Awakening Your Soul to the Presence of God

by Kilian J. Healy

Most committed Christians don't like to admit it, but all too many of us serve God solely out of a sense of duty, without ever approaching the burning love and intimacy that the saints have with Him. Indeed, many believers don't even think it's possible to attain to the heights of holy love that built the great cathedrals and fired the martyrs to give their lives for their Lord. But in Awakening Your Soul to the Presence of God , Fr. Kilian Healy says that you can indeed and should develop this kind of love for God. Clearly and warmly, Fr. Healy (who was once the superior general of the Carmelite order worldwide) explains that God is constantly calling you to intimate friendship with Him. In this beautiful book brief enough to be read in one sitting yet with enough spiritual depth to last a lifetime he details how you can develop your friendship with God even amid the cares and distractions of your daily life. Here you'll find simple, practical ways to think of God continuously, to converse with Him intimately, and to please Him at all times. You'll learn to see God in creation and to hear Him when He speaks to you (as He's doing right now, even as you read this line). Finally, you'll discover how to offer each day to God in concrete and fruitful ways, and to seek Him always. With Fr. Healy's help, you'll master these and other secrets of the holy ones secrets that will raise your heart exultantly to God and will help you to welcome Him more fully into your soul. Your soul will awaken to the presence of God in myriad ways as you

Genres: Religion, Prayer, Spirituality

127 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Am I the only one who struggles to learn of practical ways to grow in my relationship to the Father? This book was so helpful in that regard. It isn't a lot of high falutin' theology. It's not wordy. It's not long. Some of the suggestions were things I knew, but didn't, and still don't, remember to do. But it never hurts to be reminded again and again. I've not read Brother Lawrence's "Practicing the Presence of God," but this book could have been given the same title. I highly recommend it if you are trying to bring yourself into God's presence with your own presence of mind every moment of the day. That won't happen, but that's the target.

[Valerie Barnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent primer for growing in love for God.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice little introduction to prayer. The author suggests ways to help one "pray always" by keeping the presence of God throughout the day.