Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 3 Charity - Part I - Charity

I. Charity

1. The Intimacy of a Presence that Faith Recognizes - 1:55

- Without "Reasons" - 6:01

- The Reason for Charity - 9:25

2. Charity: The Gift of the Self, Moved - 10:17

a) A Pure Gift of Self - 12:19

b) Moved - 19:23

- Being Moved Out of a Judgement - 33:37

3. "Perfect, Like Your Heavenly Father" - 36:37

4. Morality is to Imitate God in Charity - 48:58

- Coming from God, the Law of the I is Love - 50:31

- Gift of Self to the End - 56:56

- Moving Oneself for Another - 58:15

- To Bring Into Being, To Save - 60:16

- Charity: Assembly - 1:10:12

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 2 Hope - Part III - Trust

II. Trust

- The Path from Faith to Trust - 00:12

- Faith - 00:23

- Freedom - 6:01

- Obedience - 7:34

- Hope - 9:34

- Poverty - 11:01

1. Trust Is To Entrust Yourself To Someone - 14:12

2. The Corollaries Of Trust - 20:56

a) Abandonment - 21:00

b) I Can Do All Things In The One Who Is My Strength - 25:17

3. The Greatest Banquet In the History Of The House - 30:40

- Mission and Gladness - 32:26

- Generator of a People - 34:25

4. Awareness Of Time - 39:32

a) Time Does Not Belong To Us - 41:36

b) The Mystery Is Good - 49:55

c) Sorrow, Love for a Present - 53:23

- Trust: Assembly - 1:01:36

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 2 Hope - Part II - Poverty

II. Poverty

- From Hope, Poverty - 00:14

1. Do Not Hope For Future Happiness Based On A Particular Present Possession - 2:53

- From the Certainty that "God Fulfills," The Freedom of Things - 7:47

- Gladness - 10:20

- Free Because You Lack Nothing - 20:00

2. Poverty, Law Of The Dynamic Of Knowledge - 27:01

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 2 Hope - Part I - Hope

I. Hope

1. Certainty Regarding the Future - 10:34

- A Possession That Is Already Given - 23:24

- Certainty of Fulfillment - 25:29

2. The Dynamic of Hope - 28:48

- Desire - 29:37

- The Certainty of Fulfillment - 35:06

- The Dream and the Ideal - 36:41

- A Question that Imbues Everything - 41:22

3. Towards the Possession of an Arduous Good - 43:57

- Certainty and Desire - 47:29

- The Desire for an Arduous Good - 48:48

- The Inevitable Uncertainty - 49:28

a) A Difficult Path - 55:50

b) The Strength of Jesus - 56:55

c) Faithfulness to Belonging - 1:04:09

d) Forgiveness - 1:06:33

- The Opposite of Patience - 1:08:23

- Witness - 1:10:16

- Assembly - 1:12:00

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 1 Faith - Part III - Obedience

III. Obedience

1. The Reasonable Consequence of Faith - 0:51

- Obedience is Born as a Reasonable Attitude - 4:01

- The Content of the Word "Follow" - 21:36

- Because of this God Glorified Him - 27:07

- The Reasonableness of Following - 29:13

2. True Obedience is a Friendship - 32:06

- Following Someone Who is in Front of You - 32:11

- Following: To Understand and Imitate - 35:39

- Obedience, Gesture of the I - 38:32

- True Following is Friendship - 41:34

- Synthesis - 46:17

- Assembly - 49:35

- Conclusion: From Faith to Obedience - 1:16:44

- Faith - 1:16:48

- Freedom - 1:20:00

- Obedience - 1:21:58

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 1 Faith - Part II - Freedom

II. Freedom

- The Five Passages of Faith

1. What is Freedom? - 6:38

- The Experience of Satisfaction - 9:12

- The Trajectory of Freedom - 14:53

2. How Freedom Moves - 19:50

a) Through Creatures - 19:57

b) Imperfect Freedom - 23:28

3. The Conditions of Freedom - 31:12

a) The Awareness of Destiny - 31:27

b) Self-Control - 32:18

- The Companionship - 32:55

- A Summary - 39:59

- Invitation to Prayer - 45:07

- Assembly - 46:02

- An Announcement - 2:00:13

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

Is It Possible To Live This Way? An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence by Luigi Giussani

Vol. 1 Faith - Part I - Faith

I. Faith

1. A Way of Knowing that Implicates Reason

- Direct and Indirect Knowledge - 1:20

- Knowledge Through Faith - 8:02

- Fundamental Method for Culture and History - 13:04

- A Decisive Premise - 14:54

- An Invitation to Prayer - 25:11

- Gathering Our Thoughts - 28:04

2. The Dynamic of Faith - 36:42

- The Credibility of the Witness - 40:38

a) An Encounter - 46:57

b) An Exceptional Presence - 54:08

c) Wonder - 1:01:43

d) Who is this Man? - 1:09:29

e) Responsibility Before the Fact - 1:14:42

- Assembly - 1:19:42

By Way of Introduction

This is an unusual book. It is a kind of "novel," as those who first read the proofs noted. In this work the discovery of life as "vocation" comes about not through deduction but through the evidence of an experience lived according to reason, within the same breath as Mystery.

It deals with the path that Father Luigi Giussani took throughout a year in dialogue with about one hundred young people who had decided to commit their lives to Christ through total dedication to the Mystery and to His destiny in history. The Church calls this life "virginity."

The Trial of Desire by Francesco Botturi

from the magazine TRACES April 2024

- Pain and Technology

- Affliction and Compassion - 5:42

- Suffering and Desire - 7:08

- Passio Christi Passio Hominis - 11:27

Between Past and Future: Six Exercises in Political Thought

by Hannah Arendt

Ch. 4 - What is Freedom

Part I

Part II - 23:52

Part III - 40:04

Part IV - 1:02:17

Existence and Freedom: Toward an Ontology of Human Finitude

by Calvin O. Schrag

ISBN: 0-8101-0224-3

Part VII - Decision and Integrity

1. Freedom and Choice

2. The Unauthentic Mode - 16:13

3. Resolve and Authenticity - 49:50

4. Authenticity and Community - 1:30:00