Author Tanner Kalina joins the Catholic Morning Show to talk about his new book, All Your Heart, and why the heart deserves to be understood as its own spiritual center — not just a synonym for feelings. Drawing on philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand and spiritual writers like Andre Louf, Tanner explains how an integrated heart, intellect, and will are essential to a flourishing Catholic spiritual life. He also shares how prayer helps restore the heart's harmony after the wound of the Fall.
Tanner Kalina, author of the new book All Your Heart (Ascension Press), joins Bo Bonner to explore what Scripture and the Catholic theological tradition actually mean by "the heart." Tanner explains that the heart is our "deep place of encounter" with God and, drawing on philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand — a major influence on Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II — argues the heart is its own spiritual center of affectivity, standing alongside (not beneath) the intellect and the will.
Tanner and Bo discuss why "follow your heart" has become a hollow cultural slogan, how the intellect, will, and heart are deeply interdependent, and why a "disintegrated" heart — a result of the Fall — leaves us struggling to value, desire, and choose the good even when we know what it is. Tanner points to prayer and quiet encounter with the Lord, citing Cistercian writers Andre Louf and Bishop Erik Varden, as the path back to an integrated heart capable of radiating "the light of Christ."
Get All Your Heart from Ascension Press or on Amazon.
Heard on the Catholic Morning Show, weekdays at 7 a.m. Central on Iowa Catholic Radio. More at IowaCatholicRadio.com.
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