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Romano Guardini


Father Romano Guardini

Such is the wonderful fact that the liturgy demonstrates: it unites art and reality in a supernatural childhood before God… [Worship] has one thing in common with the play of the child and the life of art -- it has no purpose, but is full of profound meaning. It is not work, but play. To be at play, or to fashion a work of art in God's sight -- not to create, but to exist -- such is the essence of the liturgy. From this is derived its sublime mingling of profound earnestness and divine joyfulness. -- Romano Guardini, The Spirit of the Liturgy. Trans. Ada Lame. London: Sheed & Ward, 1937


Featured Works










An Excellent Meditation for Anyone Who has ever Faced Depression, Finding One’s Center, From the book Romano Guardini: Spiritual Writings


Truth and the Eucharist, From: Preparing Yourself for Mass, by Romano Guardini,
Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, NH


The Mass as Institution, From the book: Preparing Yourself for Mass, by Romano Guardini,
Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, New Hampshire




Here's A New Year's Resolution Worth Considering! -- some thoughts from Romano Guardini


How About Aspiring to Greatness in 2003 according to Romano Guardini's definition of it!!












Romano Guardini on Truthfulness


Romano Guardini on the Essence of Asceticism


The Meaning of Respect According to Romano Guardini


Romano Guardini on the Virtue of Understanding


Achieving Composure, by Romano Guardini


The Liturgy as Play, by Romano Guardini, Read slowly and reflectively to the end, and savor the last two paragraphs


Krieg, Robert A., C.S.C., Romano Guardini: A Precursor to Vatican II, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN pp.270




Romano Guardini on The Purpose of Life, N.B. Not to be read, but studied and meditated!!


The Crisis of Ethical Norms, Thoughts of Romano Guardini on ethics that are as pertinent to CEO's, church leaders and Ecologists as when he wrote them 50 years ago


The Meaning of Old Age, According to Romano Guardini




Congregation, Fellowship and Prayer, From Meditation Before Mass, by Romano Guardini


The Sacred Meaning of Doors, taken from the book: Sacred Signs, by Romano Guardini


Guardini, Romano, Freedom, Grace and Destiny, Henry Regnery Co. pp. 251


Guardini, Romano, The Saints in Daily Christian Life, Chilton Books, Philadelphia and New York, pp 111.


Guardini, Romano, The Faith and Modern Man, Regnery Co., Chicago, pp.237


Guardini, Romano, Power and Responsibility, Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, pp. 104


Guardini, Romano, The End of the Modern World, Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, pp.133


Guardini, Romano, The Lord, Gateway Editions, South Bend, IN


Guardini, Romano, The Art of Praying, Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, NH


Guardini, Romano, Preparing Yourself For Mass, Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, NH


Guardini, Romano, The Rosary of Our Lady, Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, New Hampshire, pp.143


Guardini, Romano, Sacred Signs, Michael Glazier, Inc. 106 pp.


Guardini, Romano, The Virtues, Sophia Institute Press, Manchester, NH pp. 163