Day Is Now Far Spent

Day Is Now Far Spent

Day Is Now Far Spent

Day Is Now Far Spent

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Overview

Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral, and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that "the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril."

A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western societies. "The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established it, as it was and as it is. Many countries today ignore their own history. This self-suffocation naturally leads to a decadence that opens the path to new, barbaric civilizations."

While making clear the gravity of the present situation, the cardinal demonstrates that it is possible to avoid the hell of a world without God, a world without hope. He calls for a renewal of devotion to Christ through prayer and the practice of virtue.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781621643241
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Publication date: 09/09/2019
Pages: 349
Sales rank: 623,221
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Robert Cardinal Sarah was born in Guinea, West Africa. Made an Archbishop by Pope John Paul II and a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, he was named the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis in 2014. He is the author of God or Nothing.

Nicolas Diat is a French journalist and author. His latest book is A Time to Die: Monks on the Threshold of Eternal Life.

Table of Contents

Alas, Judas Iscariot 11

Part I Spiritual and Religious Collapse

1 The Crisis of Faith 23

2 The Crisis of the Priesthood 53

3 The Crisis of the Church 88

4 Acedia and the Identity Crisis 122

Part II Man Belittled

5 Hatred of Man 153

6 Hatred of Life 183

Part III The Fall of Truth, Moral Decadence, and Bad Political Habits

7 Where Is the World Headed? 205

8 Hatred, Ridicule, and Cynicism 214

9 Europe's Crisis 220

10 The Errors of the West 229

11 Ruthless Enemies 241

12 The Deceptive Seductions of Supposedly Emancipated Life 249

13 The Decline of Courage and the Fatal Utopias of the "Best of All Worlds" 255

14 The Face of Postmodern Democracies and Capitalism 268

15 The Funeral March of Decadence 281

16 Religious Liberty 287

Part IV Rediscovering Hope: The Practice of the Christian Virtues

17 God Opens His Hand 299

18 What Must We Do? 315

Postscript: Let Nothing Trouble Me 341

Bibliography 345

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