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Vanier: Combined Volume
Followers of Jesus & Be Not Afraid
Jean Vanier
“One of the best qualities of the men and women I live with is that they live for the present. They have sufferings in their past and they have aspirations for the future, but because they are people whose hearts are more developed than their minds, they have the capacity to live in the reality of the present.”— Jean Vanier
(Softcover; Griffin House, 1980; Pp145) Followers of Jesus [1976] derives from four talks given by Jean Vanier in February 1969 to major superiors of religious orders in Toronto, Canada. The talks give flashes of insight into what it means to follow Jesus. The chapters are entitled To Become Good Shepherds, Discerning The Spirit, Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit, and Come, My Beloved.
Be Not Afraid [1975] seeks to give help, to bring peace of soul and provide compassionate understanding for those who are afraid. The unceasing and increasing pressures of our complex society and the mental chaos brought by the tumbling of values long accepted as immutable make this still a timely book. Vanier’s words are liberally buttressed with quotations form the scriptures. Out of print. Limited availability.

 
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