With God in America : the spiritual legacy of an unlikely Jesuit / Walter J. Ciszek, S.J. ; compiled and edited by John M. Dejak and Marc Lindeijer, S.J. ; foreword by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
Part one: The prisoner comes home. "Jesuit returns from exile behind Iron Curtain" -- The transition home -- "Return from Russia" -- part two: The Jesuit. Walter Ciszek, Jesuit priest -- Prepared for total abandonment to God -- Working for God -- The idea of priesthood -- A voice from eternity -- Living God's gift -- part three: The spiritual teacher. Walter Ciszek among religious -- Generosity -- Patience with ourselves -- The mystery of suffering -- Humility -- Faith -- The love of God -- Mystical body -- The presence of God -- part four: The counselor. Counseling through letters -- Prayer -- Turmoil in the Church -- Marriage -- Suffering -- Gratitude -- Faith amidst difficulties -- part five: The lover of God's word. Walter Ciszek's biblical reflections -- Human living and loving -- The Eucharist -- Called and chosen in the Church -- Our Lady -- part six: The legacy. Fr. Ciszek's final words -- "Father Ciszek dies: Russian missionary" -- His continuing story -- A boyhood remembered, a calling claimed.
Summary:
"In 1963, following twenty-three years of hard labor and abuse in Russian prison camps, Walter J. Ciszek, S.J., finally returned to America. Had he come back a bitter man, or a man of diminished faith, it would have been hard to fault him. But he didn't. For the remainder of his years, until his death in 1984, Fr. Ciszek's grace, faith, and wisdom touched--often in profound and lasting ways--everyone who came into contact with him. With God in America is a collection of previously unpublished writings on Ciszek's post-imprisonment life and thoughts. The contents--which include articles he wrote, speeches he delivered at retreats, letters he sent to people he was counseling, and interviews with individuals who knew him personally--present a man unbroken by all that he had endured and eager to share God's love with others. From Ciszek's first days back home in the States to his final words before his death, With God in America demonstrates that saintliness isn't primarily about acting heroically in dramatic or devastating circumstances, but about honoring the ordinary, everyday aspects of life as treasured gifts from God."--Amazon.com.
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