Letting Go in Love: Reflections on Spiritual Formation

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Letting Go In Love reveals the development, especially over his last decade, of the life and thought of John Dalrymple. Through his life and works, this remarkable priest inspired and challenged many people to live the gospel. In these reflections on spiritual formation John Dalrymple shows the contemplative prayer is available to all and that unless we base our lives on prayer, we cannot be more than superficial followers of Jesus Christ. He also came to believe in the vital importance of openness to others and the importance of sharing. One remarkable chapter, ‘Not Peace but the Sword’, shows that we cannot be concerned with saving our own souls in isolation but have also to look at the structures that foster consciousness of the poor and the marginalised in society and the world. This volume contains some of the finest work of a leading spiritual writer of our time. It is complemented by a forward by Cardinal Hume, a biographical introduction by Michael Hollings and an appreciation from Charles Barclay.