Letters of Direction: Thoughts on the Spiritual Life

The great nineteenth-century French teachers of the spiritual life grasped two truths with unassailable clarity. Finding spiritual direction in this life, they discovered, depends on accepting the limitations of human nature and requires trusting God to bring wholeness to the circumstances of everyday life. A century later, these two bits of wisdom are no less valuable to those seeking spiritual direction.Following the practice of his compatriot and contemporary, Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Abbe Henry de Tourville shared his spiritual wealth through writing to those who sought his advice. In Letters of Direction the reader is privy to the lively, sometimes humorous, correspondence exchanged between the Abbe and two of his penitents. These letters provide a glimpse into all too familiar spiritual trials and human struggles, and illuminate the path to finding God despite mortal frailty.Abbe de Tourville is the author of 'Letters of Direction: Thoughts on the Spiritual Life', published 2001 under ISBN 9780819218773 and ISBN 0819218774.