The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life by James MartinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A comfort to me during the pandemic
I got this book as a gift a long time ago, around 2017. I only read one chapter during a difficult time in 2018. However, I started re-reading this book when quarantine started in March of 2020. It was a great companion to me during such a challenging time. Some tears were shed as I went through the chapters. However, the chapter that still resonated with me the most Chapter 13: Be Who You Is! since it was about vocation. "God desires for you to become who you are meant to be." The Salt Doll parable at the end of the chapter still moved me the same way it moved me in 2018. "Now I know what I am." This line also struck me: “In Ignatian spirituality nothing is hidden away; everything can be opened up as a way of finding God. ‘God must be found in everything,’ as Nadal noted, summarizing Ignatius.” I wrote this in my journal, in response, last June 26: "With each student and task, I touch God's face." These are such difficult times but this book reminded me to look beyond the immediate suffering and see the eternal in each moment that I encounter.
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