Tuning in to Grace

How can we attune ourselves to God's grace? It always takes a lifetime to do - and this is because God wants it so. When first surprised by grace, people speak of a 'conversion'. Some consider this the end of the journey. Those familiar with spiritual development realize that conversion is merely the beginning of an ongoing process. Throughout our lives God's grace continues to draw us and help us turn ever and again back to him and his great, guiding love. Cistercian abbot Andr Louf writes of the power of faith, growth through testing, contrition of heart, spiritual companionship, prayer and the fruits of the spirit. Andr Louf is abbot of the cistercian monastery of Katzberg (Mont-des-Cats), France.

Preface
Continuing in One's Conversion	p. 1
Between wrath and grace	p. 1
Always a convert	p. 5
The hardened righteous	p. 7
Our Idols and God	p. 12
The unfaithful people	p. 12
Idols for today	p. 16
To curse God	p. 18
A hearsay God	p. 26
The Power of Faith	p. 28
How shall we speak of faith?	p. 28
The astonishment of Jesus	p. 30
Endorsement and self-surrender	p. 33
A miracle-working faith	p. 34
Growing by Being Tested	p. 38
The weakness of the flesh	p. 38
God's power manifest in weakness	p. 42
Being reconciled with one's weakness	p. 45
Between Weakness and Grace	p. 48
Evangelical virtue?	p. 48
Pharisee or publican?	p. 52
The Good News	p. 56
Contrition of the Heart	p. 59
Guilt and repentance	p. 61
The monk and the publican	p. 64
Ascesis?	p. 66
The ascesis of weakness	p. 70
The restored human being	p. 75
Spiritual Companionship	p. 78
Getting in touch with 'life'	p. 80
Like the Father	p. 82
Uncovering one's desires	p. 88
Internal censorship	p. 91
The mirror image	p. 96
The true God for the free person	p. 99
Key aspects of companionship	p. 102
On Some of the Fruits of the Spirit	p. 109
Joy	p. 109
Turning inward and being silent	p. 118
To grow inwardly	p. 121
A humble love	p. 124
Growing in Grace through Prayer	p. 129
A word on prayer	p. 129
Prayer in weakness	p. 132
Prayer as a cry	p. 137
Integration from the inside out	p. 142
Freedom in the Spirit	p. 144
Postscript	p. 146
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