Charles de Foucauld

Jean-Jacques Antier

ISBN 10: 1621645150 / ISBN 13: 9781621645153

Verlag: Ignatius Press, US, 2022

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781621645153

Inhaltsangabe:

"My Father, I put myself in your hands", wrote Charles de Foucauld in his journal. "Whatever you make of me, I thank you, I am ready for everything, I accept everything, I thank you for everything."

When he was killed by bandits in 1916, the French aristocrat-turned-monk was virtually unknown. Over the course of a century, however, the radiance of Foucauld's hidden life has spread more and more, and the Church now recognizes him as a saint.

His youth and early adulthood read like a novel--the loss of his parents; his education in Paris, where he abandoned the faith of his childhood; his military career in French Algeria; and his exploration of Morocco. After a conversion at the age of twenty-eight, Foucauld was charged with a desire to surrender himself completely to God, leading him eventually to a life of prayer in the Algerian desert. There he devoted himself to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and charity toward his Muslim neighbors--even to the point of death.

Jean-Jacques Antier describes Foucauld's dramatic, inspiring life in a vivid narrative style. He based his biography on the man's writings and correspondence as well as interviews with numerous people who knew him.

Illustrated with sixteen pages of photos, and indexed.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Jean-Jacques Antier has published more than fifty books, translated in eight languages. His many books include Martha Robin: The Still Journey and with Jean Guitton, The Mysterious Powers of Faith.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Charles de Foucauld
Verlag: Ignatius Press, US
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New
Auflage: 2nd Second Edition, Second ed.