Synopses & Reviews
One of Fr. Faber's greatest books; and definitely his most encouraging; for it was written precisely to help us save our souls by "serving Jesus out of love;" for "everything comes easy to love." Gives us powerful motives for loving God. Says if we did; it would be with us as it was with Jacob working to earn the hand of Rachel: "Years would seem but days; for the greatness of our love." Makes a person feel rich to be a Catholic. This is Fr. Faber at his best!
Synopsis
"I want to beguile you into serving Jesus out of love," says Father Faber, for "everything comes easy to love." With this objective, Fr. Faber sets out, in All for Jesus, to inspire us with "plenteous reasons" why we should serve God out of love. For if we did, "Years would seem but days, for the greatness of our love." Because one must know God before he can love Him, Fr. Faber develops for his reader several extremely powerful motives for our loving God, and then he offers a number of very creative ways in which we can best serve God out of love, rather than just out of duty. For "Nothing is easy, which we are not happy while we are doing," he says. In other words, Fr. Faber shows here how to make the service of God easy-by doing all for love of God He says, once we adopt this approach, "There is not a single thing we do all day long, which may not, and that quite easily, be made to advance the glory of God, the interests of Jesus, and the salvation of souls." For "It is incredible how dear the glory of God becomes to those who are continually on the lookout for it." All for Jesus is one of Fr. Faber's greatest books and was written precisely to help us save our souls by doing ALL for Him out of LOVE for Him which is by far the easiest way of salvation.
About the Author
Frederick William Faber lived from 1814-1863 and grew up in Westmorland, England. Though he held to Calvinism in his youth, Frederick had given it up 1837, when he became a fellow of the National Scholars Foundation. He wrote many hymns, poems and other works, including
Faith of Our Fathers,
The Pilgrims of the Night,
The Eternal Father,
All for Jesus,
Spiritual Conferences, and
The Foot of the Cross.
Frederick Faber also founded the Wilfridian religious community at St. Wilfrid's, with John Henry Newman as the eventual superior when the order merged with the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. He died on September 26, 1863.