Treatise on the Love of God: Treatise on the Priesthood

“I invite everyone to look to Saint John of Avila [hoping] that the word and the example of this outstanding pastor will enlighten all priests and those who look forward to the day of their priestly ordination.”  With these words, Pope Benedict XVI, at the 2011World Youth Day celebration in Madrid, announced his intention to declare Saint John of Avila a Doctor of the Universal Church.  This small book is in some sense an answer to the Pope’s desire “to look to” this great saint by introducing us to two of his most important treatises: On the Love of God and On the Priesthood.  This present volume wants to bring this still unknown saint closer to the English-speaking world, thus helping the people of God, especially their priests, inflame their spiritual lives.