“
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
is a gift from Henry J.M. Nouwen—along with C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton, one of the 20
th
century’s most beloved and important spiritual writers. Subtitled “Service and Prayer in the Memory of Jesus Christ,” Nouwen’s 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.”