is a classic book of meditations steeped in Carmelite spirituality. Many people say that they grow so attached to its depth of wisdom and spiritual insight that when they finish it they start all over and read it again. Prayer time is not complete without it, as this masterful book always speaks to the heart, as well as the head. If you a serious student of the "science of love" and appreciate the great Carmelite saints St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, as well as St. Theresa and many others, you will hold this book dear.Each day offers two meditations, in liturgical arrangement, that enable the soul to enter the conscious presence of God and to reflect on the theme of the day. These are followed by a Colloquy that helps the person at prayer to start a friendly conversation with God where acts of praise and love, petition and thanksgiving are made, together with good resolutions for the future.
In addition, at the end of each day's one or two-page teaching (which follows the Church year, although one can pick it up at any time and find it edifying), there are two prayers or reflections, either taken directly from one of the great Carmelite saints, or from the author of this book, himself a Carmelite priest and teacher.
At what comes to about 15 cents a day for the first year of use (assuming the book costs about $52.00), it's without a doubt one of the wisest purchases you will ever make.
