Are you searching for God’s presence in your life but don’t know where to look? Are you sure that God is out there somewhere, if only you could find the time and space to explore? Brian Grogan, SJ, shares a simple truth: God is already here—in nature, in prayer, in your relationships, even in experiences of evil and trouble. God is at home both in the micro- and the macro-levels of reality. And God’s loving plan encompasses everything that exists, including and especially you.\nIn God Is Right in Front of You, you will learn how to find God in every aspect of life and how to use these discoveries to grow in faith. Each chapter is brief enough to be read in a single sitting and ends with an exercise grounded in Ignatian spirituality and designed to help you understand and appreciate that God is all around you every minute of the day.

God Is Right in Front of You: A Field Guide to Ignatian Spirituality

Religion & Spirituality

Grogan SJ, Brian

Christian Books & Bibles

Loyola Press

2023 Illumination Book Awards Gold Medalist, Biography/Memoir, Inspiration 
2023 Independent Press Awards Winner, Biography - General 
2023 Association of Catholic Publishers Excellence in Publishing Awards, Second Place, Biography\nTHE TERM “MODERN-DAY SAINT” is thrown around lightly these days, but rarely does it describe a person as well as it does Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ. Often referred to as “the second founder” of the Jesuits, Arrupe led the Society of Jesus beginning in 1965 during a time of profound transformation. He coined the phrase “men for others” and inspired educators at Jesuit Institutions to educate “men and women for others.”\nBorn in Spain in 1907, Arrupe felt an irrepressible urge to help and serve others whenever possible, eventually joining the Jesuits at age twenty. But it was his extraordinary experiences responding to the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, that engraved on his heart his dedication to justice and service.\nAnd while the specific events that drove him to devote his life to service were unique and traumatic, the need for ordinary people to step forward and do the right thing—the compassionate thing—is as urgent as ever.\nThis highly readable biography of Pedro Arrupe unpacks his life, times, and spirituality and helps readers answer the question: “What difference can I make?”

Pedro Arrupe: A Heart Larger Than the World

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

The background of Ignatian spirituality and a lived appreciation of God's creation inspire this book of meditations on Pope Francis' Encyclical, Laudato Si'. Rather than an exhaustive explanation of the encyclical, this book serves as a daily invitation to notice God's invitation to love and care for all creation. Read it slowly each morning: it could give a renewed focus for living the day, for recognizing God in all things, and for honoring call of God to be a co-creator of his beautiful world

Finding God in a Leaf: The Mysticism of Laudato Si'

Messenger Publications

With an Introduction by Peter McVerry SJ Why might this man be declared a saint? Pedro Arrupe, twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus, re-founded the Jesuits and re-cast Ignatian spirituality for our times. He was a prisoner of Imperial Japan, a first responder when the atom bomb fell on Hiroshima, a pioneer of Catholic social justice and a founder of the Jesuit Refugee Service. His mind and heart were shaped by the Second Vatican Council. Few people--outside religious life--know his story. But now that the process for his beatification is underway, he will become known across the Catholic world and beyond. Best-selling author Brian Grogan SJ, whose life has been deeply influenced by Arrupe, has written Pedro Arrupe SJ: Mystic With Open Eyes. With a foreword by Peter McVerry SJ, this booklet is a guide to the extraordinary life of a great-souled human being. Arrupe belongs to the world because he had a profound love for everyone, especially the neediest. This succinct account of his life, 1907-1991, highlights his dynamic influence on the Church of today as it labours to build a civilisation of justice and love.

Pedro Arrupe SJ: Mystic with Open Eyes

This booklet offers an unique presentation of the unfolding of our universe. It interweaves the insights of contemporary science with Christian faith, and reveals the divine orchestration of the Creation Story in a dramatic, fresh and appealing way.Part One offers a brief background to the new story of creation which has emerged over the past century with the discovery of the expanding universe. We now know that the universe is 13.8 billion years old.Part Two takes the reader through thirty stages of the development of the cosmos and of our Earth from the big bang to the present day. Each stage is succinctly outlined and offers material for prayerful pondering.

Creation Walk: The Amazing Story of a Small Blue Planet

Approximately eighty-five million meetings occur every day. It is clear from this figure that meetings are highly important - they shape our world. The Spirit works in every group, and Christian participants at meetings we must go beyond passivity and pl

Meetings Matter: Spirituality and Skills for Meetings

Brady, Phyllis

Veritas

A fresh and enthusiastic guide to good decision-making, both personal and social, this book will be helpful to anyone, Christian or otherwise, trying to make wise choices. Clearly presented, this book thoughtfully explores how our decision-making process

Making Good Decisions: A Beginner's Guide

Self-Help

Motivational

Fr Brian Grogan has written an extraordinary book for ordinary people. In simple, clear language he shows how God is involved in all the details of our lives. "God does not blush easily at our faults," he writes. "In failure or in success, every individual remains uniquely important to God. He waits for us, searches for us, and cares for us; always drawing us to the person of Jesus, who offers himself as our constant companion on our pilgrim way and who helps us to shape our world by making wise decisions."

Finding God in All Things

Most of us puzzle all our lives over suffering. ‘Why should this happen to me?’ ‘Why should that happen to someone whom I love?’ ‘Is God out to punish me?’ ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ The problem of suffering and evil tortures the human mind. Each of us develops our little philosophy of suffering. ‘I deserved it’ ‘God punishes those he loves’ ‘Darkness is the shadow of God’s outstretched hand’ etc.. From the beginning, we can presume, humankind puzzled over the things that went wrong – injury, death, famine… Only when we meet God face to face will our complaints and queries be fully set at rest. In the meantime, we can be comforted – and comfort others – by the glow of light that the Christian tradition offers. On a dark night, even a small candle is a help until the big light is switched on. Divine light shines in the darkness of suffering, which the darkness cannot overcome.

God You're Breaking My Heart: What is God's Response to Suffering and Evil?

A new revised edition of this popular bestseller. Growing in love is not something we can do on our own; it doesn't just happen to us as ageing does. In our later years, when our hearts and minds are mellowing, perhaps we can imitate God - the same way we imitated our parents when we were young - to grow more fully in his love. Life can be hard, and old age can be very hard indeed. In times of hardship we often ask, "where is God?" God comes to us disguised as a parent, a sibling, friend, teacher, spouse, co-worker, stranger, helper, nurse. In the love and goodness of others, we meet the selfless love and goodness of God. Equally when we show love to others, we show them God's love. This book addresses primarily those who know ageing from the inside, but if you haven't yet entered that strange world, knowledge of its landscape may help you relate more richly to those who have, and help in your own journey towards that "Third Age".

To Grow in Love: A Spirituality of Ageing New Revised Edition

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