A Letter of Consolation by Henri J M Nouwen

A Letter of Consolation by Henri J M Nouwen

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A Letter of Consolation

A Letter of Consolation by Henri J M Nouwen

Beloved author Henri Nouwen often expressed his belief that what is most personal is also most universal, and he was not afraid to draw on his own life experiences so he could help others. Six months after the death of his mother, during a stay at the Trappist Abbey of the Genesee, Nouwen explored his own grief at her passing. He expressed his thoughts about the spiritual significance of death and life in a letter to his father, which ultimately became A Letter of Consolation. Nouwen dedicated this book to "all those who suffer the pain that death can bring and who search for new life."

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996) was the author of With Open Hands, Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New, and many other bestsellers. He was the senior pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Toronto, Canada, a community where men and women with mental disabilities and their assistants create a home for one another."What Nouwen has come to realize is that a battle against death is a natural Christian rejection, like Jesus's in the garden, of the cruel absurdity of being cut off from life. Only the promise of the Resurrection, the unimpeachable guarantee that love is stronger than death, can make that separation tolerable, even graceful."- America
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