QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED
Provisions For the Spiritual Journey

The reflections in this book are based on seven key questions that Jesus asked in the course of his public life and continues to ask us now. The chapters are designed to be reflective and meditative, not exegetical. Their purpose is to provide a resource for nurturing our spiritual life and enhancing our relationship with the Lord. They present the foundations for a spirituality of the question, a spirituality which is single-minded in seeking the Lord whose questions are always personal and pastoral. They touch the actual situation or condition of his listeners. Our responses to these questions from Jesus must come from the heart of our personal experience. Otherwise, they will not reflect our identity, our faith, and our hope. And, to the degree that they do not reflect the truth of our experience, to that degree our responses are not authentic. They will not mirror the full richness of the God in whose image and likeness we are created. They will not lead us to be ever more people of love.

About the Author: Retreat master, spiritual director, parish director of religious education, member of the general council of the Congregation of Holy Cross priests and brothers, member of the novitiate and post-novitiate formation teams, provincial councilor are just a few of the positions that Brother Joel Giallanza, CSC has held. An active member of Spiritual Directors International, the Religious Brothers Conference, and a member of the editorial board of Human Development, he has been a regular contributor to Review for Religious, Spiritual Life, Human Development, The Priest, Carmel in the World and other periodicals. His minicourse on Saint Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle, “I Consider the Labor Well Spent,” was recently published by Edizioni Carmelitane in Rome.