A Pocket Retreat for Catholics
Thirty steps to holiness - in just ten minutes a day!
Here's your solution if you wish you had time to make a retreat, but you can't tear yourself away from the demands of work and family.
Make your retreat anywhere!
This attractive leatherette book is delightfully portable! While waiting at the doctor's office or in line at the supermarket, you can take a moment to direct your attention to your internal and external transformation. These ten minute meditations are perfect for bringing a retreat right into your home or workplace. Designed as a thirty-day program to lead you to greater love for God, these brief reflections give you guidance on how to get started on a more serious commitment to Christ, and how to deal with common challenges and obstacles that will confront you along the way.
You'll get directions for how to act, too.
Not content with mere sentiment, author F. Maucourant also includes a plan of action - one you can begin to implement in minutes, wherever you may happen to be. You'll start right at the beginning, with directions on how to answer Christ's invitation to a life of union with Him. Of course, as a Christian, you've already answered Christ's invitation - but this meditation helps you evaluate just how well you've answered it, and how much you live for Him in your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.
These meditations continue in the same searching vein. You'll gain new ability to recognize the love with which God created you and your value in His sight. You'll come to a deeper love for Christ in the Eucharist and a new determination to let Christ's life grow in you as you allow Him to act in your soul. You'll discover how to find union with Jesus in your vocation, how more effectively and truly to see Jesus in your neighbour, and how to let Jesus fully and finally heal your sinfulness. This thirty-day retreat program is a foundation for a lifetime of preparation for union with God in Heaven!
Each of these profound reflections comes with:
- Special prayers for each day
- A daily examination of conscience
- A brief spiritual message to carry through the day
"A treasure trove for today's Catholics." - Rev. Romanus Cessario O.P.
"A fine resource which can provide useful assistance for busy people who want to live the spiritual life more intensely and deeply." - Most Rev. John J. Myers, Bishop of Peoria
Among the many things this retreat will show you:
- St. Ignatius's down-to-earth directions on how to develop true love for God
- How your knowledge of God is greater than that of the patriarchs and prophets
- Spiritually, you are Jesus' brother. Do you resemble Him in any way? How to tell
- Mass: how to use it to revive within yourself the rememberance of Jesus, and to establish yourself in His love
- Searching questions to ask yourself: Are your actions those of a real Christian? Can Jesus approve of everything about you?
- Simple steps to growing more resigned, gentle, and patient in your daily life
- Daily prayer: why it's so imortant for you to be constant in communicating with God
- Do you really hate sin? Do you fear its effects? A simple self examination
- Is your religious practice annoying to others? How to root out hidden pride
- Rash judgement and unjust suspicion - why you must avoid these subtle sins at all cost
- Why you should ask the advice of our Lord in everything, and never think that some details are too insignificant for Him
- Jesus said, "Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me." But do you really deny yourself anything? Why you must
- The Gospel: why you must read a portion of it everyday if you want to know Jesus
- And much more that will bring you thirty steps closer to Jesus' loving heart!
F. Maucourant 288 pages leatherette
