Verkaufe alles und folge mir nach

To immerse oneself in the theological reflections and meditations of Hans Urs von Balthasar is always a complex, moving and challenging experience for the open-hearted reader. As a rule, von Balthasar's thought leads like a plumb line to the core of the Christian, to the core of the biblical, to the center of faith. And in his comprehensive education, his broad-minded catholicity, in the depth of his penetration, he often leaves little room for seeing things differently than he portrays them. That is why he is, in the best sense of the word, also a teacher of faith in the midst of the Church. When in the following texts by Balthasars on the Christian mystery of a vocation to the consecrated life are gathered together, they too always revolve around the decisive centre. It is always and in everything about Christ. (From the introduction).