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It is often said that living the Gospel is difficult. In reality, it is the easiest thing. It is difficult to live without God, groping aimlessly, alone. It is easier to listen to him, belong to a Christian community, walk with others . . . . It is difficult to be alone, and it is difficult to live as a slave to your particular passions and the pressures and expectations of the world. In contrast, life is made simpler, when we trust in the Word and give ourselves over to Christ. The teaching of Christ is designed for the human heart. His teaching is sensible and it makes us sensible. And so, he whoever practices the teachings of Sermon on the Mount, with the grace of God, will enter into the pathways of "the good sense of Jesus."

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Date de parution	20 juin 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781505113358
Langue	English

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THE GOOD SENSE OF JESUS
T HE G OOD S ENSE OF J ESUS
A COMMENTARY ON THE BEATITUDES
F R . I VÁN P ERTINÉ
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina
The Good Sense of Jesus, English Translation © 2018 Fr. Iván Pertiné
Original Spanish edition La Sensatez Cristiana © 2016, 2017 Agape Libros, Iván Pertiné
All rights reserved. With the exception of short excerpts used in critical review, no part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form whatsoever, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for use in the United States of America © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.
All excerpts from papal homilies, messages, and encyclicals copyright © Libreria Editrice Vaticana. All rights reserved.
Cover design by Caroline K. Green
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018963001
ISBN: 978-1-5051-1334-1
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Praise for The Good Sense of Jesus ! Experience it and know Christ Jesus like never before!
The book The Good Sense of Jesus is very illuminating. I would highlight its distinctively Christian approach, the clear and decided proposal for the “life in Christ,” the presentation of the Beatitudes with its clarifying elucidations, the “Decalogue to achieve peace,” and the description of the faith as a response to a Presence.
— Daniel Cardinal Sturla, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
This is not a book to read quickly, nor one to read and set down. You won’t be able to. It is a book for praying, for dialoging with the Lord, and also for dialoging with the author from one’s own lived experience.
At the end of each talk or chapter, Father Iván leads you to enter your own interior world and offers opportune questions for assimilating the content and seeing where you stand spiritually.
I am certain that, once you’ve finished the book, you will experience with Father Pertiné that “the teaching of Christ is the most sensible, the most fitting for the human heart and the best response to our deepest desires …”
— Bishop Santiago Olivera, Ordinary for the Military Services in Argentina From the prologue to the original Spanish edition
These pages will show that Fr. Iván has clearly been “seized” by Christ. He is completely taken up with him and driven to share his love, to make him known. There is no greater happiness for human beings, no greater beatitude than Christ himself. “Blessed are those who know Christ!” this book wants to shout, wants to insist, wants to show the way.
— Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B. Abbot of Mount Angel Abbey Chancellor, Mount Angel Seminary From the prologue to the English edition
I dedicate this book to all the members of the Saint John Society.
CONTENTS
Foreword to the Spanish Edition
Foreword to the English Edition
Introduction
The Humanity of Jesus
Jesus, the Glorious Man
Jesus Is Present and Comes to Serve Me
Salvation Comes From Jesus
God Calls You!
Life in Christ
Jesus Is the New Moses
Being a Disciple
Participation in the Life of Christ
The Human Nature of Jesus
The Spirit Connects Us With the Human Nature of Jesus
Christ Integrates Me Into Himself
Spiritual Life Grafts Us Into the Heart of Christ
Discernment
The Beatitudes
Exercise
Blessed Are the Poor: Introduction
What the Beatitude Is Not
Jesus Identifies Himself With the Poor
Blessed Are the Poor: Part 1
The Material Aspect of This Beatitude
The Feelings of the Good Shepherd
It Is Not an Easy Task
Exercise
Blessed Are the Poor: Part 2
The Spiritual Aspect of This Beatitude
Our Treasure
“Lord, Count on Me for Whatever You Want”
Doesn’t Seek so Much for Self
Poverty of Spirit
Exercise
Blessed Are the Meek: Part 1
Knowing How to Suffer
The Beatitudes of the World
Man of Sorrows
The Wisdom of the Cross
The Greatest Expression of His Love
The Salvation of the Cross
The Sacrifice of the Apostle
Exercise
Blessed Are the Meek: Part 2
Knowing How to Wait
A Human Desire in Service of the Kingdom of God
The Land That the Meek Will Inherit
By Seeking, Working, Praying … It Is Attainable!
