Our greatest gift : a meditation on dying and caring

by Henri J. M. Nouwen

Paper Book, 1994

Status

Available

Call number

BT825.N685 1994

Tags

Death -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church, Spiritual life -- Catholic Church

Genres

Publication

[San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco, c1994.

Description

One of the best-loved spiritual writers of our time--an author ranked with C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton--Henry J.M. Nowuen, takes a moving, personal look at human mortality inOur Greatest Gift. A meditation on dying and caring, Our Greatest Gift gently and eloquently reveals the gifts that the living and dying can give to one another. The beloved bestselling author of With Open Hands, The Wounded Healer, and Making All Things New shares his own experiences with aging, loss, grief, and fear in this important and life-altering work.

Subjects

Death Religious aspects Catholic Church
Nouwen, Henri J. M
Spiritual life Catholic Church

LCC

BT825.N685 1994

Physical description

xvii, 118 p.; 21 cm

ISBN

9780060663131

Barcode

31342000026632

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