Grace Can Do More: Spiritual Accompaniment and Spiritual Growth (Volume 195)

by André Louf

Spiritual accompaniment-patient listening and honest openness has become widespread among Christians of many traditions in recent years. Is this modern application of an ancient 'discernment of spirits' the best way for individual persons and groups of Christians to be formed as the People of God? Can anyone today accompany another person's spiritual experience without a sound knowledge of psychology? Do spiritual accompaniment and psychological therapy overlap? Can one replace the other? Should an accompanist also be a therapist, as some have suggested? Writing from his years of experience in a Cistercian monastery, in which spiritual accompaniment is a living tradition, the author reflects on some first steps towards answering these questions.

Genres: Spirituality

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

André Louf, OCSO (born 1929 in Leuven, Belgium; died 2010 in France) was a Belgian Cistercian monk, theologian, lecturer, author, and translator.

Reviews

[Ephrem Arcement · Rating 4 out of 5]

Louf adroitly draws upon the monastic tradition of spiritual accompaniment and contemporary psychology to create a work that makes relevant the tradition for the practice of spiritual direction today.

[Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

set this one aside for a while. I'll get back to it soon.