{"product_id":"the-way-of-the-heart-charles-wright-9780879073350","title":"The Way of the Heart: The Spiritual Experience of André Louf","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning French author shares the biography and spiritual journey of Cistercian abbot Dom \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndr? Louf.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on a wide variety of interviews, printed sources, and Dom Andr? Louf's spiritual journal, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e 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. During his career he 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879073357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879073350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Charles Wright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070431088895,"sku":"9780879073350","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6305362e-b88e-4fd2-862c-1d6375591f22.jpg?v=1724243244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-way-of-the-heart-charles-wright-9780879073350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}