{"product_id":"the-water-and-the-fire","title":"The Water and the Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Gerald Vann, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” \u003c\/b\u003eNever one to mince his words, Gerald Vann, O.P., confirms this warning from the Book of Proverbs. The people are perishing and the preacher’s task is of the utmost urgency: to restore vision before the darkness is absolute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe deep evil underlying the common misery and discontent of the post-war world is a \u003ci\u003epsychological\u003c\/i\u003e crisis. This crisis of the human soul threatens to destroy humanity more completely than anything material, replacing the redeemable messiness of reality with the irredeemable void of unreality. It is this impoverishment of spirit which dictates the defects of technocratic society: the frenzied tempo, the severance of natural and domestic roots, the loss of symbols, of the vocation of woman, of organic community life, the disintegration of education, and the degradation of matter. To both these characteristics and their cause, Vann offers remedy, resolving the modern dilemma in the strong light of Christian charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater and fire deride\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sacrifice that we denied. \u003c\/i\u003e(T. S. Eliot)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eOriginally published in 1954, \u003ci\u003eThe Water and the Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis a sober acknowledgment that all things pass away and staunchly hopeful avowal that truth forever endures. With faith both in God and in those made in His image and likeness, Vann issues a call to repentance and renewal, so that men and women can rekindle the fire in the hearth and restore to hearts the warmth and tenderness of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Vann, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1906–1963) was an English Dominican priest and author of numerous bestselling works of philosophy, spirituality, and theology. A gifted preacher and scholar, he was in great demand as a lecturer and retreat-master, and appeared frequently in the United States on the National Council of Catholic Men’s weekly radio program, “The Catholic Hour.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954604\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861705330782,"sku":"978-1685954604","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1534.jpg?v=1780986725","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/the-water-and-the-fire","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}