In the Likeness of Christ

By Edward Leen, C.S.Sp.

“The instrument of man’s sanctification,” remarks Edward Leen by way of introducing In the Likeness of Christ, “is man’s own human life.” For this reason, Leen makes the subject of this series of studies the human character of Jesus Christ, with the practical purpose of providing Christians a means of imitating and adhering to the “divine model of human perfection.” Tracking through the mysteries of the life of the Word made flesh—from his humble birth in Bethlehem, to his suffering and death on Calvary, to his glorious resurrection on Easter Sunday—In the Likeness of Christ finds that each individual mystery sheds new, supernal light on the person of the Savior. 

When you have Christ you are rich and He is sufficient for you. He will provide for you. (Thomas á Kempis)

Like his spiritual mentor Dom Columba Marmion, Edward Leen made the cen­tral focus of his widely read spiritual writings the relationship between Christ and the soul of the individual. In the Likeness of Christ, steeped as it is in the saving harmonies of Sacred Scripture, facilitates that vital contact with the Divine Savior wherein the branch is grafted onto the Vine.

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Edward Leen (1885–1944), an Irish Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, was a missionary and scholar, as well as prolific, widely-read author on spiritual matters. Besides In the Likeness of Christ, his other books include The Vine and the Branches and Christian Education—also available from Cluny.

Paperback: 287pp.

ISBN: 978-1685950088