Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

Sensing Your Hidden Presence:Toward Intimacy With God
[Paperback - 1987]
ignacio larranaga
On Demand
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $19
Our Price: Rs.3495 Rs.2971
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.524
Category: Religion
Sub-category: Christianity
Additional Category: Spirituality
Publisher: Galilee Trade | ISBN: 9780385240215 | Pages: 288
Shipping Weight: .369 | Dimensions: 5.5 x .75 x 8.5 inches

Description

"An electrifying book from the first line. No one interested in Christian spirituality and its relation to contemporary problems can afford to miss this powerful witness to the power of living faith in Christ founded on an intense life of prayer." - Benedict J. Groeschel, O.F.M. Cap.

Many people fear that the process of secularization will end by undermining faith and that, as a consequence, life with God will continue to diminish until it is completely extinguished.

My personal impression is exactly the opposite. Secularization could be compared to the dark night of the senses. It is the most radical purification of the image of God. As a result, the believer of the secularized age will finally be able to live with pure and unadorned faith, without its false supports...

God is not the "maternal womb" that liberates us from the risks and difficulties of life. After creation, God very quickly cuts the umbilical cord, leaving us alone in the open struggle for liberation and independence, and He comes to us saying, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it." (Gen 1:28). The true God, then, is not One who alienates but a Liberator who makes great, mature, and free individuals and nations.

This secularization, we insist, is thus a true dark night of the senses. From now on, faith and life with God will be a risky adventure...

Those who return from this adventure will be figures sculpted by purity, strength, and fire. Transformed by the ecstatic closeness of God, above them will appear the living and illuminating image of the Son. They will become the transparent witnesses of God.

from Sensing Your Hidden Presence
by Ignacio Larranaga, O.F.M. Cap.

About the Author

Ignacio Larranaga, O.F.M. Cap., was born in 1928 in the Basque region of Spain. He entered the minor seminary of the Capuchin Order at age twelve and finished both his secondary studies and later his ecclesiastical studies with them. Upon ordination, his special gifts for preaching and for music were recognized. He had always felt an attraction for Chile and, at age thirty, he was assigned there. Thus began a full and effective mission with the founding of the Center of Franciscan and Pastoral Studies for Latin America, an educational and publishing community.

In 1974 Fr. Larranaga felt specially called to awaken among the clergy the desire to encounter God. He began a series of retreats whose object was "to find the living and true face of God" and to introduce the retreatants to a deep experience of God. The "Encounters with God" movements was begun and has since spread from Chile throughout South America, to Central America, to Spain and now to the United States. It is estimated that a hundred and thirty thousand people have attended these week-long retreats.

Sensing Your Hidden Presence (originally published as Muestrame Tu Rostro) is Fr. Larranaga's seminal work and has sold two hundred thousand copies in its various editions. His other titles (presently available only in Spanish) are The Silence of Mary (El Silencio de Maria), The Brother of Assisi (El hermano de Asis), Climb with Me (Sube Conmigo), From Suffering to Peace (Del sufrimiento a La Paz), Psalms for Living (Salmos para la vida), and Encounter, A Prayer Book (Encuentro, Manual de Oracion)--with combined sales of more than a million copies. In addition, An Adventure of the Spirit (Una adventura del espiritu), a book about Fr. Larranaga's life and work, has recently appeared in Chile.

Bestsellers in Religion

View All
Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge And Choices Of Interpreting The Prophet's Legacy
[Paperback - 2015]
jonathan a.c. brown
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2945 Rs.2650
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.295
The Tibetan Book Of The Dead (Translation)
[Paperback - 2005]
graham coleman
In Stock
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2345 Rs.2110
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.235
If The Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship And A Journey To The Heart Of The Quran
[Paperback - 2015]
carla power
Out of Stock
Availability in 4-6 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $23
Our Price: Rs.3845 Rs.3460
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.385
Let Us Be Muslims
[Paperback - 2022]
sayyid abul a'la mawdudi
In Stock
List Price: Rs.800
Our Price: Rs.800 Rs.720
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.80
The Pilgrim's Progress
[Paperback - 2008]
john bunyan
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.1995 Rs.1795
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.200
Islam: Religion, History, And Civilization
[Paperback - 2003]
seyyed hossein nasir
In Stock
List Price: $14.99
Our Price: Rs.2545 Rs.2290
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.255
A Treasury Of Ibn Taymiyah
[Paperback - 2021]
mustapha sheikh
In Stock
List Price: Rs.500
Our Price: Rs.500 Rs.450
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.50
Ramadan Reflections: 30 Days Of Healing From The Past, Journeying With Presence And Looking Ahead To An Akhirah-Focused Future
[Paperback - 2023]
aliyah umm raiyaan
In Stock
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2945 Rs.2650
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.295