Priestly Vocation and Tonsure - Louis Bacuez

Autor: Louis Bacuez

Editorial: Os Justi Press

Año: 15/10/2026

ISBN: 9798903780587

Encuadernación: Tapa blanda

Páginas: 334 pp.

Idioma: eng

EAN: 9798903780587

May the reader find in the work some inspiration and help to a true and enduring priestly spirit. Thus writes the translator of Priestly Vocation and Tonsure by Rev. Louis Bacuez, a Sulpician seminary professor ordained in 1844 and nearly martyred during the Paris Commune of 1871. By the time of his death in 1892, he had published numerous spiritual classics for seminarians and priests, including commentaries on the minor orders, the major orders, and the Divine Office, all of which have been reprinted by Os Justi Press for new generations of traditional clergy.
The reasons for offering this translation are its need and, in consequence, its utility. There is nothing quite of its kind in English. Wherefore in our country, where aspirants to the priesthood must make a goodly part of their training in colleges where the influence is worldly rather than ecclesiastical, it is the exception that has anything but a hazy notion of his calling.... The aspirant who has a good understanding of each Order he receives and is imbued with its spirit is blessed indeed. This book treats exhaustively of the first step in the clerical career, both as to instruction and meditation, being the ripe fruit of a rich experience. The development of a true clerical spirit is of absolute necessity, and often this means a radical change.
The present book focuses on the spirituality of the tonsure, the first step in the traditional progression to the Catholic priesthood, which goes by way of the minor orders (porter, lector, exorcist, acolyte) to the major orders (subdeacon, deacon, priest). Bacuez explores the scriptural precedents and spiritual implications, of tonsure, the symbolism of the appropriate clerical attire (cassock and surplice), the interior dispositions clerics should cultivate, and how they ought to comport themselves in dress and manners. The work concludes with the text of the tonsure ceremony together with commentary.
El envío se realizará en 48/72hrs.