Heart to Heart

The title of this book, Heart to Heart, is from the eight-day retreat. On the eighth day of the retreat, Fr. Chris, the retreat director, gave me three scripture passages and the "e;Contemplation to Attain Love"e; to pray. The theme of the day was God's promise of hope. He said that these prayers were "e;heart to heart"e; and recommended I pray with my heart rather than with my thoughts. I didn't understand clearly what that meant, but it became clearer to me when I finished the three scripture prayers. It was a beautiful and perfecting experience, which transformed the troubling prayers in my mind into prayers that were heart to heart.