{"product_id":"good-influences-father-jerome","title":"Good Influences","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFather Jerome (1907–1985), a monk of the Trappist abbey of Sept-Fons in central France, lived virtually unknown outside the cloister. He wrote not for publication, but as part of his quiet formation of the generation of monks who have led his community to its present flourishing. Published after his death, his writings have filled some twenty volumes in France, revealing one of the great spiritual masters of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Influences\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first of his Spiritual Works to appear in English, opens an intimate path to his life and teaching. Asked by a young monk in 1975 to record the influences that had shaped him, Father Jerome promised “nothing but small events.” What he crafted was one of the most moving accounts of a Christian and contemplative vocation in the twentieth century, told as a story of others’ good deeds: his mother’s prayers in childhood, his friendship with a circle of artists, the discipline of his school teachers, and the exemplary monks who formed him, including Dom Godefroid Bélorgey and Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard, author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof \u003cem\u003eThe Soul of the Apostolate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Speaking with simplicity and authority, these pages are an invitation to all Christians who want to enlarge their capacity for learning, for silence, for God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angelico Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54918032785726,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54918032818494,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8044\/7550\/files\/GoodInfluencesfrontcover.jpg?v=1794492586","url":"https:\/\/angelicopress.com\/products\/good-influences-father-jerome","provider":"Angelico Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}