Love Him Ever More: A 9-Day Personal Retreat with the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By Fr. Joe Laramie SJ

Awarded second place in spirituality by the Association of Catholic Publishers and an honorable mention in classical spirituality by the Catholic Media Association.

Fr. Joe Laramie, North American director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, offers a nine-day retreat that draws on the wisdom of Ignatian spirituality and the Sacred Heart devotion to help you know God’s love and desires for you.

Love Him Ever More is a powerful encounter with the Sacred Heart of Jesus that will help you encounter Christ in the world today deepen your personal relationship with him.

Laramie leads you to reflect on your own heart, your wounds, and God’s healing mercy. He takes you on a journey of reflection on the Incarnation, the ministry of Jesus, and God’s call for each of us today. This personal retreat allows you to engage in Ignatian contemplation by using your imagination and five senses to encounter Jesus in the gospels and reflecting on your heart, the heart of Christ, and all hearts.

Each day begins with a quotation from the Spiritual Exercises and a grace to pray for, a personal story from Laramie, and contemplation on a gospel scene, and ends with reflection questions and a prayer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Release date: Sep 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781646801558

Fr. Joe Laramie SJ

Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, is national director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) and the author of Abide in the Heart of Christ and Love Him Ever More.. He previously served as a campus minister at St. Louis University, where he earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in communications. He studied at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary prior to joining the Jesuit novitiate. Laramie earned master of divinity and licentiate degrees at Boston College. He was ordained a priest in 2011. Laramie’s ministry has included working with the homeless in Minnesota and Oregon and with hospital patients in Illinois. He taught at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, and Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and also worked as a missionary to Mayan villages in Belize. Laramie served as a preacher and spiritual director at White House Jesuit Retreat house in St. Louis, Missouri. Laramie’s work has appeared on jesuits.org, and in America magazine, The Jesuit Post, the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the White House Jesuit Retreat blog, and SLU.edu. He has been a guest on Busted Halo, EWTN radio and TV, the Jesuitical podcast, and Leah Darrow’s Lux U.

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