A review by libbykerns
Letting God Come Close: An Approach to the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises by William A. Barry

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

i stumbled across this book while doing research for a paper last semester—and found the brief section i needed so useful and insightful that i wanted to read the entire thing! i’m really not the target audience for this book, doing as i’m not attempting to lead/aid others in the Ignatian exercises… and so found sections of the book repetitive or not particularly interesting. HOWEVER—i got so much out of this book that i nevertheless highly rate it. the insights that i garnered regarding the role of desire and imagination in prayer are honestly life-changing and formative. Lord willing, i’ll put what i’ve learned into practice.