Lettera di conforto per chi ha perduto una persona cara

Edit: just concluded my 5th or 6th reading of this one. "I have a deep sense, hard to articulate, that if we could really befriend death we would be free people." This is one of the most touching and deeply beneficial books in my library. As the title suggests it is a long letter but a short book (96 Leggi tutto

In these letters to his father following the death of his mother, Nouwen explores death itself, hope in Christ, the unexpected fruits that can follow the death of a beloved, and how the Christian’s life is shaped by Good Friday and Easter. Personal. Poignant. Beautiful.

Nouwen's gentle spirit and thoughtful way are a light in darkness in this letter to his father after the death of Henri's mother. Over the period of Holy Week in 1979, he wrote about love and death and grief and hope as he held this saddest of events in his life to the light of Christ. He wrote abou Leggi tutto

"Chce Cie pokrzepić i pocieszyć, lecz nie w taki sposób który ukrywa prawdziwy ból i omija wszelkie rany. Piszę ten list w głębokim przekonaniu, iż rzeczywistości można stawić czoło i wejść w nią z otwartym umysłem i sercem, w szczerym przeświadczeniu, iż pocieszenie i pokrzepienie znajdziemy tam gd Leggi tutto

This book was given me by a friend when my husband died. I especially liked one part that spoke of times passed by like friendly visitors. "In every arrival there is leavetaking; in every reunion there is a separation; in each one's growing up there is a growing old; in every smile there is a tear;

Nouwen wrote this letter to his father six months after his mother died. It is a beautiful and deep reflection on his mother's life and on death itself -- its significance and role in our lives. Excellent!

beautifully written, and I read it when i lost my uncle which really helped me to understand better about death-life.

“I think that from the point of view of mother's death and our own mortality, we can now see our lives as a long process of mortification. You are familiar with that word. Priests use it a lot during Lent. They say, "You have to mortify yourself." It sounds unpleasant and harsh and moralistic. But m Leggi tutto

Every time I read something by Nouwen, I feel like I am his biggest fangirl ever. This book is a letter, or a series of letters, written by Nouwen to his widower father, discussing the death of his mother. He speaks of freedom coming from integrating the hard and easy things of life. He wants us to