tuesday. April 12, 1938 682\u003cbr\u003e203. God and My Soul: Holy Wednesday. April 13, 1938 686\u003cbr\u003e204. God and My Soul: Holy Thursday. April 14, 1938 688\u003cbr\u003e205. To Toribio Luis (Br. Tescelino) Arribas. April 15, 1938 690\u003cbr\u003e206. God and My Soul: Easter Sunday. April 17, 1938 693\u003cbr\u003e207. To Leopoldo Arnaiz Barón. April 17, 1938 694\u003cbr\u003e208. Chapter of Faults 698 IX. Never Stop Looking to the Heights: Prayers and Other Undated Passages\u003cbr\u003e209. Passages from Notes I 700\u003cbr\u003e210. Passages from Notes II 701\u003cbr\u003e211. Passages from Notes III 704\u003cbr\u003e212. A Prayer in Time of War 706\u003cbr\u003e213. Dedication of a Holy Card to María Osorio 708\u003cbr\u003e214. Dedication of a Holy Card to Rosa Calvo 709\u003cbr\u003e215. Loose Paper Written in Pencil 710\u003cbr\u003e216. Note in Rafael’s Bible 711\u003cbr\u003e217. Gloss on Psalm 6 712\u003cbr\u003e218. Dedication of a Holy Card to Fernando Barón Osorio 713\u003cbr\u003e219. 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