The Way of the Heart : The Spiritual Experience of André Louf

Award-winning French author shares the biography and spiritual journey of Cistercian abbot Dom André Louf. Based on a wide variety of interviews, printed sources, and Dom André Louf’s spiritual journal, The Way of the Heart narrates Louf’s spiritual journey from his childhood in Flanders through his becoming a monk in a Cistercian monastery, his ten years of retirement as a hermit in a Benedictine monastery in the south of France, and his death. During his career he struggled with conflicting vocational desires—sometimes wishing to serve as a pastor, academic, abbot, or to immerse himself in eremitic contemplation. That struggle is the leading thread through this biography, which portrays a man whose immense gifts pulled him in many directions, while always endeavoring to submit himself to God’s will.

• | Author: Charles Wright
• | Publisher: Liturgical Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 22, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0879073357
• | ISBN-13: 9780879073350