I Hope You're Listening God: A Prayer Journal

By Andrew M. Greeley

Andrew Greeley shares with God--whom he addresses as "My Love"--his intimate thoughts and feelings. The period covered, May 1995 to April 1997, includes the death of his friend Cardinal Bernardin and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824516915
• ISBN13: 9780824516918
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Crossroad Publishing Company, The
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

God's Listening...And, We Are, Too!

I think Fr. Greeley is courageous to share even one prayer journal with another soul. Yet, he's done this three times before! I confess to having read all of those he's published. In this volume, I see a man very much in love with God and life and people. I, also, see a man journeying through life's seasons--very human and realizing he doesn't have as many "Summers" left in his life as before. The deaths of Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop Thomas Murphy of Seattle, and those of his former seminary classmates brought this painful awareness to light. Greeley, then, suffers a health crisis when a ruptured diverticulum assails his usually good health. However, Greeley paints himself as a "Child of Summer" and a "Child of Christmas." He admits on November 18, 1995, "Five weeks to Christmas and I've already put up the tree and arrayed my vast number of crib scenes. I have Christmas music playing on the stereo and I'm bringing Christmas disks down to the car this afternoon! ." Through the illustrated "seasons" of this part of Greeley's life covered in this journal we peek at just a few of the multi facets which make this man's life so unique and endearing. We learn that Cardinal Martini reads Greeley's novels "...in part, for the humor in them." One of my own favorite fantasies is to go home and do nothing! (In real life, it never happens!) However, I found a kindred sentiment in Greeley's comment, "I wish only that I could go to Grand Beach now and do nothing." The reader tiptoes behind the scenes to learn of novels in progress and share in their completion. I've also found it interesting to see what books and movies Fr. Greeley has read and seen. Usually, I find if he's enjoyed them I will, too! However, lest you think I'm a "Dittohead" of Greeley, we have radically different political points of view. However, I'm willing to allow that we needn't become clones of one another to appreciate the fine and wonderful things each person o! ffers. It was a privilege for me to "tag along" for this ! part of the journey. I thank Fr. Greeley for so generously sharing and giving me such hope, inspiration, and the unmistakable belief that God intimately loves us in a powerful, personal way!