The Spark of Faith: Understanding the Power of Reaching Out to God - Paperback

by Fr Wojciech Giertych O. P. (Author)

Faith is essential to our spiritual growth yet, too often, good Catholics hold misconceptions about faith's meaning or role - misconceptions that can lead to spiritual stagnation.

In these pages, Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP, Theologian of the Papal Household, corrects prominent errors and clearly articulates what faith is, how it works, and how it may expand, or wither, within our soul.

He explains that the initial moment - the spark - of faith which ignites our entire spiritual life comes first from God. Because faith is a divine gift that is alive, we can explore the laws of its development and learn the principles of its nourishment in order to fully live a life of faith that influences our intellectual and moral life.

Fr. Giertych's moving and practical reflections on the spiritual life bring ancient wisdom to bear on our modern age, teaching what it really means to have and grow in faith. You'll come to understand the proper relationship between faith and reason, and you'll deepen your understanding of the role of prayer in the life of faith.

The Spark of Faith will help you focus your attention on God as the fundamental source of all the spiritual goods we need and cherish.

Fr. Giertych has served as the Theologian of the Papal Household for two popes. His is wisdom you can trust.

Front Jacket

Faith is essential to our spiritual growth yet, too often, good Catholics hold misconceptions about faith's meaning or role "€" misconceptions that can lead to spiritual stagnation.

In these pages, Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP, Theologian of the Papal Household, corrects prominent errors and clearly articulates what faith is, how it works, and how it may expand, or wither, within our soul.

He explains that the initial moment "€" the spark "€" of faith which ignites our entire spiritual life comes first from God. Because faith is a divine gift that is alive, we can explore the laws of its development and learn the principles of its nourishment in order to fully live a life of faith that influences our intellectual and moral life.

Fr. Giertych's moving and practical reflections on the spiritual life bring ancient wisdom to bear on our modern age, teaching what it really means to have and grow in faith. You'll come to understand the proper relationship between faith and reason, and you'll deepen your understanding of the role of prayer in the life of faith.

Best of all, The Spark of Faith will help you focus your attention on God as the fundamental source of all the spiritual goods we need and cherish.

Fr. Giertych has served as the Theologian of the Papal Household for two popes. His is wisdom you can trust.

Author Biography

Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P., is a Polish Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order. He served in the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household as Theologian of the Pontifical Household during the pontificates of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, and now Pope Leo. Fr. Giertych is also a consultor of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, a consultor of the Dicastery for Causes of Saints, a member of the Pontifical Committee for Eucharistic Congresses, the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Pontifical Academy of Theology. He is the author of several books, including The Spark of Faith, The Mystery of Divine Love, and How to Live by Grace: Divine Fruitfulness in Human ActionIn the mid-1980s, Fr. Giertych was a formator of Dominican friars in Kraków as the assistant Student Master and, from 1990 to 1994, as the Student Master. Beginning in 1984, he was also a professor of moral theology in the Dominican House of Studies in Kraków. In