CROWNING WITH THORNS

"...a priority has to be given to the voices of victims, to listening carefully to all that they have to say, no matter how difficult it may be to hear, and however great the "damage" that their story might seem to do to the image we may once have had of this or that person who, up until that point, may even have been considered a point of reference for the spiritual or religious life. Publishing this book is one way....to say to the victims of spiritual abuse or other aberra

"The Lord bless thee , and keep thee. The Lord shew his face to thee , and have mercy on thee. The Lord turn his countenance to thee,...

"And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. And thou shalt love the Lord thy...