The Living Reminder Service and Prayer in Memory of Jesus Christ

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The Living Reminder was like a visit from a friend I needed to speak with. The surprise for me was how much I needed to hear him say familiar things.
National Catholic Reporter

The Living Reminder is a gift from Henry J.M. Nouwenalong with C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton, one of the 20^th centurys most beloved and important spiritual writers. Subtitled Service and Prayer in the Memory of Jesus Christ, Nouwens book presents simple yet powerfully profound expressions of the joys of religious service, prompting the publication New Review of Books and Religion to note that we read Nouwen to discover new possibilities in our own faith.

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"The Living Reminder was like a visit from a friend I needed to speak with. The surprise for me was how much I needed to hear him say familiar things." -- National Catholic Reporter

"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

Author Bio

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996) is the author of Reaching Out, The Wounded Healer, Making All Things New, The Return of the Prodigal Son, and many other bestsellers. He taught at the universities of Harvard, Yale, and Notre Dame before becoming the senior pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Toronto, Canada, a community where men and women with intellectual disabilities and their assistants create a home for one another.