Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

In Search of the Sacred

Philosophy

“We must in the liturgy retrieve the dimension of the sacred.”

The Lord

Theology

“Guardini's book The Lord has not grown old, precisely because it still leads us to that which is essential, to that which is truly real, Jesus Christ Himself. That is why today this book still has a great mission.”

The Spirit of the Liturgy -- Commemorative Edition

Preaching & Worship

“[My] basic intentions coincide with what Romano Guardini wanted to achieve....The only difference is that I have had to translate what Guardini did at the end of the First World War, in a totally different historical situation, into the context of our present-day questions, hopes, and dangers. I am not attempting, any more than Guardini was, to involve myself with scholarly discussion and research. I am simply offering an aid to the understanding of the faith and to the right way to give the faith its central form of expression in the liturgy.”