wild at heart by tessa bielecki catholic review

Wild at Heart presents her call to you, the ordinary seeker, for a loving realization of God that is your divine birthright.Ī former Carmelite nun and abbess of a monastic community, Tessa Bielecki guides you through more than six hours of practical, easy-to-follow teachings stemming from her 40 years of communal worship and an in-depth study of Christian mystics, including Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint John of the Cross, Saint Augustine, and others. It erupts spontaneously and graciously when we live on the spot and savor the real. Mystical experience is as natural to us as breathing, she explains. Poetic, warm, and gently provocative, these writings illumine a path through the holy mystery of love.Is an intimate experience of the Divine meant only for saints and mystics? Tessa Bielecki says that the answer is an emphatic no. Dave Denny and Tessa Bielecki – two deeply rooted dwellers of both the outer and inner desert landscape – offer timely wisdom on cultivating a sacred relationship with the earth, nurturing authentic connections with those we once perceived as other, and navigating the wild places of our own souls.

“In this luminous collection of dispatches from the heart, Fr. Imam Jamal Rahman, author of Spiritual Gems of Islam

Father David and Sister Tessa are two rare spiritual pilgrims and peacemakers whose life stories, awareness, compassion and dedication to social justice and earth care, fill my heart with unbounded joy, hope and inspiration. The precious insights about inner work, peacemaking, religion, living and dying, nourish my soul and expand my mind. “I am enthralled by the beauty and wisdom of this finely crafted book.

Wild at heart by tessa bielecki catholic review