Ten Evenings With God

by Ilia Delio

Sometimes the gift of free will does not seem like God has done us a favor. God has given us free will, but what is God's will in our lives? To seek God's will, we must get to know God. This book helps us to explore the will of God not as an end in itself, but as the path to freedom; not the freedom of autonomy, but the freedom of love. The author takes the reader on a lovely journey through ten evenings with God and examines prayer as a relationship with God, the importance of solitude for listening to God, and the use of the senses in discerning God's presence in our lives. Each of the ten chapters deals with a different way to see God's will, including understanding that God's love is the foundation for His will. Each chapter ends with guiding questions designed to help readers reflect upon their relationship with God. Everyone must make hard choices in life, and sometimes it is difficult to understand God's will when making life-changing decisions. This book reinforces the simple fact that God is love and out of this love flows all of life. Paperback

Genres: Spirituality, Religion

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

Ilia Delio, OSF is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, D.C. and American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, with interests in evolution, physics and neuroscience and the importance of these for theology. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and is the youngest of four children.


Fordham University
Ph.D., Historical Theology
M.A. Historical Theology

Rutgers University Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences
Ph. D., Pharmacology

Seton Hall University
M.S., Biology

DeSales University
B.S., Biology

Reviews

[Lillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one I will re-read. Packed with insights delivered in a simple, relatable manner that feeds my contemplative spirit.

[Essie Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful and wise discernment book with lots of shared wisdom. Very helpful for my own reflections and prayer.

[Pam Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Painting a picture of a loving God who is speaking to us all the time--and wanting us to listen, author Sister Ilia Delio outlines a framework of spending quiet time with God, that even I, as one who is sometimes addicted to busy-ness, can follow. The reflections written to be followed in ten evenings are ones that I am committing to one at a time, once a week.

The evenings are titled: Awakening, Prayer, Desire, Choices, Sifting Out God's Love, The Gravity of Love, Love's Sweet Surrender,Tides of Love,Freedome in Faith, and Alive in Christ.

I am learning to listen, to hear, and how to follow God's leadings in my heart. It is an on-going experience as I "let go" and experience a new way of spending time with God.--Pam

"The will of God should set us free."-Sister Ilia Delio, OSF