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Sensing Your Hidden Presence: Toward Intimacy With God

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"An electrifying book from the first line. No one interested in Christian spirituality and its relation to contemporary problems can afford to miss this powerful witness to the power of living faith in Christ founded on an intense life of prayer." - Benedict J. Groeschel, O.F.M. Cap.

Many people fear that the process of secularization will end by undermining faith and that, as a consequence, life with God will continue to diminish until it is completely extinguished.

My personal impression is exactly the opposite. Secularization could be compared to the dark night of the senses. It is the most radical purification of the image of God. As a result, the believer of the secularized age will finally be able to live with pure and unadorned faith, without its false supports...

God is not the "maternal womb" that liberates us from the risks and difficulties of life. After creation, God very quickly cuts the umbilical cord, leaving us alone in the open struggle for liberation and independence, and He comes to us saying, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it." (Gen 1:28). The true God, then, is not One who alienates but a Liberator who makes great, mature, and free individuals and nations.

This secularization, we insist, is thus a true dark night of the senses. From now on, faith and life with God will be a risky adventure...

Those who return from this adventure will be figures sculpted by purity, strength, and fire. Transformed by the ecstatic closeness of God, above them will appear the living and illuminating image of the Son. They will become the transparent witnesses of God.

from Sensing Your Hidden Presence
by Ignacio Larranaga, O.F.M. Cap.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

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November 28, 2017
Leí una copia de la primera edición durante mi adolescencia -aún conservo esa copia. Le leí durante el verano del 87 y el 88 y me impactó bastante. Es un libro que requiere practicar lo leído.
Inmediatamente me convertí en un seguidor de las obras de Ignacio Larrañaga. Con sus libros me impulsó a buscar algo que nunca había podido encontrar dentro de la religión católica: una espiritualidad mística.
Si pudiera darle diez estrellas, se las diera sin duda alguna.
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581 reviews
October 23, 2018
Un gran libro no solo para aquellos que desean aprender nuevas maneras de orar, sino para los que desean aprender a manejar las situaciones de la vida con mayor serenidad, paz y fortaleza. No hay doctrinas, sino que desea ayudar al lector a ser más feliz y a tener una experiencia de Dios.

Es un libro para leer despacio y profundizar. No es solo para encontrarte con Dios. Es una guía para encontrarte contigo mismo, aceptarte y sanar.
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March 19, 2025
Es un encuentro con Jesús, con su sentimiento, su amor al Padre, su obediencia, excepcional, maravilloso, imposible no disfrutar esta lectura como nos la presenta el P. Ignacio Larrañaga.
Y al mismo tiempo reflexionar sobre nuestro viaje por esta vida, hermoso.❤️
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November 7, 2024
Buon libro. Da alcune risposte alla vita. Un pò noiosa la parte degli esercizi pratici.
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June 7, 2025
Definitivamente no es para todo público. Quizá para los estudiosos de teología y religión.
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September 9, 2016
Me lo regaló mi párroco antes de ir al cielo. Ya no lo iba a necesitar, pienso que vió el mejor el camino después de este libro y que por eso me lo dió. Y fue acertado.
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