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Födelsedag: 1814-06-28
Avled: 1863-09-26
Begravningsplats: Brompton Oratory, London, England, UK
Kön: male
Nationalitet: UK
Land (för karta): UK
Dödsort: Brompton, Kensington, Middlesex, England, UK
Bostadsorter: Calverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Elton, Huntingdonshire, England, UK
Cottam Hall, England
London, England, UK
Utbildning: University of Oxford (Balliol College)
Yrken: hymn writer
theologian
Anglican priest
Catholic priest
Relationer: Faber, G.C. (nephew)
Organisationer: Church of England
Oxford Movement
Roman Catholic Church
Brompton Oratory (founder)
Oratory of St. Philip Neri
Kort biografi: This is a list of the hymns Faber wrote and that are pulbished in hymnals:

Blood Is the Price of Heaven
By the Archangel’s Word of Love
Dear God of Orphans, Hear Our Prayer
Dear Jesus, Ever at My Side
Exceeding Sorrowful to Death
Faith of Our Fathers
From Pain to Pain, from Woe to Woe
Hark! Hark, My Soul!
Have Mercy on Us, God Most High
Holy Ghost, Come Down upon Thy Children
I Wish to Have No Wishes Left
I Wor ship Thee, Sweet Will of God
I Wor ship Thee, Most Gracious God
Jesu, Gentlest Savior
Jesus Is God!
My God! My God! And Can It Be
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
O Come and Mourn with Me
O Gift of Gifts!
O Jesus, Jesus
O God, Thy Power Is Wonderful
O How the Thought of God Attracts
O Paradise!
O Soul of Jesus, Sick to Death
Oh! Come to the Merciful Savior
Pilgrims of the Night, The
Sleep, Sleep My Beautiful Babe
Souls of Men! Why Will Ye Scatter
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
Sweet Savior, Bless Us Ere We Go
Thy Home Is with the Humble, Lord
True Shepherd, The
Why Is Thy Face So Lit with Smiles?
Workman of God
God’s Glory is a Wondrous Thing
Oh, It Is Hard to Work for God

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Recensioner

All for Jesus: The Easy Ways of Divine Love av Faber

I've just finished reading 'All for Jesus' by Fr. Frederick Faber. This is not just a good book. This is a great book.

Frederick William Faber (1814 – 1863) was a noted English hymn writer and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1845. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood subsequently in 1847.

Written originally for distribution amongst members of the Confraternity of the Most Precious Blood, which Fr. Faber introduced to England in 1847, and transferred to the church of the London Oratory in 1850 when he became an Oratorian, this book is primarily an introduction to a deeper prayer life. It is all about developing our relationship with God, with others, and with ourselves. It is about the inner work.

It is also a book for what Fr. Faber describes as the 'Religious Middle Classes', those who will probably never reach a state of spiritual perfection in this life and yet are more advanced than the beginner. This is important because of what it implies - that the practices and attitudes suggested can be taken up by any faithful follower of Jesus.

Fr Faber lays the ground by identifying what he sees as the three instincts of the saints - eagerness for the glory of God, touchiness about the interests of Jesus, (which Faber says are the glory of His Father, the fruit of His Passion, the honour of His Mother, and the esteem of grace), and an anxiety for the salvation of souls.

What the book succeeds in doing is opening hearts to an abundance of new ways to relate to God, be that in supplication, intercession, adoration, praise, oblation, or thanksgiving, as well as the release of the souls in Purgatory.

I found the book challenging to read at first because I had no idea where it was going. But like most great books it can be compared to climbing a mountain - arduous at first but wow, the views from the summit are stunning.

This has to be one of my top ten Christian books, and was purchased because of recommendations on Goodreads, its high rating on Amazon, and its appearance on a number of 'top 100' Catholic books lists.… (mer)

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IanGrantham | 4 andra recensioner | Mar 23, 2023 |