Letters from the desert anniversary edition kindle edition by carretto, carlo, cunningham, lawrence s. Receive christian prayers of comfort, courage, and hope every day of the year. You have given me so much scandal and yet you have made me understand what sanctity is. How you have made me suffer, and yet how much i owe you. True prayer demands that we be more passive than active. Carlo carretto was born on april 2, 1910, in northern italy. He studied to be a teacher but the rise of fascism in his country led him to become a leader of the. I found it enormously moving then, and credit it with steering me towards the richness of contemplative prayer and desert spirituality. Carlo carrettos most popular book is letters from the desert. Journey without end by carlo carretto 1989, paperback. It is about francis and his time, but the author keeps one eye ever on our own timeand in spite of the lapse of more than seven centuries, succeeds in drawing for us a lesson both sweet and severe. Get carlo carretto essential writings pdf file for free.
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