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Name
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Spiritual Life, The
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Author
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Jean Nicholas Grou
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ISBN 1-928832-46-6
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Brief Description
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Softcover, 176 Pgs.
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Price
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$14.00
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Extended Description
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Written by the French priest Jean Nicolas Grou (who died in 1803), The Spiritual Life might seem on the face of it to be an odd choice for the embattled Catholics of France to preserve at the risk of the guillotine. After all, it only gives a few small hints here and there of the great crisis that was engulfing France. Yet preserve it they did. A closer look at its contents reveals why: it's a comprehensive, uncompromising handbook to help Catholics better deal with the obligations and particular problems of the spiritual life. As such, it teaches Catholics what they need to know and to do when all the customary comforts and supports of life have been swept away. It's a call to true believers to do what the angel tells the Church of Sardis in the Book of Revelation: "Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God." Indeed, Fr. Grou reminds you right at the beginning of this book that salvation is only won at a great price. He wrote this book for Catholics who were willing to pay that price themselves. His focus is firmly on Christ, whom he maintains should be the model for your own spiritual life - not just in theory, but in the hard fact of sacrifice and love so great as to pierce your very heart. Intent on motivating you to strive to become more fully devoted to our Lord, Fr. Grou stresses the absolute necessity of obedience, humility, and other essential virtues. With the practical emphasis of an experienced pastor, hardened by trials, he marks out here a clear path to true Christian transformation.
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