Michel Quoist’s latest book is both captivating and mysterious. A young man – the Disciple – makes regular visits to a much older man – the Sage. The young man searches for a meaning to life. Why is he alive? Where is he going? In their conversations, the Sage helps him to discover that living is loving, and life is essentially about love.
Interspersed with the coversations are many poetic texts that can also be read separately and used as private or group meditations, or as part of a liturgical celebration.
Love has been devalued in the modern world; it is seen as a commodity to be traded. By my marriage is no longer regarded as necessary. It is more difficult to experience faithfulness in love. Yet so many people, young and old, want to put the poetry of love back into relatiships, to discover its real dimensions of infinity and mystery and to restore love to its true place in the human heart.
Once again, Michel Quois shows his remarkable gift of communicating the most profound truth about human emotions. He writes for every generation with a compassion and understanding borne by a lifetime of concerned sharing.
For those already acquainted with Quoist’s writing, this is a new and imaginative departure, reminiscent in impact to Prayers of Life. For new readers, here is an outstanding introduction to one of the great Christian writers of our age.