I saw this little book early in my spiritual life in my parish bookstore. I don't really know what drew me to it. It had a simple red cover with some symbol (looks like a mix between the cross and the sword) and the title "Sekošana Kristum" (Latvian for "Following Christ").* And I bought it.

I read bits and parts of it as I needed. I can't really read it all from the beginning to the end, although I certainly tried. But I don't think it's really necessary. Sometimes it's okay to skip ahead to the important bits about the Eucharist and such... It's a fantastic book.

However it's getting harder and harder to read with time, because I'm really rusty with Latvian. Not my native language, and I'm a long way from Latvia now, so I don't get to practice it... I was thinking of buying an English translation if I can find a good one.


* In fact, it was a lot like this edition with some differences - but the symbol is the same. What is it?