Drawing on examples of human love, John sheds light on the many scriptural passages that also make this enlightening comparison, and goes on to share with the reader the passionate spirituality of St. Francis.
Basically, this is one man's reflection on his growth in prayer. It is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-painful account of a Trappist monk's struggle to come closer to God and more in touch with his own hidden, real self.
In a down-to-earth and clear manner, Barry makes prayer believable and gives depth to our understanding of prayer by drawing on exciting insights from theology and philosophy.
In this book Father Green explores the dryness and finds there a spot where both mature-prayers and active contemplatives "can be at home" and can learn to live gracefully "drinking from the dry well of prayer.".
A book like this has to be read with the heart and not with the eyes. Intended for those readers, versed in contemplative prayer, who wish to go beyond.
