Rich in history, humor, and epiphany, Mariani's journal on his spiritual retreat 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.
From the day Paul Mariani arrives at Eastern Point Retreat House to take part in the five-hundred-year-old Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, he realizes that his expectations and assumptions about who he is, what he knows, and what he believes are about to change radically. In this profound memoir Mariani blends a brief life of St. Ignatius and meditations on the life of Jesus with the day-to-day unfolding of thirty days of silence at the retreat house. His journey of introspection, self-revelation, and spiritual renewal leads him to a new understanding of his relationship with God and of what it truly means to put others before oneself.
Product Details
30 DAYS
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Product Weight: 0.45 lbs
Author: Mariani, Paul
Publication Date: 2003-01-28
Language: English
Series: Compass
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Dewey Decimal Classification: 248.3
Audience Age Group: 18 to UP
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780142196151