Thirty Days: On Retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius

285 pages. Rich with spiritual insight, this sometimes dark and sometimes humorous memoir of the thirty days mixes-in the life of St. Ignatius, the hopes and past of Mariani, and more. Small black dot remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise clean throughout, tight binding.

From Publisher:

Paul Mariani, finding himself at a crossroads in his life, leaves home one January for the month-long silent retreat of the Jesuit tradition, based on the five-century-old Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. He is there to examine his past-as husband, father, teacher, and pilgrim -in order to discover his place in God's plan. As day gives way to day, through a guided program of study, prayer and meditation, broken by long walks along the ice-capped shores of the North Atlantic, he takes us on a visceral and transcendental journey.
Rich in history, humor, and epiphany, Mariani's journal combines a brief life of St. Ignatius with meditations on Jesus' life and His radical gift of love. Mariani also looks unflinchingly at his own transgressions and glories in a sense of renewal that sends him back into the world-and to his family-with a heightened sense of selflessness. Its beauty and power reminiscent of the works of Kathleen Norris and Thomas Merton, "Thirty Days" is the story of one man's emptying himself until he, and we, have touched our authentic selves in silence with God.

Product Info

ISBN: 0670894559

ISBN-13: 9780670894550

Publisher: Viking Compass

Year: 2002

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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Country: United States