Followers of Jesus

📖 The Scoop

The pages of this book are a record of four talks given by Jean Vanier to major superiors of religious orders in Toronto. They deal with such fundamental ideas as discipleship, service, discernment of the Spirit, poverty, and prayer. Vanier, the son of the former Governor General of Canada, and the founder of L'Arche, a community for the care of mentally handicapped adults, is one of the most illuminating religious teachers of our day. His words and his life have served to inspire untold thousands of persons in many parts of the world. As he remarks in his introduction to this book, many persons want to be followers of Jesus. "We want to be just that, but our infidelities are so flagrant--our mediocrity, our lack of surrender, our riches in the face of His poverty ... This book is dedicated to all who are trying to follow Him, be they Catholics or not. For many, like Gandhi, a Hindu, strive to walk in His footsteps. Together let us encourage each other, brothers and sisters, to walk in the path that He walked." (Back cover)

Genre: Religion / Christian Living / General (fancy, right?)