Heart Speaks to Heart: Three Prayers to Jesus [Paperback]

Henri J. M. Nouwen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press; First edition. edition (April 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087793388X
• ISBN-13: 978-0877933885
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,235,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Henri Nouwen was born in Holland in 1932 and ordained a Catholic priest in 1957. He obtained his doctorandus in psychology from Nijmegen University in the Netherlands and taught at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. He experienced the monastic life with Trappist monks at the Abbey of the Genesee, lived among the poor in Latin America with the Maryknoll missioners, and was interested and active in numerous causes related to social justice. After a lifetime of seeking, Henri Nouwen finally found his home in Canada, as pastor of L'Arche Daybreak - where people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers live together in community.

Henri Nouwen wrote over 40 books on spirituality and the spiritual life that have sold millions of copies and been translated into dozens of languages. His vision of spirituality was broad and inclusive, and his compassion embraced all of humankind.

He died in 1996. His work and his spirit live on.

Henri Nouwen pronounced his name "Henry Now-en." For more information on his life and work, please visit www.henrinouwen.org .

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Are you looking for a new look into the sacred heart?, April 3, 2000

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Lynn Schrott "ALOS" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart Speaks to Heart: Three Prayers to Jesus (Paperback)

This is an excellent read in classic Nouwen style. Nouwen draws the reader into a wonderful meditation on the incredible love that Jesus has for His people and the unbelievable breadth of His ability and desire to take on all human pain and suffering. This is a short book of 3 prayers that help the reader to meditate on the wonderful gift of the sacred heart of Jesus.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heart Speaks to Heart, March 1, 2001

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dylanissimus "dylanissimus" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heart Speaks to Heart: Three Prayers to Jesus (Paperback)

Henri Nouwen explores the traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart; and, characteristically, addresses the Lord in a very personal, unpompous, and unforbidding tone of voice.

What is most fascinating about this book, however, is how it happened to get written: under the persistent encouragement and gentle prodding of Madame Pauline Vanier, whose son Jean was the founder of the L'Arche/Daybreak communities for the mentally challenged.

Henri Nouwen's attempt to get in touch with this aspect of Catholic devotion, we find praiseworthy. The simplicity and lucidity with which we writes, and the endearing gentleness of his approach: winsome and effective. These three prayers, written from the standpoint of fallibility and vulnerability, nonetheless display an appropriate confidence in God's prevailing mercy.