Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring. Henri J. M. Nouwen

Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring



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Language: English
Page: 144
ISBN: 0060663553, 9780061545184

From Publishers Weekly

Nouwen, well-loved author of such books as The Wounded Healer , offers us here a gentle, almost meditative book on coming to terms with death. Reflecting on his own not-so-distant future death, as well as on the deaths of loved ones and friends, he shares his view of death as a gift, an opportunity to impart hope to those around us, whether through our own dying or in our caretaking of someone else. In embracing death, says Nouwen, one comes to ask: "How can I so live that I can continue to be fruitful when I am no longer here among my family and friends?" One can, in other words, make choices that effect not just one's self but also the generations to come--choices to care well, to die well and to embrace Grace. If there is a limitation to this book it lies in its failure to deal explicitly as well as implicitly with sudden and/or violent death. This is a very comforting book that will appeal to the general reader as well as the religious or to health professionals.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

".a very comforting book. .Nouwen offers us here a gentle, almost meditative book on coming to terms with death." (Publishers Weekly )

"It's a new way of looking at death, one with an upside." (Miami Herald )

"One of my favorite 'caregivers,' Henri Nouwen challenges us to accept our death as part of our spiritual journey, not its end. .Nouwen continues to be a must read." (Capital Times )

"On the long road it's good to have Nouwen and his diving rod. Deftly he bends toward the drop of spiritual wisdom caked in the most ordinary things." (Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., author of Dead Man Walking )



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