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The Sufferings & Glory of Christ

by Fr. Owen Carroll

Foreword by Steven Cortright, Introduction by Anthony Lilles

In the pages of this luminous book, Father Owen Carroll offers readers nothing less than a mystagogical initiation into the mystery of Christ. Rather than merely telling us about Christ, he enables us to contemplate Christ himself, so that we, too, may see the Lord. To read The Sufferings and Glory of Christ is to enter into the heart of speculative theology under the guidance of one of its great living masters—a master who practices theologia, not simply as an academic discipline (though his formidable erudition quietly informs every line of the book), but, above all, as a participation of sanctified intelligence in the glorious Reality that Christ, dead and risen, both is and reveals.
—Adrian Walker, PhD, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University

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About the Author

Fr. Owen Carroll (b. 1930), is a priest of the Latin and Melkite rites ordained under patrimony. After graduate and priestly studies in Canada, Paris, and Rome, he taught philosophy and theology for over fifty years at Saint Mary’s College and the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in California. Having prayed to remain deeply hidden from the world in Christ, Fr. Carroll has until now been known almost exclusively by his students. Readers are invited to discover a living master of the Catholic intellectual tradition whose teaching has formed three generations of undergraduate and graduate professors as well as clerics and laymen from every walk of life. In these meditations, the fruit of a life devoted to the contemplation of the Blessed Trinity, we find a rich, comprehensive vision of the whole of Catholic theology and a faithful appropriation of the Thomist tradition. His penetrating insight into the heart of the Christian mysteries through the discipline of St. Thomas Aquinas is as inexhaustible as it is accessible. In his ninetieth year, Fr. Carroll has entrusted an entire library of unpublished manuscripts to the Albertus Magnus Institute.

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Praise for The Sufferings & Glory of Christ

"Rare indeed is it for a man to be both poet and theologian; and rarer still for a man to be a mystic of the Divine Being whose mysticism takes flight from the salvific Sufferings of the incarnate Lord. The book will introduce you to a poet, theologian, and mystic whose heart beats for the deepest and truest things. To dip into this book is to begin to experience the holy and wondrous mystery of the Crucified Lord."

"In the pages of this luminous book, Father Owen Carroll offers readers nothing less than a mystagogical initiation into the mystery of Christ. Rather than merely telling us about Christ, he enables us to contemplate Christ himself, so that we, too, may see the Lord. To read The Sufferings and Glory of Christ is to enter into the heart of speculative theology under the guidance of one of its great living masters—a master who practices theologia, not simply as an academic discipline (though his formidable erudition quietly informs every line of the book), but, above all, as a participation of sanctified intelligence in the glorious Reality that Christ, dead and risen, both is and reveals."

"Father Carroll gives us a poetry of Christ crucified that reveals to us the heart of reality itself. A Stoic endures suffering, and is proud to do so, but when it is done, it is done. We Christians are not called to mere endurance, as Father Carroll shows. We are called to the only life there really is, a life of love, and the ultimate act of love in human history, ultimate then and now and forever, is Christ’s love upon the Cross. We then are glad to be crucified with Him, because in God, for whom there is no shadow of transience and to whom all times are present, that invitation to love, to be imitators of Christ not by mimicry but by the real union God brings about, brings us into the very life of the Trinity."

"Through a penetrating and insightful reading of key themes in the sacred writings of Ss. Paul and John, Fr. Carroll allows us to ponder in our hearts the risen One whose wounds save us. The author’s synthetic vision brings out the unity of everything the Savior did and suffered to bring us into union with God, that He may be all in all. This book will nourish prayer and meditation, fostering reflection upon the central Mystery of Faith."

"When in Summa theologiae Ia-IIae, q. 35, a. 5 ad 3, Saint Thomas defines contemplation as 'nothing else than the consideration of truth' (nihil aliud sit quam consideratio veri), he draws our attention to the intellectual character of the contemplative act. In a word, one must contemplate some- thing. Those who are looking for an exposition of divine truths to contemplate will find many in this work of authentic Christian piety."

"Fr. Carroll invites us into a profound contemplation of the Trinity’s Master Plan in all of its magnificent expanse and depth. He directs our gaze into Christ in His Paschal Mystery. With magisterial grace, he shows us how Jesus’s Redeeming Death and Resurrection have a permanent efficacy for the salvation of mankind in all ages."