Man Before God / Adrienne von Speyr

• the meaning of prayer and contemplation
• living in the Word
• the relationship between discipleship and Eucharist
• the place of Mary and the Church
• the meaning of work and the religious life, joy and truth, knowledge and darkness

Adrienne von Speyr was a contemporary Swiss convert, mystic, wife, medical doctor and author of some 70 books on spirituality and theology. She entered the Church under the direction of one the greatest theologians and spiritual writers of the 20th century, Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar, who became her spiritual director and confessor for the last 30 years of her life. Her writings, recognized as a major contribution to the great mystical writings of the Church, are being translated and published by Ignatius Press. Among her most important works are Book of All Saints, Confession, The World of Prayer, Handmaid of the Lord, and The Passion from Within.