For For readers drawn to solitude and silent prayer; not a practical manual for beginners in prayer.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
Reflections from his years of solitude, published in 1979 with prayers by Sue Garmon and reissued by NavPress in 2009.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential5 of 5
Sociological0 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Souvenirs of Solitude was published by Dimension Books in 1979 (163 pages), with prayers by Sue Garmon; NavPress reissued it in 2009 with the subtitle Finding Rest in Abba's Embrace. It comes from the decade after Manning joined the Little Brothers of Jesus, the community founded on the example of Charles de Foucauld, whose life combines work among the poor with long periods of solitary prayer. It is one of the few early Dimension titles to have been brought back into print.
