Called to Holiness
On Love, Vocation, and Formation

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Author), Pietro Rossotti (Edited by)

9780813229249

Paperback / softback, published 30 May 2017

277 pages
21.3 x 13.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.398 kg

As a theologian, priest, bishop and pope, Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) ranks among the most gifted, fertile Catholic minds of the past century. Called to Holiness is a superb collection of his thoughts, both rich and accessible, on the meaning of the priestly and consecrated vocations. I warmly recommend it.""- Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Philadelphia

This edited collection is the first to gather in one volume the most relevant addresses, speeches, and homilies of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to seminarians and consecrated men and women into a single volume for the English-speaking world.

Called to Holiness is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on the mystery of vocation. The second section collects Benedict's writings around the crucial experience of Love. Finally, the third section covers Benedict's description of what a seminary should look like.

Pope Benedict XVI's words remind us of the fundamental meaning of a life of total consecration to God in a time of history where God is very much rejected. Moreover, in times where young people seek words of wisdom and certainty, Benedict XVI's words give a fundamental aid to such direction not only for people already pondering a vocation to consecration but for all men and women open to God's voice.