Vorlage:1956 Sekundärbibliographie Liturgie

Rezensionen zu: Vom Geist der Liturgie

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Rezensionen zu: Von Heiligen Zeichen

• [1956-036] [Englisch]: Mary David Cameron: Rezension zu: Guardini, Sacred Signs, in: Books on Trial, 15, 1956, S. 41 [neu aufgenommen] - [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=M07pAAAAMAAJ
  • S. 41: „Pondering upon the significance of the sacramentals - those material things and signs which, being blessed, have the power to awaken reverence in the soul - Monsignor Romano Guardini wrote these brief essays in the early days of his priesthood. Nearly forty years have elapsed since their first appearance in the original German. If in that period a consciousness and knowledge of the liturgy has deepened throughout the Catholic world, much of the credit must be ascribed to volumes such as this. Its author makes no display of scholarship; his aim is not so much to inform the general reader as to arouse him to appreciate the obvious. Among the characteristics that have secured this book a position of esteem Lever since Sheed and Ward published the first English translation of it in 1937 are its basic simplicity and sincerity; for example, "Let the clean, spare, serviceable candle bespeak your own attitude. ... To be consumed in truth and love, in light and warmth, for God, is the profoundest purpose of human life." Naturally, the attraction exercised by any work of literature - and especially by a book of meditations - depends upon the ability of the writer to express his new thought in lucid orientation to the reader's point of view. Monsignor Guardini, possessing years of experience as a leader in the Youth Movement of Germany in the twenties, had every opportunity to learn the attitude of the Catholic public. This volume exhibits in embryo that talent which has recently produced his very popular study, The Lord. Considered on the merits of its style, however, the first translation of Sacred Signs, which was made by the Reverend G. C. H. Pollen, S.J., far surpasses the present one in limpidity and emphasis. Be that as it may, this new volume is much enhanced by the vigorous line drawings of William Cladek. It is a handsome little product of the bookmaker's art and would make a welcome gift.“

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