Letters from the Desert

by Carretto, Carlo

• ISBN13: 9781570754319
• ISBN10: 1570754314
• Edition: Anniv.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

At the age of 44, after a prominent career as a Catholic activist, Carlo Carretto was summoned by a voice that said: "Leave everything, come with me into the desert. I don't want your action any longer, I want your prayer, your love." Carretto responded by leaving for North Africa, where he joined the Little Brothers of Jesus and embraced the example of Charles de Foucauld. Among the fruits of Brother Carlo's response was Letters from the Desert, the first and most popular of his many books. Its life-affirming message has inspired countless readers in a dozen languages. Simply, it reminds us that in the evening of our lives we will be judged by love. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Lawrence S. Cunningham
Introduction to the Anniversary Edition	xi
Preface	xv
Under the Great Rock	1	(6)
You Will Be Judged by Love	7	(4)
You Are Nothing	11	(6)
Who Guides the World?	17	(9)
Purification of the Heart	26	(7)
Toward Prayer	33	(5)
The Stages of Prayer	38	(10)
Contemplative Prayer	48	(10)
Purification of the Spirit	58	(6)
Contemplation in the Streets	64	(12)
Sectarianism	76	(8)
Nazareth	84	(9)
The Last Place	93	(8)
Oh, You Who Pass By	101	(9)
The Revolt of the Good	110	(7)
The God of the Impossible	117	(7)
The Friendly Night	124