Love Letters - Hardcover

Tony Campolo, Eastern UniversityMore than love letters. They show how a man and a woman can nurture each other toward spiritual maturity.Frederica Mathewes-Green, author of The Lost Gospel of MaryThese letters disclose the writers' burning commitment to the Lord above all else, and demonstrate how it became the foundation of the commitment they bore to each other. Such clarity and passion are rarely seen these days.Father Philip K. Eichner, S.M. Catholic League for Religious and Civil RightsA rare find. It is a privilege to be invited into such an intimate conversation.Prof. John Briggs, Oxford UniversityHere are letters of both immense intensity and the deepest intimacy, almost too sacred for publication. They witness to a deeply based love nurtured in the context of an absolute commitment to Christ.Brian Stiltner, Ph.D. Sacred Heart UniversityThis gem of a book pulses with spiritual passion, intellectual fire, and sacramental love. There is much to feed the reader in these loving, urgent letters.Prof. Lawrence S. Cunningham, The University of Notre DameThese inspiring letters interweave a profound love for Jesus Christ with a deep love between two young people, as well as an utterly transparent search to do God's will.

On Good Friday 1907, in the German university town of Halle, a young couple sealed their secret engagement with a kiss - and a vow to follow God wherever he led them. Circumstance (and scandalized parents) kept them separated for most of the next three years. But that separation bore its own fruit: an intense flurry of letters.