Out of Solitude

Year 1974
Type Book
Genre devotional
Tradition Catholic
Original language English

For For readers who want a short book to read slowly on solitude, care and hope; not for readers wanting a developed argument or a practical guide to retreat.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 2 of 5 useful
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

Three short meditations on solitude, care and expectation, starting from Jesus going out to a lonely place to pray. Brief enough for one sitting.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 1 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 4 of 5
Sociological 1 of 5
Historical 0 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life (Ave Maria Press, 1974) is one of Henri Nouwen's shortest books. Taking as its starting point the Gospel's picture of Jesus going out to a lonely place to pray before resuming his work, it offers three meditations: on solitude, the place from which action and ministry come; on care, which Nouwen distinguishes from cure as the willingness to share another's pain; and on expectation, the patient hope with which Christians live between promise and fulfillment. The book is brief and meditative and has remained in print, with a later edition including reflection questions.

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Catalog IDW.SY6CED.3

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