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Ronald Rolheiser, "The Restless Heart: Finding our spiritual home in times of loneliness"

Father Ronald Rolheiser examines the scriptures and theology in light of the modern plague of loneliness. The human condition is lonely and estranged from the divine. The 'restless heart' longs to be united in a 'community of life' with God.

"Christ called us precisely to break through the mirrors and riddles, the shadows and fantasies, the facades and unrealities that separate us from each other and from God so that we can all meet face to face."

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