Chronology 11
Sources and Acknowledgments 15
Introduction 19
1 The Divine Presence 39
Devouring Heat 40
Christ My Companion 41
The Fatherhood of God in a Farm 46
Why Did You Abandon Me? 46
Liberation in Christ 49
Mysteries of Silence 59
Ecce Homo 63
Unity in the Trinity 64
2 The Mystical Body 69
Mama Maria 70
The Mystery of the Church 74
Without Me, You Can Do Nothing 80
The Church and Renewal 82
Letter to a Friend 86
St. Joseph the Unknown 89
Being Christ-Centered 91
Ecumenical Bridges 91
Kenosis 94
3 Christian Prayer 98
Gethsemane: An Ordinary Life Lived Extraordinarily 99
My Cell 102
The Shepherd's Flute 103
Enter the Dark Night with the Hope of a Child 108
The Eastern Poustinik 110
Prayer 117
The Church Is a Prayer 121
Finding Christ in My Brother and Sister 122
4 Christian Action 125
The Little Mandate 126
Harlem: No Man's Land 127
Catherine and Dorothy 132
Defenselessness 134
The Christmas Gift 135
Form Us to Live Out Our Prophetic Role as Baptized Persons 142
Life Is Monotonous 145
Toward an Apostolic Farm 148
5 The Human Condition 155
Doing and Being 156
Alone 157
Suffer for the Sake of Others 157
Loneliness 160
Asbestos Man 160
The Loneliness of Being Human 161
The Door to God's Plan 164
When You Are Anxious 167
Childlike Hearts - Mangers for Christ 169
Be Not Afraid 170
How to Examine and Form Your Conscience 172
A Thousand Roads 174
Arise Again 175
Doubts about Sticking to Our Commitment to Love Another 178
Treat Yourself with Gentleness 180
You Belong to God 182
Journey into Faith 185
Behold My Heart 188
Easter Vigil in Russia 189
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