Secrets of the Interior Life Bouyer knows the measure of the

knows the measure of the heights and depths of the human soul

and to correct false impressions that his narratives and characters are defined by misanthropy and pessimism

Sigrid Undset’s renown is almost exclusively the fruit of her masterworks of historical fiction

For we are its two essentials

resigning her claim to her husband and accepting the legally directed path of separation and eventual divorce

Secrets of the Interior Life Bouyer knows the measure of theBy Luis M. Martnez Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. St. James the Apostles exclamation can conjure a discomfiting polarity between the active and contemplative aspects of the Christian life. In Secrets of the Interior Life, Luis M. Martnez dissolves that apparent polarity with an engaging explanation of how the contemplative life both informs and inspires the active life of following the way of Jesus