Patience on Our Path to the Priesthood
The Patience of the Sower
Ministers of the Future of the World
The Necessity of Great Desires
Don’t Let Yourself Get Irritated
Self-Love
Meekness
Exercise
Blessed Are They Who Mourn
Spiritual Mourning
The Tears of the Apostle
Those Who Have the Sorrows of a Father
Renew Your Life Choice
Often, You Have to Sow in Tears, in the Midst of Afflictions
Priestly Affliction
The Cry of Compunction
Nostalgia for God
They Will Be Consoled
The Joy of Consolation From God
Exercise
Blessed Are They Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness: Part 1
Justice Is Holiness
What Does It Mean to Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness?
The Danger of Losing the Vertical Dimension in Consecrated Life
Life in Christ, the Transforming Factor
Love of God
Vocation; Hunger and Thirst for Prayer
Illuminative Life
The Presence of Christ in Our Lives
Blessed Are They Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness: Part 2
Called to Holiness
Human Hunger
Great Desires
Called to Give Everything
Exercise
Blessed Are the Clean of Heart
The Heart
Celibacy
Celibacy, a Gift of God
Celibate Heart
Father of Many
Spiritual Life
“Lord, I Have Given You Everything”
There Is a Renunciation
Exercise
Blessed Are the Merciful
Jesus Reveals the Human Face of the Merciful God
The Mercy of God Rejoices When the Sinner Draws Near
Mercy for Judging
Merciful Love
Mercy in Action; Jesus as Missionary
Exercise
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Producer of Peace
Servants of Reconciliation
Fraternal Peace
Rising to the Level of the Calling
Malleability
Personal Peace
About Anxiety
Exercise
Blessed Are They Who Are Persecuted
The Joy of Persecution
Jesus Announces Persecutions and Exhorts Us to Persevere
Following Christ Is Being Open to Suffering Persecutions
Exercise
The Beatitudes and the Message
A Message That Reflects the Face of Christ
The New Situation in the Face of the Sermon on the Mount
Saints and Radicals
The Beatitudes and the Kingdom
Exercise
Conclusion: Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Seen and Have Believed
The Gospel Is Filled With and Penetrated by the Beatitudes
Concluding Meditation: Living the Sermon on the Mount Authentically
The Authenticity of Christ
Exercise
Appendix: An Examination of Conscience Based on the Beatitudes
FOREWORD TO THE SPANISH EDITION
I N his introduction to this book, the author, Father Iván Pertiné, makes it clear that this work is the fruit of a retreat he preached to the priests of the Saint John Society, of which he is the general director.
That is why I don’t need to speak about that in my prologue, but I do want to share my own experience of receiving this book and receiving at the same time the request to share with all of you what the reading has generated in me. And even though Fr. Iván explains that it was thought about, prayed about, and preached to the priests of the Saint John Society, the universality of what is Christian and Catholic can do great good for all members of the Church.
The Saint John Society is a Society of Apostolic Life born in the bosom of the Diocese of Cruz del Eje, the diocese for which I have had the joy of being pastor for the past eight years. This holy land is preparing to receive the first Argentine priest saint, of the diocesan clergy of Córdoba, our beloved Saint José Gabriel del Rosario (Saint Cura Brochero).
It is here, in this diocese, where the society’s “missionaries took their first steps,” approved by then-Bishop Omar Félix Colomé, and for this reason the link with the society has been one of esteem and closeness, from the time of its birth until now.
I thank Father Iván for asking me for this favor. As often happens, the favor was really for me. I began reading and finished reading, very much praying this book from the first pages.
Reading and praying about the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount in this year of mercy has been a very special grace.
This is not a book to read quickly, nor one to read and set down. You won’t be able to. It is a book for praying, for dialoging with the Lord, and also for dialoging with the author from one’s own lived experience.
At the end of each talk or chapter, Father Iván leads you to enter your own interior world and offers opportune questions for assimilating the content and seeing where you stand spiritually.
I am certain that, once you’ve finished the book, you will experience with Father Pertiné that “the teaching of Christ is the most sensible, the most fitting for the human heart and the best response to our deepest desires.”
+S ANTIAGO O LIVERA , Bishop of the Diocese of Cruz del Eje, Córdoba, Argentina
FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
I am happy to introduce English readers to this book by Fr. Iván Pertiné, a book translated from the Spanish. It shares extensive meditations on the Beatitudes that Fr. Iván first prepared for members of the Society of Apostolic life of which he is the director, the Saint John Society. The Saint John Society was founded in Argentina, but it has subsequently expanded to Uruguay, the United States, and Italy.
I have known Fr. Iván and members of his society for some fifteen years now through their association with us