To Follow You, Light of Life: Spiritual Exercises Preached Before John Paul II at the Vatican (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)

Glenday P. David Forte Bruno

ISBN 10: 080282935X / ISBN 13: 9780802829351

Published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: To Follow You, Light of Life: Spiritual Exercises Preached Before John Paul II at the Vatican (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080282935X
• ISBN 13: 9780802829351
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Foreword by Pope John Paul II
Translated by David Glenday

A little more than a year before his death, Pope John Paul II gathered his closest aides for an extended retreat at the Vatican. During this retreat Bruno Forte offered a series of meditations revolving around Jesus' words in John 8:12: "Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

Now translated by David Glenday and collected in this lovely book, these meditations draw us into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and orient us toward the mission of the church. A master of thoughtful questioning, Forte shepherds his readers through the classic Ignatian spiritual exercises: a day of purification, a day of illumination, and three days of reflection on Easter, the church, and mission.

Each day includes four meditations, two reflecting on the day's theme followed by two careful considerations of scriptural texts. Forte concludes his meditations with questions that provoke deeper reflection on our own faith journeys.

Thoughtful, insightful, and nurturing, Forte's book has much wisdom to offer all Christians who desire to follow more closely the "Light of life."

About the Author

Bruno Forte is Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy. He hasalso served as professor of systematic theology at thePontifical Theological Faculty of Naples, Italy, as amember of the International Theological Commission of theHoly See, and as a consultant of the Pontifical Council forCulture. "