Co-workers of the Truth
Subtitle: Meditations for Every Day of the Year
By: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger ; edited by Irene Grassl ; translated by Mary Frances McCarthy and Lothar Krauth.
Contributors: Grassl, Irene.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Meditations.; Devotional calendars.
Description: Cardinal Ratzinger offers selected passages from his profound spiritual and theological writings as meditations for each day of the year. He picked the title of this book from verse 8 in the third letter of St. John, which he also adapted for his coat of arms: "Co-Workers of the Truth." Just as these words signify for St. John the participation of all the faithful in the service of the Gospel, which includes the faithful extending hospitality to all who come as messengers of faith, so too Ratzinger shows the importance of our uniting charity with truth to make possible the proclamation of the Gospel. Through his meditations here, he hopes to help awaken in each reader the courage and generosity to become co-workers with the Gospel, which is the truth of Jesus Christ. 
The Cardinal picked the title of this book from the passage in the third letter of Saint John, verse 8, which he also adapted for his coat of arms: "Co-Workers of the Truth." Just as these words signify for Saint John the participation of all the faithful in the service of the Gospel, which includes the faithful extending hospitality to all who come as messengers of faith, so too Ratzinger shows the importance of our uniting charity with truth to make possible the proclamation of the Gospel. Through his meditations here, he hopes to help awaken in each reader the courage and generosity to become co-workers with the Gospel, which is the truth of Jesus Christ.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-415).