On June 19, 2009, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus and the day traditionally dedicated to pray for the sanctification of
priests, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated of the Year for
Priests. The year was proclaimed on the occasion of the 150th
anniversary of the death of St. John Marie Vianney.
The objective of this Year for Priests, as I wrote in
the letter sent to priests for this occasion, is to support that struggle of
every priest toward spiritual perfection, on which the effectiveness of his
ministry primarily depends. It is to help priests first of all and with
them all of God's people to rediscover and reinvigorate their awareness of
the extraordinary and indispensable gift of grace that the ordained ministry
is for he who receives it, for the whole Church, and for the world, which
would be lost without the real presence of Christ. (Pope Benedict XVI,
General Audience, June 24, 2009).
"How do I know for real if God exists? How does a person come to believe in God?
What if I still continue to have doubts? Alex Basile creatively approaches these questions by imagining
a visit to Las Vegas with the French philosopher and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, examining the empty tomb of Jesus with
St. Peter and Mary of Magdala etc. Very creative use of some cornerstone insights from St. Thomas Aquinas, Plato,
St. Anselm and others in the areas of theology and philosophy to assist the reader in finding answers.
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