{"product_id":"sensing-your-hidden-presence-toward-intimacy-with-god-paperback-1","title":"Sensing Your Hidden Presence: Toward Intimacy with God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIgnacio Larranaga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Diercksmeier\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRigoberto Caloca-Rivas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Benedict J. Groeschel, O.F.M. Cap. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMy personal impression is exactly the opposite. Secularization could be compared to the \u003ci\u003edark night of the senses\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the most radical purification of the \u003ci\u003eimage \u003c\/i\u003eof 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGod 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eSensing Your Hidden Presence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Ignacio Larranaga, O.F.M. Cap.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIgnacio 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSensing Your Hidden Presence\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published as \u003ci\u003eMuestrame Tu Rostro\u003c\/i\u003e) 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Mary\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eEl Silencio de Maria\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Brother of Assisi\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eEl hermano de Asis\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eClimb with Me\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSube Conmigo\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eFrom Suffering to Peace\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDel sufrimiento a La Paz\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003ePsalms for Living\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSalmos para la vida\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eEncounter, A Prayer Book\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eEncuentro, Manual de Oracion\u003c\/i\u003e)--with combined sales of more than a million copies. In addition, \u003ci\u003eAn Adventure of the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eUna adventura del espiritu\u003c\/i\u003e), a book about Fr. Larranaga's life and work, has recently appeared in Chile.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42567195787360,"sku":"9780385240215","price":33.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/R0hRbTZ0RTBkMVBkVkxMdVgvRm5mdz09.webp?v=1770652520","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/sensing-your-hidden-presence-toward-intimacy-with-god-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}