LIVING ROOM RETREAT, A
Revised Edition

Intended for anyone who wants a deeper relationship with God, this book provides suggestions based on Scripture for personal meditation and prayer each day for approximately 15 minutes over a period of twelve weeks. It includes a structure for weekly sharing with others since, although the book can be used individually with great profit, many retreatants have found that a weekly group sharing experience enhances the value of the retreat and creates a spirit of community. The brief meditations aim first at helping the retreatant realize more deeply the unconditional love of God for each person. Then he or she is ready to look at failures to respond to God's love, both personally and socially. As a loved sinner, Jesus calls us to spread the Kingdom and shows us by his life the values of that Kingdom. Seeing Jesus carrying out the Father's will motivates the retreatant to take specific and positive action for extending the Kingdom in the world today.

About the Author: Sister Helen Cecilia Swift is a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. A former teacher and principal, she now devotes her time to writing and working with the Alliance for Educational Development, an adult literacy program in the workplace. Spiritual director, author and co-author of eight books on spirituality, justice and peace, her first work for Alba House (The Beatitudes: Pattern for Christian Living, 1990) enjoyed great popularity and high praise.