Heart Speaks to Heart: Three Gospel Meditations on Jesus

By Henri J. M. Nouwen and Christopher de Vinck

With a new foreword from friend and author Christopher de Vinck, Heart Speaks to Heart follows Henri Nouwen during a Holy Week retreat during which he desired to write about the Sacred Heart. As his words took shape, he instead spoke directly to the heart of Jesus. The resulting book shares Nouwen's view of his own faithful, but often painful, journey to the Lord. A Prologue and Epilogue shares Nouwen's own account on the creation of this book, which was inspired by a friend's devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Release date: Mar 1, 2007
• ISBN: 9781594714139

Henri J. M. Nouwen

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932–1996) was the author of The Return of the Prodigal Son and many other bestsellers. He taught at Harvard, Yale, and Notre Dame universities before becoming the pastor of L’Arche Daybreak near Toronto, Canada, a community where people with and without intellectual disabilities assist each other and create a home together.

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[David · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The love in every word that gives strength to help us and reminds us God's love for us.