The Way of the Heart: The Spiritual Experience of André Louf Volume 72

By Charles Wright

Award-winning French author shares the biography and spiritual journey of Cistercian abbot Dom Andr Louf.

Based on a wide variety of interviews, printed sources, and Dom Andr Louf's spiritual journal, The Way of the Heart narrates Louf's spiritual journey from his childhood in Flanders through his becoming a monk in a Cistercian monastery, his ten years of retirement as a hermit in a Benedictine monastery in the south of France, and his death. Throughout his life he periodically struggled with conflicting vocational desires--sometimes wishing to serve as a pastor, academic, abbot, or to immerse himself in eremitic contemplation. That struggle is the leading thread through this biography, which portrays a man whose immense gifts pulled him in many directions, while always endeavoring to submit himself to God's will.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879073357
• ISBN13: 9780879073350
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"