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Cor Jesu Sacratissimum: From Secularism and the New Age to Christendom Renewed Paperback – December 6, 2016

by Roger Buck (Author)
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The Cor Jesu Sacratissimum is the Heart of the World, the beating Heart of the Church, yet that truth becomes ever more obscured in our modern age. This book’s mission is precisely to disclose and address those obscuring forces: the New Age movement, globalized secular culture born of the Enlightenment, the often-hidden legacy of Protestantism in the Anglo-American world, and, perhaps most baneful of all, the liberal excesses in the Church Herself, unleashed after Vatican II. It details also the personal journey of a Catholic convert, once submerged in the New Age, who found liberation in Catholic Tradition. Drawing upon his intimate knowledge of all things New Age, Roger Buck first unveils its Eastern origins in a way that goes far beyond what most Christian and Catholic books ever say on the subject, and then confronts head-on the apparent death of Christianity in the West. For, increasingly, he argues, Westerners face a tragic choice between Secularism or a vague post-Christian New Age spirituality that subtly and insidiously depersonalizes what is truly human. The only answer, he contends, entails restoring not only Catholic culture, but also the spirituality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, born in France at the cusp of modernity. The book owes an unusual debt to the Catholic thinkers Valentin Tomberg and Hilaire Belloc, as well as the author’s own experience of living in France and Ireland—all of which are explored in this personal cry from the heart: a cry for Christendom renewed.

“In this elegant feast of a book, Roger Buck—master of the blog of the same name—expertly skewers the modern world, with its twin horrors of arrogant materialism and non-specific ‘spirituality.’ But he does this without a drop of malice in his compassionate soul. Rather, he strives to tear away the choking illusions of modernity, to reveal the bright, shining love and truth at the center of the universe—symbolised by the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and incarnate in the Catholic Church and her Sacraments. Buck cuttingly diagnoses, but lovingly prescribes.”— CHARLES COULOMBE, author of Puritan’s Empire and Everyman Today Call Rome

“Roger Buck goes to the heart of the problem paralyzing our broken-hearted world. As a seeker after truth, he first thought he could find it in the New Age movement, but finally discovered it in the goodness and beauty of the Catholic Church, moving beyond the spirit of the age to the Spirit who moves all ages.”—JOSEPH PEARCE, author of Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G. K. Chesterton

“In Cor Jesu Sacratissimum, Roger Buck traces his journey—geographical, metaphorical, and mystical—from New Age adventurer to Catholic traditionalist, from spiritual dilettante to repentant wayfarer, from lost to found. Along the way we are treated to spiritually rich meditations on politics, economics, social movements, modernity, the spiritual dangers of our age, and the eternal mysterium of the Church. But Roger Buck does not merely describe his own journey. No, he holds our times up to a mirror and shows us our own faces. And with great clarity.”—MICHAEL MARTIN, author of The Submerged Reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics

“Roger Buck has done a great service to the Church by his careful and well-informed examination—both charitable and unflinching— of the New Age, and his discussion of wider issues in the Church from the perspective of a former New Age initiate. Buck shows that the New Age is an attempt, however flawed, to escape the materialism of modernity, and that it is Catholicism in its traditional forms—with its mystery and ritual, its sacramantals, art, and pious practices—that can best reveal the immense reality of the suffering and love for all mankind of Christ’s Sacred Heart to those trapped in the false mysteries of the New Age.”—JOSEPH SHAW, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales

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"In this elegant feast of a book, Roger Buck--master of the blog of the same name--expertly skewers the modern world, with its twin horrors of arrogant materialism and non-specific 'spirituality.' But he does this without a drop of malice in his compassionate soul. Rather, he strives to tear away the choking illusions of modernity, to reveal the bright, shining love and truth at the center of the universe--symbolised by the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and incarnate in the Catholic Church and her Sacraments. Buck cuttingly diagnoses, but lovingly prescribes."--CHARLES COULOMBE​, author of Puritan's Empire and Everyman Today Call Rome

"Roger Buck goes to the heart of the problem paralyzing our broken-hearted world. As a seeker after truth, he first thought he could find it in the New Age movement, but finally discovered it in the goodness and beauty of the Catholic Church, moving beyond the spirit of the age to the Spirit who moves all ages."-- JOSEPH PEARCE​, author of Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton

"In Cor Jesu Sacratissimum, Roger Buck traces his journey--geographical, metaphorical, and mystical--from New Age adventurer to Catholic traditionalist, from spiritual dilettante to repentant wayfarer, from lost to found. Along the way we are treated to spiritually rich meditations on politics, economics, social movements, modernity, the spiritual dangers of our age, and the eternal mysterium of the Church. But Roger Buck does not merely describe his own journey. No, he holds our times up to a mirror and shows us our own faces. And with great clarity."--MICHAEL MARTIN​, author of The Submerged Reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics

"Roger Buck has done a great service to the Church by his careful and well-informed examination--both charitable and unflinching-- of the New Age, and his discussion of wider issues in the Church from the perspective of a former New Age initiate. Buck shows that the New Age is an attempt, however flawed, to escape the materialism of modernity, and that it is Catholicism in its traditional forms--with its mystery and ritual, its sacramentals, art, and pious practices--that can best reveal the immense reality of the suffering and love for all mankind of Christ's Sacred Heart to those trapped in the false mysteries of the New Age."--JOSEPH SHAW​, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales

"This insightful book touches on one of the greatest challenges of our time--how do we evangelize those formed by a New Age spirituality they consider superior to anything the Church has to offer? In this beautiful, semi-autobiographical reflection, Roger Buck (himself a convert from the New Age) offers his answer: although those lost in the New Age are unlikely to be swayed by arguments, they can be deeply touched by the presence of Christ himself in the sacramental mysteries and cultural richness of authentic Catholic piety. It is Christ himself who evangelizes, and we must cooperate with the means he has placed at our disposal."--GERARD O'SHEA​, University of Notre Dame, Australia; author of As I Have Loved You

