Say it to God

Luigi Gioia is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Pontifical University of Sant’Anselmo in Rome and Research Associate of the Von Hügel Institute (Cambridge). In the past four years he has preached spiritual retreats in the UK, France, USA, Canada, Australia, Korea, China and the Philippines and has published widely in scholarly reviews. He is currently Theologian in Residence at St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Say it to God will take the reader on a prayer journey that lasts way beyond the 40 days of Lent ... This book is an ideal companion and study book for Lent but it’s far more than that, it could well be a book for life as you return to it again and again as you go deeper into your prayer journey.

• ForewordAny scrap of woodBlessed crisisClosing the doorA presence we discover in usSaving timeMeaning wordsSomething mysteriousUnexpected glimpsesFine-tuningAn ever-flowing riverA room not of our makingThe right postureOvercoming suspicionA larger pictureReclaiming our freedomA new dayA new heartAs for me, I trust in youThrowing mountains in the seaDelaysThe wings of a doveA whisperThe shepherd’s whistleAfraid of disappointmentThese words I could not saySay it to GodAfterword