![]() ![]() ![]() When you purchase this book through any of the affiliate links in this post, you support the work we do at CatholicMom. Ron Rolheiser and read his writings on his website, Ron Rolheiser, OMI.īe sure to check out our Book Notes archive. Sacred Fire is a book to read slowly and pray with, asking God to show you what’s next on your journey, to learn how you can become all flame. How can I be helpful-TERESA OF ÁVILA Beloved author Ronald Rolheiser continues his search for an accessible and penetrating Christian spirituality in this highly anticipated follow-up to the contemporary classic, The Holy Longing. Rolheiser moves from talking about the stages of discipleship to scripture to prayer blessing others and then leads us to a vision of radical discipleship. The desire, is, as Rolheiser says, is to “become all flame.” In choosing to become all flame, we accept Jesus’ invitation to full human maturity and full generativity as his disciple, “handing over those last rooms in our house.” God has given me everything and loves me beyond my human understanding in return, I want to give him everything back, to use as he needs. I was led to that very gently and do not have guilt, just the realization that I am not living out my life in the best possible way. ![]() This book, Sacred Fire, is his latest offering and was written to go beyond The Holy Longing and answer this question, “How do I live beyond my own heartaches, headaches, and obsessions so as to help make other peoples’ lives more meaningful?” Rolheiser then lays out for the reader how discipleship changes as we mature and the primary task shifts from getting our lives together to learning how to give our lives away.Īs I read I became more and more convicted that I was not giving my life away. When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one question left: How can I be helpful TERESA OF VILA Beloved author Ronald Rolheiser. I learned I was not the only person who had this deep hunger within and why it is sometimes so hard to fill it in the world today. His writing resonated with me and helped me to understand much about myself and spirituality. "Where do we go once some of the basic questions in our lives have been answered, or at least brought to enough peace that our focus can shift away from ourselves to others? Where do we go once the basic questions in our lives are no longer the restless questions of youthful insecurity and loneliness? Who am I? Who loves me? How will my life turn out? Where do we go once the basic question in life becomes: How can I give my life away more purely, and more meaningfully? How do I live beyond my own heartaches, headaches, and obsessions so as to help make other peoples' lives more meaningful? The intent of this book is to try to address exactly those questions: How can we live less self- centered, more mature lives? What constitutes deep maturity and how do we reach that place? And, not unimportantly, what constitutes a more adult, Christian discipleship? What constitutes a truly mature following of Jesus?"Īs the poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggests, "Live the questions now." In Sacred Fire, Rolheiser's deeply affecting prose urges us on in pursuit of the most holy of all passions-a deep and lasting intimacy with God.I was introduced a few years ago to Rolheiser when I read his book The Holy Longing. "What lies beyond the essentials, the basics?" Rolheiser writes. But, as Rolheiser explains, when we embrace the struggle and yearning to know God we can experience too a profound re-understanding to our daily lives. Here, we experience the full gamut of human life, pleasure and fervor, disillusionment and boredom. In this new book, Rolheiser takes us on a journey through the dark night of the senses and of the spirit. With his trademark acuity, wit, and thoughtfulness, Rolheiser shows how identifying and embracing discipleship will lead to new heights of spiritual awareness and maturity. When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one question left: How can I be helpful?-TERESA OF AVILAīeloved author Ronald Rolheiser continues his search for an accessible and penetrating Christian spirituality in this highly anticipated follow-up to the contemporary classic, The Holy Longing. ![]()
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