"Roger Buck is one of the very few authors writing today who grasps the intimate connection between Catholic faith and Catholic culture, and recognizes that the lack of such a culture has a very deleterious effect on Catholic lives. For the most part, American Catholics of all ecclesiastical stripes have no notion how much their outlook on political, social, and even religious matters has been shaped by the Protestant milieu in which they dwell. Reading Roger Buck might just offer them the possibility of an escape from the prison of the dreary intellectual and spiritual world of Protestant culture."--THOMAS STORCK​, author of From Christendom to Americanism and Beyond

About the Author

ROGER BUCK is a Catholic convert who once resided at Findhorn, Scotland--probably the most renowned New Age community in the world. He was intimately and intensively involved in the New Age movement for twenty years and knew many of its leading personalities. Then, a profound conversion experience changed his life forever. He is the author of The Gentle Traditionalist and, alongside his beloved wife, the website Cor Jesu Sacratissimum.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Angelico Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 482 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1621382311
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1621382317
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.54 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.21 x 9 inches
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ROGER BUCK is a Catholic convert, who once resided at Findhorn, Scotland—probably the most renowned New Age community in the world.

The Gentle Traditionalist is his first book, the opening chapter of which can be read online here: http://corjesusacratissimum.org/2015/11/the-gentle-traditionalist-chapter-one/

He is also the author of Cor Jesu Sacratissimum and a traditional Catholic website of the same name.

He is very happily married and lives in the rural northwest of Ireland.

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    Before I picked this book up I had pretty much washed my hands of the Church I was baptized into for Orthodoxy, and while I'm still Eastern to the core, this book truly made me search my heart and decide to return to Mass and Confession after a very long stretch. The things that immediately jump out about this book for me are, first, the author speaks from the heart, and second, the way he talks about the subtle yet palpable reality of the grace of Holy Communion is something that I know is true based on experience. In short, Mr. Buck is a man that I know is telling the truth about the power of grace within Catholicism because I too have felt it, even this past week as I took time off from work and went to daily Mass and Holy Communion.

    There are many serious issues within Catholicism today and doubts that I cannot really completely ignore, but perhaps this " gentle Traditionalism " of prayer, availing oneself of the sacraments and steeping oneself in the bi millennial Traditions of the Church are one way to keep the flame of Faith alive.

    Finally, I'll say that this book is not polemic, and it's not a bunch of proof texting out of context and triumphalist pontifications, but a gentle, subtle and heart felt tale about a man who finds grace and the pearl without price within the devastated vineyard of the Roman Catholic Church and longs to tell his story and perhaps gently get people thinking. A great gift for any lapsed Catholics, on the fence Catholics or anyone interested.
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    If you read The Gentle Traditionalist (which I highly recommend you do), you will appreciate this books fuller treatment of the same issues. If you haven't read The Gentle Traditionalist, you will still benefit from the in depth analysis of secularism, the New Age, and even economics that this book offers. I highly recommend it.
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    This is truly unique to find - someone who understands the New Age who can explain the errors of it. Having spent many years following the New Age and seeing the fruits of it I am glad to read the rich perspective of Roger Buck brings to the subtle changes such beliefs bring about. The difference between detachment leading to cold indifference and a burning heart of love leading to becoming ever more human. I wish everyone I know in the New Age and even those who just are living the zeitgeist of the age, would read this extremely important book.
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    This book is nothing short of an opus of one man's path to understanding not only Catholic tradition, but all that has been washed away in the post-Vatican II era. In so doing, Mr. Buck puts into perspective, and leaves one with a greater appreciation, if not a longing, for that which has been lost. For those who grew up in the pre-Vatican II world, this book will hopefully bring to the surface precious memories. For those who grew up in the post-Vatican II era, this book should act as a lifting of the veil and introduction to the deep mystery of this great Church.
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    This is one of the very best books I have read about a person's conversion to Catholicism. Roger Buck reveals in great detail the poverty and brittleness of New Age beliefs, which he adhered to for very many years up to his miraculous and sudden conversion to the Catholic faith. It is well written and comes straight from the heart of a man who experienced a very deep transformation. I read this book in two sittings. I simply could not put it down.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A Life affirming relief of well supported and beautifully written perspectives.
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    The introduction alone stimulates one to take a radically true look at recent human history and how we have fallen anew - into a materialism that is so insidious I am barely awake to it even yet. But in reading this exceptionally well-written and well supported set of 'windows into our world' that are the introduction to this book, I find myself, seriously, approaching the meaning of life - a truth I had no idea I was so desperately seeking.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars I have to admit I absolutely loved this extraordinary compendium of life journey and polemical exposé ...
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    Oh dear, am I about to give myself away in public...I have to admit I absolutely loved this extraordinary compendium of life journey and polemical exposé about how everything is going progressively wrong -all told with a self deprecating tongue in cheek that saves it from becoming offensive. So first the warning: if you lean towards traditional Catholic sacramental reverence you will be cheering on every page, however if you are a more ecumenically inclined towards all things Vatican II you are probably going to hate it!

    Roger Buck speaks especially to me as he accidentally re-tells my own journey from the New Age to Rome. As for Tradition versus Modernism I sit somewhere in the middle ground. Well, OK mea culpa mea culpa, I'll have to admit it: Roger's good natured banter has actually shifted me several steps in his direction. Maybe I was going that way anyway?
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    Many myths of the New Age movement exposed and truths of the CatholicChurch gently explained. The reader is in no doubt about Roger's slow and purposeful journey to the gift of faith.
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