COMPASSION OF THE FATHER, THE

The author of the popular Mystery of the Trinity offers a profound meditation on God`s love for and participation in the suffering and misery of the world. The Church is seen as a river of revelation, founded in Scripture, flowing from heart to heart as from a spiritual father to his children. Paradox is not avoided but explored through the relationships between stillness and liturgy, fidelity to tradition and creativity, spiritual life and theological reflection, solitary prayer and intercession for the world.