2. Change

[John]

2. Has reading this book changed you? Or, perhaps, motivated you to change? If so, in what way?

[MaryAnn (EmilyD1037)]

I have been reading this book off and on for at least 10 years.
I generally read part 2, chapter 1 several times a year and I read chapter one a lot as well.

This book has played a major roll in my spiritual practices
thru my lifetime.

[John]

MaryAnn, I am thinking the same. I am finding the suggested meditations in Part I to be helpful and am working through those. Part II seems worthy of reading on an annual basis, maybe more often.

[John]

The answer to the question is that perhaps St. Francis has helped me to understand that I cannot change my self, but I can change the patterns of my life, and if I am diligent, then that life of increased devotion may open me so that God's grace will change me.

I plan to incorporate regular re-reading of this into my spiritual efforts.